ch 35 Flashcards

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government and moved quickly to dismantle state-run economy; prices rose rapidly as government subsidies were withdrawn	10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