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| 163246520 | length of cold war to 1985 | 30 years | 0 | |
| 163246521 | factors that led to the demise of communism in Europe | -Soviet leadership turned conservative -parts started resisting SU -Europe's economy: attraction of Western institutions and consumer goods gained ground | 1 | |
| 163246522 | Salt II | limit # of nuclear weapons in world; made SU and US equal; signed by Jimmy Carter- weaken ability to be reelected; angered Reagan- did not like SU | 2 | |
| 163246523 | US reaction to SU invasion of Afghanistan | Prez Carter reacted vigorously "stepping stone to possible control over much of world's oil supplies" and " gravest threat to world peace since WWII"; America boycotts participation in Moscow olympics in 1980 | 3 | |
| 163246524 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Russian leader; altered Soviet policies dramatically after 1985; renewed attacks on Stalinism; urged reduction in nuclear armament; proclaimed glasnot and perestroika; dressed western; open press conferences | 4 | |
| 163246525 | perestroika | policy of Mikhail Gorbachev; calls for economic reconstruction in USSR | 5 | |
| 163246526 | romania | eastern European country that did outright violence and revolution that led to overthrow of an authoritative communist leader | 6 | |
| 163246527 | factors leading to industrial stagnation in USSR | rigid central planning; health problems; poor worker morale; growing inadequacy of housing and consumer goods; resources for military begin to increase | 7 | |
| 163246528 | Congress of People's Deputies | parliament by Gorbachev; free elections | 8 | |
| 163246529 | Hungary, 1988 | eastern bloc nation that elected a noncommunist prez and renamed its Communist Party to Socialist; new constitution and free elections | 9 | |
| 163246530 | Poland, 1988 | installed noncommunist government and moved quickly to dismantle state-run economy; prices rose rapidly as government subsidies were withdrawn | 10 | |
| 163246531 | German Reunification | 1991; sign of collapse of postwar Soviet foreign policy | 11 | |
| 163246532 | minority nationality regions in Yugoslavia | Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia | 12 | |
| 163246533 | Boris Yeltsin, 1991 | Russian leader; stood up to coup attempted that would have displaced Gorbachev | 13 | |
| 163246534 | commonwealth of independent states | replaced soviet Union | 14 | |
| 163246535 | concerns of former Soviet Union | economic coordination; control of nuclear power; control of military; relationship between European dominated republics plus cluster of central Asian states | 15 | |
| 163246536 | Vladimir Putin | succeeded ad Russian leader after Yeltsin | 16 | |
| 163246537 | Spain, Portugal, Greece mid-1970s | countries that moved to democratic systems in Europe | 17 | |
| 163246540 | Latin America, 1990s | moved toward democratization; except Cuba | 18 | |
| 163246542 | Persian Gulf War, 1991 | led by US and various European and Middle Eastern Allies, against Iraq occupation of Kuwait; led to Iraq withdrawal and long confrontation with Iraq about armaments and political regime | 19 | |
| 163246545 | Currency of European Union | Euro; surpass the strength of dollar | 20 |
