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| Calling herself a "19th century liberal", this British prime minister pushed policies to weaken the welfare state, and extolled free market capitalism as the answer to Britain's economic stagnation. | Margaret Thatcher |
| In Poland in the late Cold War, led by Lech Walesa and supported by the Catholic Church, this labor movement protested increased food prices in the 1980's, as well as the influence of Soviet control. | Solidarity |
| These terms, respectively, refer to the policies of economic "restructuring" and political "openness", were principles introduced by the last Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev. | perestroika and glasnost |
| Both Vaclev Havel and 1968 hero Alexander Dubceck led calls to oust the Stalinists from government in 1989. What was the term given for this strident but peaceful call to change power? | the Velvet Revolution |
| This treaty in 1941 condemned international aggression, endorsed collective security, and supported the right of all people to choose their government. It was also an early stepping stone toward the Cold War. What was this treaty, and who crafted it? | Atlantic Charter, crafted by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt |
| These 2 WWII era treaties, respectively endorsed the creation of the United Nations, and agreed that the Soviets should control eastern Poland after the war. | Yalta, in Feb. 1945, and Potsdam, July 1945 |
| Who gave this warning speech in Fulton, Missouri, in 1946, which warned of problems in eastern Europe? | Winston Churchill gave the Iron Curtain Speech |
| Respectively, these 2 polices stated that the USA and its allies could use economic and military aid to block communism, and devised a plan to provie massive economic aid to wartorn Europe after WWII. | The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan 919 |
| The 2 key Cold War alliances in Western Europe, created in 1949 and 1955, were respectively | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)and Warsaw Pact |
| Konrad Adenauer, the 1st chancellor of West Germany, represented this Catholic, centrist party, which when in power, used Marshall Plan assistance and implemented policies that still preserved key welfare state institutions. | the Christian Democrats |
| In 1957 6 countries signed the Treaty of Rome, which established what we know as the Common Market, and this particular institution. | the EEC: European Economic Community |
| Government-financed programs such as pensions, disability insurance, and national health care in the Cold War were mainstay policies of the___________. | welfare state (examples included Britain, West Germany, Italy, and France) |
| Stalin's version of West European efforts to organize into an economic trading community was the _____________. | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, or COMECON in 1949 |
| In July 1956, this Egyptian leader nationalized the______________, which invited a punitive response by Britain and France, and a supportive one from the USA and the USSR. | Colonel Gamal Nasser; Suez Canal |
| In 1962, Pope John XXIII convened this conference of cardinals, which promoted ecumenism and renounced church doctrine that condemend the Jewish people as guilty of klling Jesus. | VATICAN II |
| This modern philosophy which emphasized radical freedom, radical individualism, and as well embraced atheism, was known as_____________. Also: name 1 or more of its philosophers. | existentialism; Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camu |
| In 1949, this French woman wrote a famous book which claimed that women had been reduced to "objects" in modern society, and challenged women to lead more politically active and fulfilling lives. | Simone de Beauvoir |
| This author of "The Wretched of the Earth (1961)" claimed that peoples who had been colonized by Europeans had also been mentally and psychologically traumatized. | Franz Fanon |
| He replaced Joseph Stalin, advocated "Peaceful Coexistence", crushed the Hungarian Revolt, and supported the building of the Berlin Wall. | Nikita Krushchev |
| During the early era of detente, foreign minister Willy Brandt of West Germany, helped both his and East Germany's economy by opening up barriers through this policy. | Ostpolitik |
| This Soviet president governed during the detente era, and also, at least for a little while, continued some of Khrushchev's economic reforms, including the building of "technopoles". Who was it, and what was a "technopole"? | Leonid Brezhnev; a technopole was a whole new city dedicated to scientific and technological research and development |
| Often criticized for his "Politics of Grandeur, this French leader and President of the 5th Republic pushed for French atomic weapons, promoted a foreign policy independent of American and British influences, and twice vetoed Britain's entry into the European Community, and ultimately withdrew France from Algeria. | Charles de Gaulle |
| Written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the Soviet forced labour camp system, this book is a narrative relying on eyewitness testimony and the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a Siberian labor camp. It was published in the West in 1973, thereafter circulating in samizdat (underground publication) form in the Soviet Union. | The Gulag Archipelago |
| This policy, somewhat influenced by realpolitik, departed from ideological commitment and instead recognized the status quo and worked to reduce tensions. This was a foreign policy theme from 1966, more or less, to 1976. | detente |
| Many once economically growing Western countries experienced this problem in the 1970s, which combined prices, unemployment, and interest rates. | stagflation |
| In 1967, Israel carried out a decisive victory against Egypt and the Palestinian forces, and gained Gaza, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank. What is the name of this war? Which war followed it in 1973, in which Egypt and Syria were fended off with the help of USA's aid? | Six Day War; Yom Kippur War |
| This structure, created in 1961 and torn down in 1989, represented both the repression of the Cold War, and the collapse of communism. | Berlin Wall |
| This Serbian leader pushed for greater Serbian influence in the wake of the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. | Slobodan Milosevic |
| This Russian President after Gorbachev implemented free market capitalism rapidly, which caused the rise of this powerful group in post-Communist Russian society. | Boris Yeltsin; oligarchs |
| In 1992, this Treaty, signed by 12 countries of the EC, signed this treaty, which created the EU, which produced a new form of currency, and loosened controls on their common borders. What is the EC, the EU, the Treaty, and the currency? | European Community, European Union, Maastricht Treaty, the euro |
| Late 20th century art, style, architecture, and literature embraced this movement which borrowed freely from many styles, rejected elite standards, and criticized scientific certainty. | postmodernism |
