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100

A planned elimination or imprisonment of a group of people.

PURGE

100

Who was Fidel Castro?

  • led communist revolutions in 1959 overthrowing Cuba’s government
  • led Cuba until 2008
100

When was Russia ruled by czars?

Beginning in the 1500s

100

Details about Stalin’s totalitarian state

(Give three examples)

  • changed USSR from a peasant society to a leading military and industrial power
  • built hundreds of factories and forced ppl to work in them
  • farmers had to join collectives which caused foods shortages and killed millions
  • people who opposed his ideas were killed or imprisoned in purges
100

DRAFT

To select from a group for required service in the military.

200

A competition to build weapons in order to dominate another country.

ARMS RACE

200

Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

  • Soviet leader who came into power in 1985
  • enacted big changes
  • signed treaty limiting nuclear weapons
  • introduced policies such as perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness)
  • knew USSR couldn’t afford to continue arms race
  • countries broke ties with USSR during his reign
200

What did Stalin do to change the U.S.S.R.?

Joseph Stalin, changed the U.S.S.R. from a peasant society into a leading military and industrial power.

200

Soviet Union’s economy in 1980s

  • economy was weak
  • food shortages and shortages of other goods
  • why? because they spent too much on military to keep up in arms race
  • led to breakup of USSR into independent nations
200

SUPERPOWER

A powerful nation with nuclear weapons that dominates other nations and greatly influences world events.

300

An economic system in which property, goods, and labor are shared by the people.

COMMUNISM

300

Who was Vladmir Lenin?

  • headed the Soviet Union after Russian Revolution
  • came before Stalin
  • opened up the way to the Russian Revolution
  • leader of the Bolshevik Party
  • wanted communism to spread
300

Effects of Communism during the 20th century

(Give three examples)

  • only five out of 20 countries remained communist after 1970s
  • caused many revolutions against communism
  • made the countries’ economies poor
  • many people went hungry because communist countries did not grown enough food
  • noncommunist countries did not want to trade with communist countries
  • Korea and Vietnam split and had civil wars
  • led to Cold War & arms race because US wanted to stop the spread of communism
  • Communist government had too much control over the people
300

US containment policy during during Cold War

  • US wanted to stop Communism from spreading from USSR and China
  • led to arms race between Soviet Union and USA
  • stopped US from trading with communist countries
  • US and USSR used propaganda to get support for their opinions
300

DÉTENTE

An easing of tensions between rival countries.

400

Relating to a form of government in which political authority exercises total control over every aspect of people’s lives.

(Must be pronounced correctly)

TOTALITARIAN

400

Who was Karl Marx?

  • developed the idea that it was unfair that property owners made money while others did work
  • developed communism in the 1800s
  • encouraged workers to revolt against system
  • wrote Communist Manifesto
400

China and Eastern Europe – Differences during the 1980s

  • freedom movements in Eastern Europe; held elections and had new governments
  • China remained communist and did not allow elections
  • When young Chinese student revolted for democracy, China killed them
400

Effects of the Great Leap Forward

  • caused starvation in China
  • killed many people
  • people were overworked
400

PROPAGANDA

Materials used to promote a belief among the public.

500

An elected political group in a communist country.

SOVIET

500

Who was Mao Zedong?

  • left home at 14 to escape arranged marriage
  • became follower of Revolutionary Leader Sun Yat-Sen at 17
  • cut off his pigtail showing he’s no longer loyal to emperor
  • believed China should modern country
  • became leader of people’s republic of China in 1949
  • blamed China’s problems on people who were no true communists
  • killed or imprisoned those who disagreed with him
  • ordered a Cultural Revolution in China to cut people’s ties with past
  • sent the educated to jail, work camps, or killed them
500

North Korean War and Veitnam War

(Give three similarities and two differences)

  • Similarities:
  • both were divided into North and South
  • North Korea and North Vietnam were both communists
  • North Korea and North Vietnam wanted to united who country under communism
  • Both Norths got help from USSR and China; both Souths got help from the US
  • Differences:
  • Neither North nor South Korea won the war
  • North Vietnam won war which united the country under communism
500

Russian Revolution

(Give three examples)

  • Russian people were angry with czar because his reforms didn’t really help them with their problems
  • The people couldn’t afford to feed themselves; couldn’t afford to pay taxes
  • People were also angry about Russia’s WWI involvement
  • Bolshevik Party led by Vladimir Lenin though it was time for a communist government for Russia
  • In early 1917, Russian people revolted
  • The czar was forced to give up leader when his army betrayed him by joining the revolution
  • A temporary government as setup
  • Later in year, the Bolshevik Party overthrew government and set up their own
  • Russia withdrew from WWI
500

WARLORD

A military commander with civil power over a region.

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