What was the iron curtain and what was on each side

The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.

1. they could both use a veto to cancel an action.

2. women couldn't vote in the roman republic but could in the united states

council members were chosen randomly, and men could present laws for debate in assembly.