| A | B |
|---|
| missionary | person who moves to another area to spread his / her religion |
| serf | farm laborer who could be bought and sold along with the land |
| communist state | country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole |
| collectivization | system combining small farms into huge state-run enterprises with work done by mechanized techniques (hoping to make farming more efficient & reduce the need for farmworkers) |
| Cold War | (1947 - 1991) U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a political struggle for world influence - no fighting / warfare |
| glasnost | political openness in the Soviet Union that allowed people to speak freely about the country's problems |
| perestroika | economic restructuring in the Soviet Union that called for less government control of the economy |
| coup | group of individuals seizes control of a government |
