Cold War Vocabulary

Group of nations

Isolation of nation by hostile forces to prevent the entrance and exit of trade.

Competition between superpowers for military superiority

Country unequaled in military power or political influence

Effort aimed at equal rights for women

Period during which a particular administration or system prevails

To disagree

Storage of weapons and military equipment

Systematic elimination of an ethnic group from a region, as by death or force

Put down by force or intimidation

Nation Controlled by the Soviet Union

Restructuring of Soviet economy and bureaucracy

Nation not controlled by others or outside forces

Art that introduces traditional or classical elements of style

Policy designed to prevent the spread of communism

Place where prisoners are used as slave workers

Relaxing or easing of tension between rivals

Association of nations formed to provide mutual help if attacked

Long range rockets that can target far off locations

Charge public official with misconduct in office

Convert from private to governmental ownership and control

Freedom of private business to operate for profit with minimal government regulation

Excess of expenditure over revenue

Administration marked by anti-inflation, breaking the power of labor unions, and anit-tax riots

Group of people preoccupied with buying goods

Protests at universities by those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

When the government provides programs for the good of its citizens

Separation of races

Policy of eliminating the political policies, methods, and personal image of Stalin

Era of political tension without armed conflict

Actual purchasing power of income

Operates by voluntary exchange in a free market and is not planned or controlled government.

Nation comes under Communist control, neighboring nations also come under Communist control