| A | B |
| Propaganda | Stories that say your side is better |
| Cold War | Fought with ideas instead of guns |
| Security Council | Small U.N. group that handles serious problems that could lead to war |
| Yalta Conference | At this meeting, Russia agreed to join the U.N. in return for land in Europe and the Far East |
| Berlin Blockade | Used by Russia to try to take over Berlin |
| Satellite Countries | Taken over by Russia after World War II |
| Truman Doctrine | Gave military help to free countries where Communists were fighting for control |
| United Nations | An organization of countries of Europe who joined together to keep Europe free from Communism |
| Marshall Plan | Gave U.S. money to free countries to make them strong enough so they would not need Communist help |
| NATO | A group of countries in Europe who joined together to keep Europe free from Communism |
| Mao Tse-Tung | Leader of Chinese Communists that took control of China |
| United Nations | Countries from all over the world that met and worked for peace |
| Containment | Kept Communism from spreading to other countries that weren't Communist |
| Israel | State made from half of the Arab state of Palestine |
| Communism | The idea that every state owns everything |
| "Domino Theory" | President Truman's theory that if one country fell to Communism, neighboring countries would fall too |
| Berlin Airlift | The U.S.A. began this in Berlin to keep the city alive and free from Russia |
| Capitalism | The idea that people own their own property and work for their own profit |
| General MacArthur | He led the U.N. troops in Korea |
| McCarthyism | Called people Communist without proof |
| Baby Boom | A large number of babies born |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | A plan for stopping Communism in the Middle East |
| U.N. Troops | The U.S. got help from the U.N. troops for the first time in the Korean War |
| U-2 Airplane | Khrushev walked out of a summit meeting after the Russians shot this down because it was spying on them |
| Joseph McCarthy | He said the U.S. government was filled with Communist spies |
| G.I. Bill | Helped World War II veterans get back to civilian life |
| Korean War | Called a police action by President Truman |