FALL OF USSR
What was the Berlin Wall?
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from the years 1961-1989 and was 96 miles long.
What was the dangerous confrontation between the U.s. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
Nikita Khrushchev was a Soviet leader and loyal member of the Communist party.
Where did the Hungarian army join forces with protesters to overthrow Soviet-controlled governments?
Hungary
In what year did Joseph Stalin die?
1953
What was the Solidarity?
The Solidarity was the party that opposed the Communists and they declared martial law on them.
"Babying the Soviets" led to what?
The Containment
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Joseph Stalin was once the ruler of the Soviet Union he ran from 1927 to 1953.
What policy included all government institutions?
Glasnost
What did the Soviet Union and 48 other nations come together to create?
The United Nations
Who was a member of the parliament and former mayor of Moscow.
Boris Yeltsin
Which alliance did the United States and Canada form?
The NATO
Who was Mao Zedong and what did he do?
Mao Zedong was another Communist leader and he changed China's economy.
What goals did capitalists use to help China's economy?
The Four Modernizations
What assistance program given to European countries provided food, machines and materials?
The Marshall Plan
What was the Perestroika and who introduced it?
The Perestroika was an idea introduced by Gorbachev and its purpose was to make economic changes to the Soviet Union.
What was the failed attempt made by communist leaders to take control of the Soviet party?
The August coup
Who was Zhou Enlai and what did he want to accomplish?
Zhou was a Chinese leader that rose to power in 1949 and his goal was to form ties with the west.
What was the name of the speech that publicly denounced Stalin's killing that involved Soviet Citizens?
Desalinization
What caused a lot of controversy and was the act of countries rejecting communism.
Truman Doctrine.
Which Baltic nation declared their independence in March 1990?
Lithuania
What was the name of the division between mostly democratic western Europe and a communist eastern Europe.
The Iron Curtain
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev and what political party did he serve?
Mikhail Gorbachev was a conservative that ran for leader with the Communist party along with Victor Grishen.
Where is the Tiananmen square located?
In the heart of Bejing
What was the alliance built by the Soviet Union in 1955?
The Warsaw Pact