1.1 Early tensions between East and West

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USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - collection of states, also known as the Soviet Union.
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Ideology
A set of ideas that someone, or a group of people, believe in.
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Capitalism
An economic system, based on privately-owned businesses and the creation of profit.
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Communism
A system in which society is classless and all property is owned publicly.
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Nazi Germany
The common name of a period of history in Germany between 1933 to 1945, under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
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Satellite state
A nation that was once independent but then became under the political, economic and military control of the USSR
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Colonialism
Economic, political and cultural country of another country
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Reparations
Payments in money or goods after a war, from the losing country to the victors; compensation for loss of life and damage to land and stewardship
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London Poles
Group of politicians who left Poland after 1939 German invasion and formed a government-in-exile, first in Paris and then in London
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Veto
Forbid or refuse. UN Security Council,s members can stop resolutions being passed with a single 'no' vote, even if all the other members think it should be passed
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The common name of a period of history in Germany between 1933 to 1945, under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

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