Cold War Vocabulary

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

• capitalism

• communism

• socialism

• nazism

the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence

• containment

• commuism

• capitalism

• container

a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause

• signatures

• treaty

• essay

• petition

The art and science of maintaining peaceful relationships between nations, groups, or individuals

• democracy

• impressment

• diplomacy

• dictatorship

an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, especially in the industrial sector, with labor paid only wages.

• communism

• capitalism

• containment

• socialism

the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics

• brinkmanship

• battleship

• appeasement

• diplomacy

the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

• Boat People

• Brinkmanship

• battleship

• Draft Dodging

a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam

• Vietnam War

• Ho Chi Minh Massacre

• Tet Offensive

• Tet Defensive

the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991

• Iron Wall

• Steel Curtain

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

• Domino Prediction

• Domino Theory

• Chess Theory

• Communism