Turning Points
These 2 policies were championed by Gorbachev, and meant openness and reform in English
Perestroika and Glasnost
The last leader of the USSR, this person's reforms were ambitious, but ultimately were failures
Mikhail Gorbachev
This economic and political system, championed by the USSR, called for collective ownership of the means of production and was built on the principle of equality
This alliance was created in 1949 by the US, Canada and other European nations to limit the influence of the USSR
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This term describes the study of how geography influences politics, power, and international relations.
Geopolitics
This environmental disaster in 1986 happened in Ukraine, and significantly undermined the legitimacy of the USSR
the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
Succeeding Stalin, this Soviet leader was known for his reforms called 'Destalinization'
Nikita Khruschev
This economic and political system, championed by the US, is based on private ownership
Capitalism
This 1955 alliance bound the USSR and its Eastern European satellite states together to form a united front against the West
This term describes a region where one major power has significant political, economic, or military influence over other nations.
Sphere of Influence
The Americans joined this Southeast Asian war in 1965, leading to a devastating defeat 10 years later
the Vietnam War
40th president of the US, this person was known for eating jelly beans
Ronald Reagan
Name 3 problems that faced the USSR near its collapse
1: Corruption
2: Slow Bureaucracy
3: Economic stagnation
4: Chernobyl Disaster
5: Lack of innovation
This term, coined by Churchill, described the divide between Soviet Europe and Western Europe
The Iron Curtain
This acronym describes the deterrence offered by nuclear annhilation
This incident in the 1960s happened in the Carribbean, and almost led to nuclear war
the Cuban Missile Crisis
This person was rivals with Mikhail Gorbachev, and ultimately destroyed the USSR
Boris Yeltsin
What is the Russian word for a Soviet bureaucrat
Apparatchik
Name 3 European member states of NATO at its founding
Britain, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Iceland
This term describes a conflict in which two rival powers support opposing sides without directly fighting each other.
Proxy war
The Soviets launched this Central Asian war in 1979, leading to a devastating defeat 10 years later
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
This person attempted to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989, trying to save the USSR
Gennedy Yanayev
The USSR's economy was centrally planned by the state; the US economy, by contrast, was largely driven by this.
The Free Market
Name 5 members of the Warsaw Pact that does not include the USSR
East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Czechoslovakia
This term describes the intense competition between the US and USSR to build up ever-larger and more advanced military arsenals.
Arms race