| A | B |
|---|
| Communism | Command economy and totalitarian government |
| Democracy | government by the people voting either directly or through representatives |
| Free market | Economy where supply and demand determine price of goods, labor and services. Demand determines what is produced |
| Command | economy where the government decides what is to be produced and how it is to be distributed |
| iron curtain | Term used for the divide between democratic and communist countries. Communist nations restricted their citizen's access to travel and information with the non- communist areas of the world |
| arms race | build up of weapons, including nuclear weapons by both sides during the cold war |
| deterence | each side in the cold war tried to have military strength that was so powerful that the other side would not attack |
| propaganda | persuasive speech and writing that is one sided, often untruthful, and uses emotional appeal. |
| NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization) | defensive alliance of democratic countries |
| Warsaw Pact | defensive alliance of communist countries during the cold war |
| U. N. (United Nations) | international organization that attempts to solve world problems and conflict through discussions between countries |
