BY: JANIE GUTIERREZ

POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL NATION WITH REFERENCE TO THE U.S. AND FORMER SOVIET UNION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

IDEOLOGICAL BARRIER THAT DIVIDED EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR

U.S. POLICY OF ATTEMPTING TO RESTRICT SOVIET POWER AND INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD BY PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM

AMERICAN INITIATIVE TO AID WESTERN EUROPE

MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT FORMED BY WESTERN NATIONS IN 1949

CREATED AS A RESPONSE TO NATO, WAS AN ALLIANCE AMONG THE SOVIET BLOC NATIONS, BINDING MEMBERS INTO POLICY OF COMMON DEFENSE

COMPETITION BETWEEN NATIONS FOR SUPERIORITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS

A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966 to 1976

N. Korea invaded s. Korea. U.s. and other u.n. Countries intervened and forced communist back

A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN VIETNAM

WAR BETWEEN COMMUNIST n. Vietnam and u.s. Supported s. Vietnam.

Belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominos

FOREIGN POLICY TOOLS USED BY POLICYMAKERS TO ADVANCE NATIONAL INTEREST

STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES

PUNISHMENT AS A THREAT TO DETER PEOPLE OF OFFENDING