MIGUEL HERNANDEZ

SUPERPOWER

• That the extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.

UNITED NATIONS

IRON CURTAIN

• That the an impenetrable barrier to communication or information, especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy.

CONTAINMENT

• That the act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation.

MARSHALL PLAN

NATO

• an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.

WARSAW PACT

• an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for

ARMS RACE

• competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

• a radical sociopolitical movement in China c1966–71, led by Mao Zedong and characterized by military rule, terrorism, purges, restructuring of the educational system, etc.

KOREA WAR

• That they wher in war with the u.s. and that they kill a lot of people

VIET CONG

VIETNAM WAR

• The VIETNAM WAR because they are going to fait for lend

DOMINO THEORY

• A theory that if one country is taken over by an expansionist, especially Communist, neighbor, party, or the like, the nearby nations will be taken over one after another.

COVERT ACTION

• That the secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.

DETENTE

• That the relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.

DETERRENCE

• That the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating.