Cold War Terms

3. The practice of spying or using spies, typically by governments, to obtain political or military information.
4. Airlift: A joint effort by Western Allies to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded all land routes.
7. A period of improved relations and reduced tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
8. A set of beliefs, values, and ideas, especially one that forms the basis of an economic or political theory and policy.
9. Doctrine: President Truman's policy of providing political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations threatened by external or internal authoritarian forces.
11. Scare: Periods of intense anti-communist hysteria and fear in the United States, particularly after World War I and World War II.
13. A political and economic ideology where the means of production are owned and controlled by the community as a whole, often leading to a classless society, but historically implemented through totalitarian states.
15. Proliferation: The spread of nuclear weapons, weapon technologies, or fissile material to countries that do not currently possess them.
18. Incident: The downing of a U.S. U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960, which heightened Cold War tensions.
20. A form of government in which the state has total control over all aspects of public and private life, often led by a dictator.

1. State: A country that is officially independent but is heavily influenced or controlled by another, more powerful country (like Soviet influence over Eastern European nations).
2. The practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence, often associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy.
5. A military alliance formed by democratic Western nations to defend against Soviet aggression.
6. The U.S. policy during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism.
10. Curtain: A term coined by Winston Churchill describing the division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe.
12. War: A war fought from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations, primarily the U.S.).
14. Plan: A U.S. program providing economic aid to help Western European countries rebuild after World War II and resist communism.
16. A U.S. House of Representatives committee that investigated alleged disloyalty and communist ties.
17. Defense: Measures taken by civilians and governments to protect the populace from military attack (especially nuclear) or natural disasters.
19. War: A conflict where two opposing powers support opposing sides in a war, rather than fighting each other directly.