Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Conflicts Between Superpowers
Soviet Union/Russia/
Communist
Cold War & European Change
100
The war of ideas between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Cold War
100
A policy to encourage factories to make the goods that people want?
Perestroika
100
What did the Soviets use to try to take over all of Berlin?
Blockade
100
What gave economic and military help to nations trying to defeat Communists?
Truman Doctrine.
100
Where was the solidarity union formed?
Poland
200
An overthrow of the government?
Coup
200
One-Sided information
Propoganda
200
Soon after World War II, American forces occupied...
South Korea
200
Who was the Soviet leader who took power in 1985?
Mikhail Gorbachev
200
What is the name of the currency used in the European Union countries?
the Euro
300
The act of getting rid of people because of their race or religion?
ethnic cleansing
300
The act of refusing to work until certain demands are met?
Strike
300
China and what other country were on the same side in the Korean War?
the Soviet Union
300
One sided information meant to change people's minds?
Propaganda.
300
Who was not a president during the Cold War? Kennedy Eisenhower Nixon Clinton
Clinton
400
Openness in government?
Glasnost
400
An agreement to stop a war for a time?
Truce
400
A plan that blocks all roads, railroads, and waterways is called...
blockade
400
What is a largely Muslin area in southwestern Russia?
Chechnya
400
The members of what group work together to try to keep world peace?
NATO
500
Another name for the European Recovery Plan?
Marshall Plan
500
A military alliance between the Soviet Union and Communist countries?
Warsaw Pact
500
What divides North Korean from South Korea?
38th parallel of latitude.
500
What is another name for the secret police in Russia?
KGB
500
All of the former parts of what country are now independent countries?
Yugoslavia
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