| A | B |
| deterrence | discouraged attacks between communist countries |
| satellite nations | countries dependent upon a stronger power |
| imperialism | the claiming of colonies in other lands |
| NATO | formed to respond to possible Soviet attacks |
| Industrial Revolution | period when people used machinery and new methods to increase productivity |
| Warsaw Pact | anti-Western military alliance formed between the Soviet Union and other communist countries |
| Common Market | economic union of European nations |
| communism | political and economic system of the Soviet Union |
| COMECOM | economic alliance between communist countries |
| nuclear weapons | use atomic reactions to cause mass destruction |