vocab

3. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
4. Civil defence is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces,
6. accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials).
7. Southeast Treaty Organization: Includes USA, UK, France, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand
9. a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible
11. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
14. (in the Vietnam War) the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
15. the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics

1. each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit.
2. a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries
5. a strong building, usually under the ground, intended to keep people safe from the dust in the air after a nuclear explosion.
8. the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits the containment of health costs.
10. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
12. Korean War, conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their live
13. 38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea