Cold war terms part 1

Arms Race

• a radical idea of creating a society without private property or profit, where everyone shares everything equally.

• competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:

• the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries:

Answer explanation

Arms race is just countries competing to get the most amount of guns for military purposes

Capitalism

• a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:

• in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

Answer explanation

This means that trade is controlled by private owners rather than the public

Communism

• a radical idea of creating a society without private property or profit, where everyone shares everything equally.

• the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries:

• a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism

Answer explanation

Its a society without prvate property, so everybody owns everything

Detente

• A type of dance

• the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries:

• the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.

Answer explanation

It just means the tensions between countries during war times, especially the cold war.

Eastern bloc

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:

• in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

• the countries of eastern and central Europe that were under Soviet domination from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet communist system

Answer explanation

Its just countries that were taken over by the Soviet Union, like Poland, east Germany, or Romania

Eisenhower Doctrine

• he countries of eastern and central Europe that were under Soviet domination from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet communist system in

• a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• A cold war strategy that offered economical and military aid to any country facing communist aggresion

Answer explanation

Its a stratagy arranged by President Eisenhower to help other countries that faced communist aggression

Glasnost

• in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

• he countries of eastern and central Europe that were under Soviet domination from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet communist system in

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state:

• a radical idea of creating a society without private property or profit, where everyone shares everything equally.

Answer explanation

Its a soviet Union policy initiate by Mikail Gorbachev

Iron Curtain

• in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

• a radical idea of creating a society without private property or profit, where everyone shares everything equally.

• a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Answer explanation

It's a barrier or wall that was built to separate the Soviet Union and the rest of the world.

Marxism

• a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War

• the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Answer explanation

Its a theory created by Karl Max about Communism

McCarthyism

• in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

• the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries:

• political campaign of fear and intimidation against alleged communists in the US in the 1950s, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• he countries of eastern and central Europe that were under Soviet domination from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet communist system in

Answer explanation

A political campaign rumored that communists are amongst us in America created by Senator Joseph McCarthy