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  • Q1
    a competition for supremacy in weapons and technology between the United States (and their NATO allies) and the Soviet Union (and their Warsaw Pact allies) during the Cold War
    arms race
    30s
  • Q2
    (1961-1989) barrier built by the Soviet Union to separate west and east Berlin
    Berlin Wall
    30s
  • Q3
    (1945-1991) a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States and its capitalist allies) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its communist allies)
    Cold War
    30s
  • Q4
    a strategy of keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its further expansion. This policy meant the United States would support any nation facing an external or internal communist threat.
    containment
    30s
  • Q5
    (1962) a confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba
    Cuban Missile Crisis
    30s
  • Q6
    the time in the Cold War between 1969 and 1979 when tension between the Soviet Union and the United States relaxed
    Detente
    30s
  • Q7
    (1950- 1953) a civil war between the nations of North Korea (supported by the USSR) and South Korea (supported by USA), which were created out of the occupation zones of the Soviet Union and United States established at the end of World War II
    Korean War
    30s
  • Q8
    the United State's economic recovery plan to offer assistance to countries after WWII so those countries would favor capitalism over communism
    Marshall Plan
    30s
  • Q9
    a group of countries who chose not to choose a side between the US and USSR during the Cold War
    Non-Aligned Movement
    30s
  • Q10
    military alliance formed by countries in western European, the United States, Canada, and others
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
    30s
  • Q11
    (1945) agreement between Great Britain, USA, and USSR for the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany
    Potsdam Agreement
    30s
  • Q12
    wars in which those fighting are supported by other nations; proxy wars were common during the Cold War between groups supported by the USSR and those supported by the USA
    proxy war
    30s
  • Q13
    country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country
    satellite state
    30s
  • Q14
    (1979-1989) a conflict in which the Soviet Union supported a communist government in Afghanistan and the United States supported rebels known as the Mujahideen
    Soviet-Afghan War
    30s
  • Q15
    a nation with a great deal of power and influence over other nations; during the Cold War the Soviet Union and USA were superpowers
    superpower
    30s

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