Unit 7 - Ethnic Conflicts

Front

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

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Cold War

Front

A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

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Perestroika

Front

A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

Back

Iron Curtain

Front

A competition of space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union

Back

Space Race

Front

Built by East Germany in 1961 this object was designed to keep citizens from escaping to the west.

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Berlin Wall

Front

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 whose efforts to reform the USSR led to its collapse.

Back

Mikhail Gorbachev

Front

A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

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Glasnost

Front

1948 conflict between Israel and five neighbors

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Arab-Israeli War

Front

A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine

Back

PLO

Front

A militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon

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Hamas