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15 Cards in this Set
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an invisible wall that divided the capitalist west from the communist east
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iron curtain
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countries controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union
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satellite nations
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refusal to obey unjust laws
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civil disobedience
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the U.S. cold war policy of preventing communism from expanding past the borders set after World War II
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containment
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when a one party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of citizens
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totalitarian state
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type of government system where all wealth and property would be controlled by the community as a whole
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communism
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an indirect conflict that existed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1945 to the 1980's
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cold war
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the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
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propaganda
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the channeling of a nation's entire resources into the war effort
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total war
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situation in which a country exports more than it imports
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trade surplus
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policy of supporting neither side in a war
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neutrality
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payments for losses in war
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reparations
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dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world
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interdependence
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system of racial segregation imposed on South Aftricans by whites
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apartheid
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right of people to choose their own form of government
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self determination
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