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- Q1a 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 Wararms race30s
- Q2(1961-1989) barrier built by the Soviet Union to separate west and east BerlinBerlin Wall30s
- 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 War30s
- Q4a 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.containment30s
- Q5(1962) a confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States regarding the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in CubaCuban Missile Crisis30s
- Q6the time in the Cold War between 1969 and 1979 when tension between the Soviet Union and the United States relaxedDetente30s
- 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 IIKorean War30s
- Q8the United State's economic recovery plan to offer assistance to countries after WWII so those countries would favor capitalism over communismMarshall Plan30s
- Q9a group of countries who chose not to choose a side between the US and USSR during the Cold WarNon-Aligned Movement30s
- Q10military alliance formed by countries in western European, the United States, Canada, and othersNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)30s
- Q11(1945) agreement between Great Britain, USA, and USSR for the military occupation and reconstruction of GermanyPotsdam Agreement30s
- Q12wars 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 USAproxy war30s
- Q13country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another countrysatellite state30s
- 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 MujahideenSoviet-Afghan War30s
- Q15a nation with a great deal of power and influence over other nations; during the Cold War the Soviet Union and USA were superpowerssuperpower30s