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Cold War
100

In the USSR, Workers' Councils are known as

What are Soviets

100

What was the theory that drove US policy in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos?  (The answer is NOT the policy)

 Domino Theory

100

Who was the Soviet leader after Stalin's death and what major policy did he institute?

Khrushchev - Destalinization

100

What American president came to power in the 1980s and is dubbed the Soviet Union, "The Evil Empire"?

Ronald Reagan

100
Who allowed for an economic liberalization in China but cracked down on political dissent at Tiananmen Square in 1989?
Deng Xiaping
200

The Communist Party's body responsible for making political decisions

What is the Politburo

200

In the 1960s, the US came its closest to nuclear war with the Soviet Union... why? Who was involved?

Cuban Missile Crisis - (Khrushchev) USSR trying to put nuclear missiles in Cuba; US (Kennedy) required them to stop (instituted blockade of Cuba); USSR backed down and US promised not to invade Cuba (and 6 months later removed US missiles from Turkey)

200
Who followed Khrushchev as the new leader of the Soviet Union and what was his major policy?
Brezhnev - Brezhnev doctrine (USSR had a right to intervene to protect communism wherever it existed)
200

Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and WHY?

Soviets invaded Afghanistan to assist the Communist uprising in the country.  The U.S. provided aid to the Mujahedin

200

What symbolic event marked the beginning of the end of communism in Europe in 1989?


Fall of the Berlin Wall

300

The Political affiliation to which Trotsky belonged

What is a Menshevik

300

Tito, Nasser, Nehru were leaders who headed 115 nations to resist the 2 superpowers, and gained voting power in the UN

NAM (Non-Alignment Movement)

300
The Soviet Union shocked the world twice, once in 1949 and again in 1957. What did it do both times?
Detonated its first atomic bomb; launched the first satellite (Sputnik) into space
300

The National Security Council produced this document in 1950 which warned how all communist activity everywhere could be traced back to Moscow

What is NSC-68?

300

Describe the two major Gorbachev policies to revitalize the economy.

Glasnost - "openness", allowed for free flow of info (including criticism); Perestroika (economic restructuring) - allowed low-level capitalism w/private ownership; 

400

A rich peasant is known as

What is a Kulak?

400

What was considered the "high point" of détente in the Cold War? Why?

Helsinki Accords; agreed to post-WWII borders, agree to cooperate in science & tech; recognize human rights

400
A new period between the US and the major communist nations began in the 1970s. What was it and what did it mean? Give at least two specific examples of what happened in this time frame.
Détente; an easing of tensions between the US and the Soviet Union (SALT talks; China-US relationship improvement)
400

The ANC organized a peaceful resistance against six laws that people considered to be particularly unjust. It was called...

What is The Defiance Campaign?

400

What was the long-term outcome of Gorbachev's economic policies?

Long term outcome = floodgates of change were opened and people demanded more reform

500

Who were the members who aligned with Stalin to create a triumvirate

Who are Zinoviev and Kamenev

500

What resistance movement began in the early 1980s in Poland? 

Solidarity;  Lech Walesea; ; won majority of seats in democratic elections

500

Nickname for the method used by the USSR as they secured communist control over Eastern Europe?

Salami Tactics

500

What resistance, pro-democratic movement began in the early 1980s led by Lech Walesa, and ended Communism in Poland

Solidarity Movement

500

"Operation Vittles" was the named used for what U.S. policy during the Cold War.  

Berlin Airlift

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