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SC 7-7.1 Fall of Soviet Communism

TERMDEFINITION
dissident people who protested government policies in any way
Brezhnev Doctrine declared the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in ANY Eastern European nation that posed a threat to communism
detente comes from a French word meaning "a relaxing of tensions"
Star Wars military program a system of weapons from space designed to cut off and destroy incoming missiles aimed at the United States
Taliban Muslim rebels (terrorists) who fight efforts to set up a western-style government
perestroika restructuring at a 1986 meeting of the Communist Party
glasnost "openness" where Soviet citizens could say and write what they thought without fear of persecution or punishment
demokratizatsiya MOVEMENT TOWARD greater "democracy" in Soviet government
coup SUDDEN MILITARY takeover of government
market economy an economy based on the system of supply and demand
Richard M. Nixon U.S. President during Viet Nam, Cold War, Watergate scandal, only U.S. president to resign
Henry Kissinger Secretary of State under Nixon during Viet Nam conflict
Jimmy Carter U.S. President during Iran Hostage Crisis
Gerald Ford Nixon's vice President when Nixon was forced to resign / pardoned Nixon so there was never a trial
Ronald Reagan U.S. President during end of Cold War /late 1980's
Mikkail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union (now Russia) during end of the Cold War / late 1980's
Vladimir Putin current leader of Russia
disarmament reducing store of weapons
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