Chapter 8

4. a system where young men are required to serve in the military for a set time period
7. race a competition between countries for the biggest or most powerful weapons or armies
9. a policy during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism outside the Soviet Union
11. a situation where a foreign government takes control of a country, often using military force
12. to increase in intensity or make worse
13. to get rid of all or most of an area's military and weapons.
14. the Soviet policy of openness in politics and society

1. an order that restricts or ends trade completely
2. the system of legal discrimination against and separation of black Africans in South Africa
3. a program to restructure the Soviet economic and political system
4. to make a place more democratic or to introduce democracy
5. to bring something under the control of the government
6. a small group of people who disagree with or challenge the authority of the people in power
8. the process of colonies became independent
9. War an intense economic, political, military, and cultural contest between countries without direct conflict between the countries
10. an easing of hostile or tense relations