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This leader of the Soviet Union initiated policies of 'glasnost' and 'perestroika' and is often credited with easing Cold War tensions.

• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Putin
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Mikhail Gorbachev

As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the early years of the Cold War, he coined the term "Iron Curtain."

• Winston Churchill
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Joseph Stalin
• Margaret Thatcher

He was the first Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and led the USSR during World War II.

• Leon Trotsky
• Vladimir Lenin
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Joseph Stalin

This U.S. President is famous for his policy of "containment" to stop the spread of communism.

• Harry S. Truman
• John F. Kennedy
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Richard Nixon

As the U.S. Secretary of State, he developed a European Recovery Program which is often referred to by his last name.

• Kennedy
• Marshall
• Adams
• Johnson

The movement against the colonial rule and for the independence of countries in Asia, Africa, and other parts of the world is known as ________.

• decolonization
• colonialism revival
• anticolonialism
• neocolonization

When a nation takes control over industries, resources, and other business enterprises from the private sector to the government, it is called ________.

• privatization
• centralization
• nationalization
• decentralization

The period of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries, particularly referring to the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, is known as ________.

• conflict
• detente
• escalation
• tension