Cold War

Dan Z.
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  1. Cold War
    a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
  2. unification
    the act of making or becoming a single entity
  3. free-enterprise
    subscribing to capitalistic competition
  4. collective security
    a system for international peace
  5. imperialism
    a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
  6. nationalism
    the doctrine that your country's interests are superior
  7. Organization of American States
    an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
  8. market economy
    an economy that relies on market forces to determine prices
  9. superpower
    a country that can influence events throughout the world
  10. commemorative
    intended to honor the memory of someone or something
  11. dismantle
    take off or remove
  12. peacekeeping
    of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
  13. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  14. rejection
    the act of turning something down
  15. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  16. Creation
    (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
  17. humanitarian
    marked by devotion to popular welfare
  18. cooperate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
  19. repression
    control by holding down
  20. prosecute
    conduct legal proceedings against a defendant
  21. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
  22. domination
    power to defeat
  23. halting
    proceeding in a fragmentary, hesitant, or ineffective way
  24. similarity
    the quality of being alike
  25. eliminate
    end, take out, or do away with
  26. capability
    the quality of being able to do something
  27. valid
    well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
  28. diversity
    noticeable variety
Created on Tue Mar 30 19:00:23 EDT 2010 (updated Tue Mar 30 19:01:12 EDT 2010)

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