Flashcard Soviet Union/Cold War

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The Soviet Union officially fell in

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1991

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The period after WWII of rivalry and tension between the US and the Soviet Union was ___.

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Cold War

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What is required for a country to be considered a superpower?

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Influencing world events

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What did U.S.S.R. stand for?

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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What was the historical event that saw the fall of the Russian monarchy and the creation of the world's first communist country?

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Russian Revolution

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A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is

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government ownership of property

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What is communism?

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A theory that believes that the government should be in control of everything.

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The United States and its allies were in favor of this government type:

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democratic

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Which of these BEST describes the Cold War? Options: direct warfare between two superpowers, competition for global influence between two superpowers, indirect warfare between three superpowers, nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviet Union, mild disagreement between allies

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competition for global influence between two superpowers

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Type of government where the government owns everything and makes all the decisions.

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Communist