| Term | Definition |
|---|
| propaganda | material designed to spread certain beliefs |
| private property rights | the right of individuals to own land or industry; not supported by the USSR |
| Nikita Khrushchev | ruled the USSR from 1958-1964; lessened government control of soviet citizens; seeked peaceful coexistence with the West instead of confrontation |
| deposed | when one is removed from power, ex: Khrushchev in 1964 |
| detente | lessening tension; 1970s between NATO & Warsaw Pact |
| hammer and sickle | two items that represented the unity of the worker and the farmer |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | ruled USSR from 1985-1991; did not force Eastern Europe to stay communist |
| parliamentary republic | form of government led by the head of the political party with the most members in parliamentary; head of this gov't is a prime minister; most of Eastern Europe has this type of gov't |
| coalition government | when small political parties have joined forces to work together to form a government |
| ethnic cleansing | killing of members of a minority ethnic group; ex:Serbs/Croats) |
| Duma | one of the two houses of the Russian legislature |
| European Union | an economic and political grouping of countries in Western Europe; EU; use the euro as currency |
| currency | system of money; ex: dollar, pound, euro, etc. |
| euro | currency of the EU members |
| tariff | tax, duty or fee that must be paid on exported goods, making them more expensive |
| standard of living | a person's quality of life based on the availability of goods and services |
| Court of Justice/Human Rights | the EU's court that protects the rights of all citizens in whichever of its member countries they live |
| Jose Marti | led the fight for Cuba's independence from Spain from 1895 through the Spanish-American War |
| Fidel Castro | led the revolution of Cuba and took control of Cuba in 1959; resented past dictators; made Cuba communist |
| communism | economic and political system in which the gov't controls the economy by owning its farms and businesses |
| malnutrition | poor health due to a lack of eating the right kinds of food and often causes sickness |
| carnival | a favorite holiday in Cuba at the end of July when villages celebrate the end of the sugar harvest with festivals of music and dancing |
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