| A | B |
|---|
| fallout shelter | underground building to hold up against a nuclear attack |
| hot line | direct phone line between U.S. and Soviets after Cuban missile crisis |
| hydrogen bomb | similar to atom bomb but way more powerful |
| iron curtain | the barrier between Soviet controlled countries and other European countries |
| massive retaliation | if Soviets attacked any country of importance to the U.S, the U.S. would respond with nuclear weapons |
| missile gap | the "claim" that the Soviets were ahead in the nuclear arms race |
| space race | rivalry to be the first or best in outer space |
| Sputnik | First artificial earth satellite launched by USSR in '57 |
| U-2 spy plane | spy plane for taking pictures far away, when one was shot down after the summit in Paris it interrupted the "peace" |
