The right of individual to own land or businesses.
Private property rights
100
True/False. The Soviet Union killed religious leaders and outlawed certain religious holidays to control its citizens.
True
100
Type of government practiced by the leaders of the Soviet Union.
Communism, unlimited government
100
The largest country in the Soviet Union and controller of the puppet governments.
Russia
200
Time in the Soviet Union of increased contact with other countries and lessening tension.
Detente
200
The official currency of the European Union.
Euro
200
Under Slobodan Milosevic, many Muslim Albanians were killed by Serbians. This lead to a NATO lead war in this region of Eastern Europe.
The Balkans
200
A government formed by small political parties joining together.
Coalition government
200
In order for many former Communist countries to join this collection of nations, they must first make some economic, environmental and political changes in their country.
The European Union
300
An economic and political grouping of countries in Western Europe.
European Union
300
A political and economic system in which the government controls everything the people do and produce and the people are expected to work for the common benefit of all.
Communism.
300
True/False. In an attempt to unify the European Union, leaders have encouraged countries to give up their native languages and traditions to form a EU national identity.
False
300
One of the two houses of the Russian legislature. This is where most elected Russian government officials serve.
Duma
300
Loser of Superbowl 46.
The New England Patriots.
400
A tax or fee that is placed on imported goods.
Tariff
400
Economic system where the government controls business and the economy.
Command economy
400
In an effort to unify the many nations of the Soviet Union and prevent them from breaking away, leaders tried to encourage everyone to think of themselves as Soviet and tried to create a _____.
National identity
400
One way the economies of the EU are improving is that they are opening up free-trade and removing the fees, _____, associated with imported goods.
Tariffs
400
Many former USSR countries decided to join this organization, which was originally created to stop the spread of Communism, in order to increase their defense.
NATO
500
The organized killing of members of minority ethnic groups.
Ethnic cleansing
500
After the fall of the Soviet Union, many countries chose to adopt this type of economic system in which the people get to choose what to produce and own their own businesses.
Free-market economy
500
The EU has allowed some countries to increase access to goods and services. In turn, this has lead to and increased quality of life, or _____.
Standard of living
500
Regional governments in the EU are the individual governments of different countries in the EU. These governments are similar to the governments of _____ in the USA.
States
500
Soviet leader who did not try to stop the break-up of the Soviet Union.