Vocab of the Cold War

The American, French, and British zones of Germany created after it was divided the allied powers after WW2.

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

A political system in which all property is owned by state, each person works, is payed accordingly to ability and needs

Competition between two nations for power,through creation&buildup of nuculear weapons,like US and USSR during Cold War.

The action or policy of preventing a hostile country from expanding its influence, without use of military weapons.

Stress or strain between two or more countries.

A system in which a country's economy is controlled trade and production for profit, in a free market.

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

the group of socialist states under the union of socialists rebublics.

A system to organize society with the goal of spreading more wealth evenly, treating all people fairly.

"rule by the people"; system of government,citizens have a say in how the government runs,voting and electing officials.

A system of government that is centeralized or has total power and led by a ruler that requires members to serve state.

An imaginary barrier seperating the Soviet Union and communist satellite states from Western Europe during the Cold War.

A guarded concrete wall, 28mi long, erected across the city of Berlin by East Germany in 1961 and destroyed in 1989.

The open yet limited competition, happened between USSR, USA, and others, Lasted from 1945-1991, No military conflict

The soviet zone of Germany created after it was divided by the allied powers following WW2.