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| democracy | system of government in which power rests with the people, usually through voting. |
| communism | system of government in which power rests with a political party (government control). |
| superpowers | Term used to describe the United States and Soviet Union after World War II. |
| Cold War | Battle of ideals between the United States (democracy) and the Soviet Union (communism) that lasted nearly half a century. |
| United Nations | Modern-day world peace-keeping organization that was established after World War II. |
| satellite state | countries controlled by a more powerful nation. |
| policy of containment | an attempt to hold back the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | Name given to a speech by a former president, in which our Congress was asked for money to fight communism in Greece and TUrkey. The goal was to contain communism by helping these countries. |
| Marshall Plan | It provided $13 billion to prevent poverty and stimulate economic growth in Western Europe in the years following World War II. |
| occupation zones | Germany was divided into these after World War II. |
| Berlin Airlist | organized by Harry S. Truman, it was the use of cargo planes to get food and supplies to certain Germans |
| free-trade area | set up by the EEC, members agreed not to place tariffs on imports of goods sold by member nations |
| hot spot | an area with a lot of tension, in which fighting could break out anytime |
| Iron Curtain | the term for an invisible political line that divided Europe in the 1950s |
| de-Stalinization | when Premier Khrushchev took over as leader of the Soviet Union and reduced terror and freed many political prisoners |
