| A | B |
|---|
| iron curtain | an imaginary dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe |
| Cold War | A non-combative war of tension between the United States and the soviet Union |
| superpowers | the nickname given to the United States and the Soviet Union due to their strength after WWII |
| Communist | an economic system in which all lands and all businesses are controlled by the government |
| free enterprise | an economy based upon the private ownership of land and business |
| Germany Splits | Following WWII, Germany was divided into two zones that the Allies would control |
| Fidel Castro | In 1959, he succeeded in establishing a communist government in Cuba |
| United Nations | The Allies formed this strong world organization to help prevent future conflicts. |
| Warsaw Pact | The Soviet Union and communist Eastern European nations formed this to assist each other in time of need. |
| Yalta | The Allies met at this city in the Soviet Union near the end of WWII |
| Nuclear Arms Race | A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to produce nuclear weapons |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - formed by Western European and North American countries to help each other |
| Korean War | An event linked to the Cold War where communist North Korea invaded South Korea |
| Stalin | a cruel communist leader of the Soviet Union during and after WWII |
| Berlin Wall | Stalin erected this to keep Eastern Germans from leaving |
| bomb shelters | many families erected these in their backyards when the threat of a nuclear seemed real |
| John Kennedy | President of the United States during the Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | This nearly led to a nuclear war when the Soviet Union and Cuba aimed missiles at the United States |
| Nikita Khrushchev | He took over as the communist leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin |
