The Cold War vocabulary

1. an extremely powerful nation

• communism
• iron curtain
• superpower

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

2. a natural or human-made item that orbits a planet

• blockade
• satellite
• intervention

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

3. a projectile, often used to launch a weapon

• missile
• arms race
• blockade

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4. the act of interfering with the outcome of a situation, typically taken to improve a situation

• intervention
• communism
• superpower

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

5. system where the government owns the factories and natural resources and controls the production of goods

• iron curtain
• superpower
• communism

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

6. competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military weapons and technology

• space race
• arms race
• nuclear

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

7. surrounding an enemy's territory in wartime to keep people and supplies from passing

• blockade
• intervention
• iron curtain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

8. destroyed or ruined

• nuclear
• devastated
• missile

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

9. term used to describe the border between Western Europe and the communist countries of Eastern Europe

• blockade
• intervention
• iron curtain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

10. related to the division and joining of atoms as a method to release energy

• nuclear
• devastated
• missile