| Term | Definition |
| Berlin Wall | a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West |
| Superpowers | Term given to the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
| Satelite Nations | Communist Countries are also known as- |
| Churchill | British Prime Minister who opposed the policy of appeasement and led Great Britain through World War II |
| Khrushchev | New Soviet Premier after Stalin dies. |
| Containment | Policy that required the United States to try and keep communism from spreading around the world |
| Gobachev | was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and also the last head of state of the USSR |
| JFK | President of USA. Took out the orders for the Bay of Pigs after Eisenhower. |
| Bay of Pigs | JFK's plan to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro went haywire because there was no air cover |