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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (1900–Present)

AP World History: Modern — Note Packet

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Key Terms

Superpowers

Nations with immense economic, military, and ideological ______ to project influence globally.

Bipolar

A global power structure dominated by ______ major powers.

Iron Curtain

Winston Churchill's term for the ideological ______ dividing Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from the West.

Containment

The U.S. policy during the Cold War aimed at stopping the ______ of communism wherever it appeared.

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

The Cold War doctrine that a nuclear attack by one superpower would result in the total ______ of both.

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