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| 6192532409 | Mikhail Gorbachev | U.S.S.R. premier after 1985; renewed attacks on Stalinism; urged reduction in nuclear armament; proclaimed policies of glasnost and perestroika. | 0 | |
| 6192532410 | glasnost | Policy of openness or political liberation in Soviet union put forward by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s. | 1 | |
| 6252931994 | perestroika | Policy of Mikhail Gorbachev calling for economic restructuring in the u.S.S.r. in the late 1980s; more leeway for private ownership and decentralized control in industry and agriculture. | 2 | |
| 6252931995 | Berlin Wall | Was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on August 13, 1961, the Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. | 3 | |
| 6252933997 | German reunification | Was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city. | 4 | |
| 6252937281 | Boris Yeltsin | Russian leader who stood up to coup attempt in 1991 that would have displaced Gorbachev; president of the russian republic following dissolution of Soviet union. | 5 | |
| 6252942060 | Commonwealth of Independent States | Is a regional organization formed during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Nine out of the 15 former Soviet Republics are member states. | 6 | |
| 6252942061 | Chechnya | Is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia. Located in the North Caucasus and the capital of the republic is the city of Grozny. | 7 | |
| 6252947867 | Vladimir Putin | Is a Russian politician who is the current President of the Russian Federation, holding the office since 7 May 2012. | 8 | |
| 6252947868 | Second US-Iraq War | A protracted military conflict in Iraq that began in 2003 with an attack by a coalition of forces led by the United States and that resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime. US combat troops were withdrawn in 2010. Finally, all the rules of English Grammar in one place. | 9 | |
| 6252951810 | Hugo Chavez | Was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 64th President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. | 10 | |
| 6252953901 | Yugoslavia | Was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. (itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.) | 11 | |
| 6252953902 | Bosnia | Is a country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Home of the Ottoman-era Latin Bridge is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which ignited World War I. | 12 | |
| 6252959212 | Kosovo | Is a disputed territory and partially recognized state in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo is landlocked in the central Balkan Peninsula. | 13 | |
| 6252959213 | Saddam Hussein | Was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. | 14 | |
| 6252963151 | First US-Iraq War | 1991 war led by United States and various European and Middle eastern allies, against Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. The war led to Iraqi withdrawal and a long confrontation with Iraq about armaments and political regime. | 15 | |
| 6252963152 | Rwanda | Is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. The population is young and predominantly rural, with a density among the highest in Africa. (Hutu and Tutsi are the inhabitants.) | 16 | |
| 6252963153 | Hutu | Are a Bantu ethnic group native to African Great Lakes region of Africa. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the principal population divisions alongside the Tutsi. | 17 | |
| 6252964948 | Tutsi | Are a population inhabiting the African Great Lakes region. The Tutsi are the second largest population division among the three largest groups in Rwanda and Burundi; another one being the Hutu. | 18 | |
| 6252964949 | "boy soldiers" | Soldiers that are boys. | 19 | |
| 6252967887 | European Union | Is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of 4,475,757 km², and an estimated population of over 510 million. | 20 | |
| 6252967888 | euro | The official currency of the European Union. | 21 | |
| 6252967889 | Somalia | Is a country located in the Horn of Africa and has an estimated population of around 12.3 million. Most people in the country are Muslim, with the majority being Sunni. | 22 | |
| 6252970294 | September 11, 2001 | Were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States in the morning. | 23 | |
| 6252970295 | "War on Terror" | Is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11th attacks on the United States. | 24 | |
| 6252977235 | Al Qaeda | 25 |
