Chapter 27 Vocabulary Quiz: The Cold War Era

__________the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II.

• Iron Curtain

• Closed Shop

• Blacklist

• Perjury

___________a struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods short of war.

• Closed Shop

• Blacklist

• Perjury

• Allege

__________is a list of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as by being refused jobs.

• Censure

• Blacklist

• Inflation

• Iron Curtain

________ is lying when one has sworn an oath to tell the truth.

• Allege

• Censure

• Perjury

• Containment

__________ is to state as a fact but without proof.

• Allege

• Subversion

• Statement

• Inflation

____________ is to express formal disapproval of some action.

• Subversion

• Containment

• Airlift

• Censure

____________ is an attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within.

• Subversion

• Censure

• Statement

• Cold War

____________ is a situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in.

• Demilitarized Zone

• Stalemate

• Airlift

• Iron Curtain

_____________ is a region where no military forces or weapons are permitted.

• Demilitarized Zone

• Inflation

• Iron Curtain

• Closed Shop

_____________ is the policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power.

• Allege

• Stalemate

• Containment

• Subversion