Social Studies-Chapter 9
vocabulary
Terms
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- hostage
- a person held prisoner
- nonviolence
- use of peacful ways to bring about change
- arms control
- a limit to number of weapons
- dove
- a person who supports an end to the fighting of a war
- hawk
- a person who supports fighting a war
- airlift
- delivering supplies by air
- missile
- a rocket that can deliver a bomb thousands of miles
- public opinion
- what people of a community think
- integration
- The bringing together of people of all races en education, jobs, and housing
- superpower
- a very powerful nation
- scandal
- an action that brings disgrace
- cease-fire
- an end to shooting and bombing
- arms race
- competition for the most powerful weapons
- detente
- easing of military tensions