Unit 4- Parts of Ch 13, 14, & 15

Set free, released, or freed from oppression, captivity, or control.

• Liberated

• Satellite states

• Policy of containment

• Arms race

Countries that are formally independent but heavily influenced and controlled by a more powerful nation, often politically and economically.

• Liberated

• Satellite states

• Policy of containment

• Arms race

A geopolitical strategy employed during the Cold War, primarily by the United States, to prevent the spread of communism by containing its influence on existing communist countries without directly confronting them.

• Liberated

• Satellite states

• Policy of containment

• Arms race

A competition between nations to achieve superiority in the development and accumulation of military weapons and technology.

• Liberated

• Satellite states

• Policy of containment

• Arms race

Related to or involving atomic or nuclear energy, weapons, or reactions.

• Nuclear

• Deterrence

• Proxy war

• Temporary

The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

• Nuclear

• Deterrence

• Proxy war

• Temporary

A conflict between two or more opposing powers, where they do not directly engage in battle but support and influence other groups or nations to fight on their behalf.

• Nuclear

• Deterrence

• Proxy war

• Temporary

Lasting for only a limited period; not permanent.

• Nuclear

• Deterrence

• Proxy war

• Temporary

A geopolitical concept during the Cold War suggesting that the fall of one nation to communism could lead to a chain reaction of neighboring countries also falling to communism.

• Domino theory

• Emerge

• Viable

• Kremlin

To come forth, become visible, or be known; to rise or become apparent.

• Domino theory

• Emerge

• Viable

• Kremlin