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2. An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, free markets, competition, and the pursuit of profit
6. The use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, for political aims
8. Disobedience The nonviolent refusal to obey laws or governmental demands as a form of protest
9. Pact A collective defense treaty established in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe as a response to NATO
11. War A conflict in which opposing powers do not directly engage in combat but instead use third parties to fight on their behalf
15. Policies in communist states to reassign ownership of land, wealth, and resources
17. Wall A concrete barrier erected by East Germany in 1961 that physically divided East and West Berlin
18. Nations An international organization founded in 1945 after World War II to promote international peace and cooperation
19. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, A military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the perceived threat of Soviet expansion
20. Union An economic and political union of European countries that evolved from earlier post-World War II efforts at European integration

1. Race A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration
3. Countries Nations that were formally independent but were heavily influenced and controlled politically and economically by the USSR
4. A system of government in which the power to rule is held by the people, typically through elected representatives
5. Spring A series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s
7. A political and economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which the means of production are owned and controlled communally, often through the state
10. Curtain term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the ideological and physical boundary dividing Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from Western Europe during the Cold War
12. The process of former colonies gaining independence
13. Race A competition between nations to develop and accumulate superior weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, during the Cold War
14. Assured Destruction A military doctrine based on the idea that the use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
16. Missile Crisis A tense 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba