Vocab Chapter 29

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Era of tension and rivalry post-WWII between the US and Soviet Union.

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Cold War

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; a military alliance of 12 Western nations formed in 1949.

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NATO

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Military alliance of Soviet-led Eastern Europe, 1955.

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Warsaw Pact

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Nuclear weapon powered by fusing hydrogen atoms.

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Hydrogen Bomb

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Nationalist China, under control since 1948, remains a communist country.

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People's Republic of China

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Trials where Allied tribunals prosecuted top Nazi officials for war crimes.

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Nuremberg Trials

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Confrontation between the US and Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Official ban on trade with a country.

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Embargo

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Fortified concrete and wire barrier separating East and West Berlin (1961-1989).

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Berlin Wall

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Period after the first nuclear bomb.

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Nuclear Age