ayo cold war check

The action or policy of preventing a hostile country from expanding its influence

System in which a country's economy is controlled by private ownership of trade and production for profit

The Soviet zone of Germany after the Allies divided Germany

An economic system in which prices are determined by open competition between privately owned businesses

The competition between nations for power through the creation and buildup of weapons

The American, French, and British zones of Germany created after it was divided by the Allied Powers

Imaginary barrier separating the Soviet Union and its communist satellite states from Western Europe during the Cold War

System of government that is centralized or has total power and is led by a ruler

"Rule by the people"; a system of government in which the citizens have a say in how the government runs

The group of socialist states under the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics

A destructive bomb that rapidly releases nuclear energy, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity

Stress or strain between two or more countries

A guarded concrete wall erected across the city of Berlin by East Germany in 1961 and torn down in 1989

A system to organize society with the goal of spreading wealth more evenly. Govt owns and regulates trade

Political system in which all property is owned by the state and each citizen works and is paid according to their needs

What is the open, yet limited competition that developed after WWII between the United States and the Soviet Union