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| the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII |
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| the policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power |
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| a system of transporting food and supplies by aircraft into an area otherwise impossible to reach |
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| a struggle over political differences between natons carried on by methods short of war |
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| Agreement between U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European countries, which said "an armed attack on one or more of the member nations was an attack on all of them" |
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| alliance of mutual defense treaties between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries |
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| a continuous rise in the price of goods and services |
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| a situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither side will give in |
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| a region where no military forces or weapons are permitted |
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an attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within
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| list of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as being refused jobs |
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| lying when one has sworn and oath to tell the truth |
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| state as a fact, but without proof |
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| to express formal disapproval of some action |
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| the competition between the US and the Soviet Union to build more and more weapons in effort to surpass the other's military strength |
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| the belief that if one nation in Asia fell to the Communists. Neighboring countries would follow |
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| a marked increase in the birthplace, especially in the US immediately following WWII |
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| cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies of people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports |
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| a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by a small band of warriors using tactics, such as sudden ambushes |
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| Wall dividing Berlin into two halves, one democratic, the other Communist |
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