Social Studies Weekly - Texas Edition - Week 25 Vocabulary

a race between hostile nations to accumulate and develop weapons

• arms race

• space program

• communism

• innovation

a program created to explore outer space

• arms race

• space program

• communism

• innovation

a form of government in which a small group of people has total control of the government and determines how much everyone is paid according to their needs

• arms race

• space program

• communism

• innovation

a new idea, device, or method

• arms race

• space program

• communism

• innovation

a disease that attacks the nervous system, often leaving its victims paralyzed

• polio

• veteran

• civil rights

• satellite

a person who has served in the armed forces during a war

• polio

• veteran

• civil rights

• satellite

rights granted to citizens by their government that are equal for everyone

• polio

• veteran

• civil rights

• satellite

an object that orbits around another object in space that can be either man-made or natural

• polio

• veteran

• civil rights

• satellite