| A | B |
|---|
| Iron Curtain | Split in Europe (Germany) between Communist countries and the "Westernized" Countries, figuratively line |
| Containment | trying to keep communism "at bay", policies trying to ensure there are no more communist countries0 |
| Satellite States | Eastern European countries between the West and Russia. Puppet Governments for the USSR, that are communist. |
| Marshall Plan | Money given to Europeans countries to rebuild after WWII, in the hopes they will not go towards communism |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organizationan intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed on 4 April 1949. The goal is to avoid conflicts |
| Joseph Stalin | Russian leader, who ruled Russia with an iron fist. Responsible for killing millions of Russians during his tenure; modernized Russia |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Russia vs. US over nuclear weapons being built in Cuba by the USSR. US blockade stops the crisis, and USSR is defeated, |
| Truman Doctrine | US policy during Cold War stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey (among other countries) with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. |
| Super Powers | United States vs. USSR (Russia) for the #1 spot in all of the world! |
| Cold War | US vs. USSR for 40+ years...never actually a "hot war", meaning they didn't go "head to head". Democracy vs. Communism |
| Surrogate | US and USSR picked opposite sides in countries to "fight against" each other; often times democracy vs. communism |
| Fidel Castro | Communist dictator of Cuba, alligned with USSR |
| Nonaligned nations | did not choose sides in the cold war |
| Asylum | protection from aarrest or being returned to a dangerous political situation. |
| Warsaw Pact | USSR forces satellite states to sign "with them", rivals NATO |
