Cold War 1
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space.
Space Race
Device that uses nuclear forces to create a huge explosion capable of destroying an entire city.
Nuclear Weapon
Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons.
Arms Race
The intentional destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Genocide
What is the main setting of Hotel Rwanda?
hotel
Descriptive term or symbol used to describe the border between the communist and democratic countries of Europe.
Iron Curtain
Alliance of democratic and western countries including much of Western Europe, Canada, and the USA.
NATO
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European communist nations
Warsaw Pact
Occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule.
Post-Colonial
Why did Paul Rusesabagina risk his life?
To save his family and others from violence
A term used by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe a reconstruction of the Soviet economy and industry.
Perestroika
Name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria
Eastern Bloc
When two sides use third parties to fight rather than fighting each other directly
Proxy Wars
The action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent.
Decolonization
Which international organization was present but limited in what it could do during the genocide?
United Nations
Economic system based on private ownership, free market system.
Capitalism
When the USA and Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made
SALT
A softening or easing of relations between the USA and Soviet Union.
Detente
The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
Self-Determination
The Rwandan Genocide mainly targeted which ethnic group?
Tutsi
A time of extreme anti-communism in the USA
Red Scare
Economic system based on government ownership and control of resourcees
Communism
Effort to stop the spread of communism that said that the USA would help countries that were threatened by communism
Truman Doctrine
The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
Sovereignty
What year did the Rwandan genocide take place?
1994