| A | B |
|---|
| detente | relaxation of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Given credit for creating reforms which led to the downfall of communism |
| perestroika | laws which gave more economic power to the people |
| glasnost | policy which created openness and honesty between the government and the Soviety People |
| Vladmir Putin | Russian leader after Gorbachev and Yeltzin |
| censorship | when an authority changes the news to eliminate objectionable material |
| capitalism | economic system in which the businesses and land are privately owned and operated for a profit |
| Computer Revolution | great increase in the use of computers. Social networks on the internet spread the idea of freedom and democracy throught communist countries |
| European Community(EC or EU) | Group of European nations who freely trade with one another |
| Afghanistan | The Soviet Union invaded this country in 1979. The US armed the anti-Communist in this country (1979-1989) |
| Soviet Republics | In 1991, these declared independence and the Soviet Union no longer existed |
| reforms | changes |
| Boris Yeltsin | Leader of the Soviet Union after Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Lech Walesa | led the worker Solidarity movement in Poland and became the President after communism collapsed |
| Berlin Wall | Built in 1961 to keep East Germans from fleeing to the west |
| Yugoslavia | The collapse of communism sent this country into a civil war between the Serbians and the other ethnic groups |
| Euro | European currency introduced in 1999 |
| East Germany | Communist half of Germany up until 1989 |
| Chechnya | Russia refused to recognize this republic as an independent nation |
| Impact of Reunification | Germany is once again unified, but problem soon emerged |
