| A | B |
|---|
| war crimes | violations of basic human rights |
| superpower | the term used to describe the US and Soviet Union after WWII |
| Cold War | a battle of ideas between the US (democracy) and the Soviet Union (communism) that lasted nearly half a century |
| United Nations | The modern-day world peace-keeping organization that was established after WWII |
| Satellite State | countries controlled by a more powerful nation |
| policy of containment | an attempt to hold back the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | the name given to a speech by a former US president, in which our congress was asked for money to fight communism in Greece and Turkey |
| Marshall Plan | It provided $13 billion to prevent poverty and stimulate economic growth in Western Europe in the years following WWII |
| occupation zone | these were what Germany was divided into after WWII |
| Berlin Airlift | organized by President Truman, it was the use of cargo planes to get supplies and food to certain Germans |
