Cold War Vocab Flashcards | StudBudCold War Vocab
# Social studies
1Refugee
- a person who was building better weapons
- those who left thier country to escape famine,war,oppression
- the limiting of weapons
- a conflict between two countries
2Iron Curtain
- the ban of goods by one nation against another
- spread of ideas or beliefs to gain support for a cause
- fighter who does not fight but makes surprise raids & attack
- an imaginary line in Europe separating nations
3Diplomacy
- standoff between US & Soviets over weapons
- a conflict between two countries
- the art of handling relations between nations
- attack by North Vietnam, turning point of Vietnam War
4Cold War
- political bullying of innocent people for political reasons
- problem between China/North Korea & the US/South Korea
- nonmilitary struggle to influence & control the US & Soviets
- the art of handing relations between nations
5Cuban Missile Crisis
- economic system that encourages owning business & properties
- those who left their country to escape famine & war
- standoff between the US and the Soviets over weapons
6Arms Race
- those who don't fight but make surprise raids and attacks
- art of handling relations between nations
- a contest to build more and better weapons
- political bullying of innocent people for political reasons
7Korean War
- standoff between the US & the Soviets over weapons
- war, 1950-1953 communist China/North Korea & US/South Korea
- contest to build more & better weapons
8McCarthyism
- those who left their country to escape famine and war
- problem between sides who are supported powerful enemies
- attack by North Vietnam, the turning point of Vietnam War
- political bullying of innocent people for political reasons
9Proxy War
- the art of handling relations between nations
- contest to build more and better weapons
- attack by North Vietnam, turning point of the Vietnam War
- problem between sides supported by enemies, in a struggle
10Capitalism
- those who left their country to escape famine & war
- standoff between the US and the Soviets over weapons
- economic system, encourage ownership of business & propertie
- a military struggle for influence and control
11Embargo
- the limiting of the production of weapons
- ban of trade goods by one nation against another
- the art of handling relations between nations
- spread of ideas or beliefs to gain support for a cause
12Arms Control
- spread of ideas or beliefs to gain support for a cuase
- conflict between 2 countries
- the limiting of the production of weapons
- art handling relations between nations
13Vietnam War
- the limiting of the production of weapons
- conflict between North Vietnamese US helped South Vietnamese
- war, 1950-1953 communist China/North Korea & US/South Korea
- standoff between US and the Soviets over weapons
14Tet Offensive
- attack by North Vietnam, the turning point of Vietnam War
- the limiting of the production of weapons
- war 1950-1953,communist China/North Korea & US/South Korea
- art of handling relations between nations
15Guerilla
- those who don't fight but make surprise raids & attacks
- standoff between US and Soviets over weapons
- person who left their country to escape famine and war
- contest to build more and better weapons
16propaganda
- a standoff between the US and the Soviets over weapons
- fighter who does not fight but makes surprise raids & attack
- the spread of ideas or beliefs to gain support for a cause
17Communism
- fighter who does not fight makes surprise raids and attacks
- economic & political system government owns land & industire
- ban of trade goods by one nation against another
- an imaginary line in Europe separating nations
