COLD WAR

SUPERPOWER

• Extremely powerful nation

UNITED NATIONS

• International organization founded in 1945

IRON CURTAIN

• Ideological barrier that divided Europe.

CONTAINMENT

• U.S. Policy to attempt to restrict soviet power.

MARSHALL PLAN

• U.S. Plan to aid and promote the economic recovery in Europe.

NATO

• Mutual defense past formed by Western nations

WARSAW PACT

• Defense pact between USSR & European nations.

ARMS RACE

• Competition to achei e weapon superiority

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

• Period of revolutionary upheaval

KOREAN WAR

• War between North Korea and South Korea

VIET CONG

• Communist insurgents in South Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR

• War between north & south Vietnam

DOMINO THEROY

• Belief that if Vietnam fell to communist the rest if Asia would as well.

COVERT ACTION

• Secret political, econom., or military operation designed to support foreign policy.

DÉTENTE

• Easing of hostility or strained relations

DETERRENCE

• Act of making someone decide not to do something

SUMMARY
The Cold War changed the world by affecting people & government. It is called the Cold War because it was "cold" meaning they weren't actually fighting. It was just a bunch of waiting for the other person to make a move.