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A state has total control and authority over its own territory and is
free from any higher legal authority. -
correct answer ✅Sovereignty
The right or desire of distinct national groups to become states and
to rule themselves. -
correct answer ✅National Self-Determination
A state of affairs in which there is parity and stability among
competing forces, and no one state is sufficiently strong to
dominate all the others. -
correct answer ✅Balance of Power
American-led policy of limiting the spread of communism. -
correct answer ✅Containment
Mutual defense treaty of the Soviet bloc
(seven states). -
correct answer ✅Warsaw Pact (1955)
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"Hot" wars during the Cold War, usually in a developing country.
The US and the USSR each funded and armed a side. -
correct answer ✅Proxy Wars
A relaxation of tension characterized by negotiation and arms
control agreements. -
correct answer ✅Détente
The pursuit of friendlier relations (and diplomatic
recognition in 1979). -
correct answer ✅Rapprochement
A system with a dominant leader that is has more influence over
other actors than anyone else. -
correct answer ✅Hegemony
Greater prospects for peace and global cooperation after end of
Cold War. -
correct answer ✅New World Order