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What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
What caused the two Germanys to reunify
What is the fall of communism in East Germany
Who became the Russian Republic's first elected president
Who is Boris Yeltsin
In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region describe as being "behind the iron curtain" include
What is the Soviet Union and its satellite nations
What two policies worked together to produce similar goals
What is Truman Doctrine and containment
What was it called when Bosnian Serbs used violence to rid Bosnia of its Muslims
What is Ethnic cleansing
How was the Soviet Union's foreign policy changed by Mikhail Gorbachev
What is arms control became one fo Gorbachev's top priorities
What event caused Germany to rethink its role in international affiars
What was reunification of East and West Germany
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine
What is to support countries that rejected communism
What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology
What is Soviet launching of a space satellite
Which of the following events did NOT contribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall
A. The government of East and West Germany began to discuss reunfication
B. The Hungarian government allowed East Germans to cross its border into Austria
C. The East German governmnet closed its borders, sparking protests
D. Erich Honecker lost his authority and resigned as Communist Party boss
What is A. The government of East and West Germany began to discuss reunificaiton
What action did Poland accomplish successfully before any other nation
What is Remove a Communist regime from office peacefully
What was significant about the outcome of the AUgust coup in the Soviet Union
The Soviet people lost their fear and defended their freedoms
What were Third World countries
What is developing countries not aligned with the United States or the Soviet Union
Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by the superpowers during the Cold War to influence Third World nations
A. Sponsored revolutions and counter-revolutions
B. Engaged in covert operations
C. Provided military aid and built schools
D. Threatened them with nuclear attack
What is D. threatened them with nuclear attack
What statement did Joseph Stalin make shortly after PResident Truman's succession?
What is that communism and capitalism could not exist in the same world
Under which program did Gorbachev attempt to modify the economic structure of the Soviet economy by allowing some private enterprise
What is Perestroika
What effect did the end of Communist rule have on Yugoslavia
What is without commusism as a unifier, ethnic hatred tore the coutnry apart
Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan
What is any European country that needed it
What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin
What is the reunification of the three western zones of Germany
What circumstance contributed to the breakdown of the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union
What is Stalin's unfulfilled promise of free elections
How did Brezhnev's leadership of the Soviet Union differ from that of Khrushchev
What is Brezhnev repressed dissent at home and aborad more than Khrushchev
How were the breakups of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia different
What is Czechoslovakia's breakup was peaceful; Yugoslavia's was violent