Study the word list: GCSE History: Cold War 3

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Word list: GCSE History: Cold War 3

	capitalism	Capitalism is an economic system which encourages the making and spending of money.
	communism	Communism is an economic system in which property is collectively owned by that community.
	socialism	Socialism is an economic system in which industry and services are owned by the community.
	Bolshevik	A Bolshevik is a member of the Russian Bolshevik Party.
	collectivisation	Collectivisation was a policy to create more efficient agricultural units.
	privatisation	Privatisation is when something is transferred from being publicly owned to being privately owned.
	containment	Containment refers to the idea of trying to contain Communism.
	Iron	The Iron Curtain separated the East form the West.
	curtain	The Iron Curtain separated the East form the West.
	buffer	A buffer zone is a neutral area that works as a barrier between opponents.
	zone	A buffer zone is a neutral area that works as a barrier between opponents.
	satellite	A satellite state is formally independent but actually under the influence of another power.
	state	A satellite state is formally independent but actually under the influence of another power.
	Bizone	The Bizone was made up of American and British occupation zones in 1947,.
	Trizone	The Trizone was made up of American, British, and French occupation zones in 1948,.
	jihad	Jihad is the struggle against the enemies of Islam.
	de-Stalinisation	De-Stalinisation describes the movement away from the policies and influence of Stalin.
	totalitarian	A totalitarian government has total control over a country.
	autocracy	An autocracy is a system of government in which one person has absolute power.
	brinkmanship	Brinkmanship is threatening to use nuclear weapons in order to put pressure on an opponent.