Cold War
Communism: A political theory in which all property is owned publicly, and each person is paid according to their work and need.
The Soviet Union's ideology of sharing property and commonwealth made them a communist state.
Capitalism: An economic and political theory in which all countries' trade and business is done through private owners for profit, not the state.
Free markets, stock markets, and private industry are all included in a Capitalism.
Physics
Streamline: Design creating little resistance from air or water.
The streamline design of the rocket made it go fast without much air resistance.
Force: The strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
The force applied to the ball started to make it roll.
October Sky
Sputnik: Russian satellite launched into space, starting the Space Race.
Sputnik was the first satellite ever to be launched into space.
Atomic Bomb: A bomb that derives its destructive nature from the rapid release of nuclear energy through fusion.
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan during WWII and devastated the country.
Communism: A political theory in which all property is owned publicly, and each person is paid according to their work and need.
The Soviet Union's ideology of sharing property and commonwealth made them a communist state.
Capitalism: An economic and political theory in which all countries' trade and business is done through private owners for profit, not the state.
Free markets, stock markets, and private industry are all included in a Capitalism.
Physics
Streamline: Design creating little resistance from air or water.
The streamline design of the rocket made it go fast without much air resistance.
Force: The strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
The force applied to the ball started to make it roll.
October Sky
Sputnik: Russian satellite launched into space, starting the Space Race.
Sputnik was the first satellite ever to be launched into space.
Atomic Bomb: A bomb that derives its destructive nature from the rapid release of nuclear energy through fusion.
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan during WWII and devastated the country.