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The document outlines the key alliances and policies during the Cold War. The Soviet Bloc included Eastern European countries allied with the Soviet Union, while the Western Bloc comprised Western European allies of the United States. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 established the policy of US aid to countries threatened by communist takeovers, and containment was the overall Western strategy of containing the spread of communism. In response, the Eastern and Western Blocs each formed military alliances through the Warsaw Pact and NATO, respectively. The Iron Curtain divided Europe between Eastern and Western spheres of influence. Some non-aligned countries accepted investments from both sides. Later, treaties aimed to limit nuclear proliferation to five countries and establish inspections through the IAEA
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- 1. Soviet Bloc • Soviet satellites that include East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary.
- 2. Western Bloc • Western Europe satellites that include Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, West Germany, Greece, and Turkey.
- 3. Truman Doctrine of 1947 • Doctrine that the United States explicitly stated that it would aid countries threatened by communist takeovers.
- 4. Containment • The policy during the Cold War by "containing" your enemy by offering aid to countries threatened by either communist/democratic takeover.
- 5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) • The Western Bloc formed this military alliance of mutual defense.
- 6. Warsaw Pact • The Eastern Bloc formed this military alliance of mutual defense.
- 7. Iron Curtain • Termed coined by Churchill as the line between East and West because Western influence could not penetrate the Eastern Bloc and Easterners were rarely allowed to go to the Western Bloc.
- 8. Nonalignment • A policy that some countries refused to take sides and sometimes accepted investments from both sides during the Cold War.
- 9. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty of 1968 • An attempt to limit nuclear technology to just five superpowers (China, Russia, USA, Great Britain, and France)
- 10. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) • Agency that ensured the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was not being violated by countries.