Rise & Fall of Communism Vocab Flashcard

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Why was the Cold War considered "cold"?

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Threats of fighting, but no actual war between the superpowers.

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Region matched with ideology: Western Europe

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Capitalist & democratic

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Countries that did not side with the USA or USSR in the Cold War were known as

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nonaligned

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The _______ is to Cambodia as the Nazis are to Germany

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Khmer Rouge

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Perestroika allowed more capitalism in the USSR.

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True

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Glasnost encouraged censorship & government management of the press.

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False

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Leaders with human rights violations:

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Slobodon Milosevic & Pol Pot

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Meaning of 'detente'

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cooling off

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Which superpower followed the policy of containment?

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USA

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A country dependent on a more powerful one (like the USSR) is called:

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a satellite state