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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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