Amsco Ap World 8.2 The Cold War Questions & Answers Graded A+ 2023/2024

United Nations (UN) {Ans: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security}satellite countries {Ans: small states that are economically or politically dependent on a larger, more powerful state}mutual assured destruction {Ans: regardless of who started the Cold War, both would be obliterated by the end of it}Non-Aligned Movement {Ans: The group of nations that didn't side with either the US or the USSR during the Cold War.}Sputnik {Ans: First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.}containment {Ans: American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world}Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) {Ans: An economic organization of Communist states meant to help rebuild East Block under Soviet auspices.}Iron Curtain {Ans: Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.}Truman Doctrine {Ans: a strong statement that the United States would do what it had to do to stop the spread of communism}Marshall Plan {Ans: A United States program of economic aid