unit 9

• What are the 2 alliances and their countries?

  1. NATO: U.S U.K Belgium Italy France (west europe)
  2. Warsaw Pact: U.S.S.R, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, East Germany, (east europe)
• What's a satellite state?

  A state that is formally independent but is under heavy control from another country
• What was the U.S. foreign policy of containment?

  The U.S. provided political, economic, and military aid to european countries under threats of communism in order to prevent the expansion of it.
• Detente: the easing of hostility or strained relations
• Bloc

  A group of countries in a special alliance
• Nonalignment


  Not being aligned or against any major power bloc.
• Domino Theory


  If one nation falls to communism, so will its neighbors.
• Coup


  An unlawful seizure of power from a government.
• Weapon of mass destruction

  A nuclear weapon that's capable of killing thousands
• Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

  A nuclear attack by 1 superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack leading to the destruction of both countries.
• Deterrence


  Dissuading bad behavior by threats
• Proxy war

  A war instigated by a major power who doesn't get involved.
• Proliferation

  The rapid growth of something
• Sputnik

  A russian artificial satellite.
• Containment

  keeping under control or restricting
• Communism

  A political system where all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
• Capitalism

  An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
• Socialism


  An economic system in which the means of production is owned by the workers.