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35 Cards in this Set
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World War II ended in
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1945
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The USSR stayed in countries it liberated these were known as
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the iron curtain
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Truman doctrine
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a program installed in 1947 to help greece and turkey
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The cold war was
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a battle to reach the most technology advanced level excpecially in the area of nuclear research
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Comecon
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Council for mutual economic assistance created by soviets to aid satalites
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Nato
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed that if one member was attacked all would fight
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Soviet and US leaders lead whole heartedly to detent which is
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a relaxation of strained relations
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Salt 1 (Strategic arms limitation talks)
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called for reducing number of nuclear weapons both offensive and defensive
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glastnost
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openness in the soviet government employed with Gorbachev
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perestroika
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restructuring in the soviet government to allow commercial things like Mc Donalds
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Start
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stratigeic arms reduction talks
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Boris Yeltsin
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by 1992 best know leader in CIS
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privitization
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turning buissinesses to private people
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Vladamir Putin
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credited with gradual improvment of economy
promised to reduce corruption moved against tycoons worked against red mafayah |
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Georgia
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former CIS
had bloodless revolution after Shevardnadze resigned poorest CIS has oil pumeped through so it is important |
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Kazakhstan
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produces oil gold silver copper and chrome
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czech republic and slovakia
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their lands were united even thoug they were both different cultures
joined in 1994 and 2004 respectivly broke apart after genocide |
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ethnic cleansing
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removing a certain type of ethnicity from an area such as the ethnic cleansing of serbia
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shock therapy
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shoking an economy like bringing in a rush of western consumer goods
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Boris Yeltsin
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by 1992 best know leader in CIS
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privitization
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turning buissinesses to private people
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Vladamir Putin
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credited with gradual improvment of economy
promised to reduce corruption moved against tycoons worked against red mafayah |
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Georgia
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former CIS
had bloodless revolution after Shevardnadze resigned poorest CIS has oil pumeped through so it is important |
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Kazakhstan
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produces oil gold silver copper and chrome
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czech republic and slovakia
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their lands were united even thoug they were both different cultures
joined in 1994 and 2004 respectivly broke apart after genocide |
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ethnic cleansing
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removing a certain type of ethnicity from an area such as the ethnic cleansing of serbia
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shock therapy
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shoking an economy like bringing in a rush of western consumer goods
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Lativia
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ethnic latvians only half of the population
since independence somerussians have been deemed non citizes and disallowed to vote |
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Lithuania
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smaller proportion of russians than other minoritiescountries main problem is to attain economic well being
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despite pain for poland schock therepy began to work, it found itself
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as a guide to other cis states leaving the Ussr
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germany
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split in two east communist west democratic berlin also divided built berlin wall to keep east in east
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fall of berlin wall
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wall fell reunification brought problems
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some western germans thought east germans were freeloaders
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east germans saw west germans as high and mighty
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france
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recover difficult because of money used in war
divided government called cohabitation ended in 2002 when Chirac had sweeping votes |
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Britain
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wwII left the uk weakend
1979 margaret thatcher reduced taxes union power and social welfare |
