Cold War

Russia and 14 surrounding nations with its capital in Moscow

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A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

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a war in which powerful nuclear weapons are used.

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The group of Eastern European nations that fell under the control of the Soviet Union following World War II.

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Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated Eastern and the U.S.-dominated West.

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when the government controls the laws AND economy of a country

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Years of the Cold War

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leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War

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Soviet leader of the 1980s who worked with Reagan to end the Cold War

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US leader of the 1980s who worked with Gorbachev to end the Cold War

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