New Mexico State University, Alamogordo
HIST 201
The Cold War Ends
Glossary
TERM
DEFINITION
resistance movements
Berlin Wall
a barbed wire and concrete block fence built by the East German government in 1961 to prevent East Germans from crossing from East Berlin into West B
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The Cold War Ends
Glossary
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TERM
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DEFINITION
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resistance movements
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Berlin Wall
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a barbed wire and concrete block fence built by the East German government in 1961 to prevent East Germans from crossing from East Berlin into West Berlin
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martial law
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Warsaw Pact
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passing through the Berlin Wall
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One East Berliner who passed through the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 was Angela Merkel who was elected chancellor of Germany in 2005.
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Afghanistan
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federated states
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The Soviet Union was made up of different states. Russia was the most powerful of the 15 states. Many non-Russian ethnic groups resented being ruled by Russians.
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perestroika
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glasnost
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Objective
In this lesson, you will
The End of the Cold War in Europe
The boundary between __________-controlled and ________ European countries was known as the ____________ ____________. The countries on the Soviet side were known as ______________ states because the Soviet ____________ and government maintained firm control over them.
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Command EconomyThe command economy, the Soviet-supported economic system, was not suited to sustain and rebuild these satellite states after World War II.• The ___________ had the power to determine the _______ ____ and ____________ of goods.• This resulted in the improper use of _____________ and a ______________ of goods.• Goods manufactured in Eastern Europe were ( inferior superior) to those produced in EasternEurope.
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