| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Stalin | Person. Came to power in 1927 as the leader of USSR. Introduced collectivization and idustrialization. |
| Gosplan | Thing. Group that wrote the 5 Year Plans. |
| Collectivization | Thing. Policy by Stalin in which he seized lands from land owners and purged Kulaks. |
| Industrialization | Thing. Policy by Stalin intended to make Russia a world power. Focus on heavy industry, lacks light industry. |
| Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact | Thing. Non-agression pact between Germany and USSR. |
| Eastern Bloc | Thing. Collection of USSR and its satellites. |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Person. Becomes leader in 1956. Known especially for "DeStalinization". |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Person. Comes to power in 1964. Known for militarization, corruption, and dropping the standard of living. |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Person. Becomes leader in 1985. Known for his reformed domestic policies. Won a Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Glasnost | Thing. Part of Gorbachev's domestic policy. Allows for openness in Russian media. Was successful. |
| Perestroika | Thing. Part of Gorbachev's domestic policy. The idea of restructuring Russia. Was not very successful. |
| Demokratizatzia | Thing. Part of Gorbachev's domestic policy. The Idea of democracy in Russia. Fairly successful. |
| Truman Doctrine | Thing. What dictates American foreign policy during the cold war. |
| Containment | Thing. Part of America's foreign policy from 1947 - 1972. The idea of stopping the spread of communism. |
| Marshall Plan | Thing. America's plan that offered funding to countries in return for abstaining from the Eastern Bloc. 1947. |
| Comecon | Thing. The USSR's crappy knock-off of America's funding plan to other countries. 1949. |
| NATO | Thing. A treaty between all of the countries that make up the western bloc. 1949. |
| Warsaw Pact | Thing. A treaty between all of the countries that make up the eastern bloc. 1955. |
| Berlin Air Lift | Event. The USA supplied West Berlin with supplies for 8 months. June 1948 - May 1949. |
| Korean War | Event. A War between North and South Korea in which North Korea attempts to force communism on South Korea. USA steps in and doesn't let it happen. 1950 - 1953. |
| Sputnik | Thing. The first satellite in space. 1957. |
| Gagarin | Thing. The first man in space. 1961. |
| Apollo 11 | Thing. Flight that took the first man to the man. 1969. |
| U2 | Thing. American plane used for spying shot down by USSR. USA could no longer deny spying. 1960. |
| Berlin Wall | Thing. A Wall put up dividing east and west Berlin. 1961 - 1989. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Event. 13 day stand off when USA finds missiles being sent to cuba. 1962. |
| Vietnam War | Event. A War from 1963 - 1973 involving the spread of communism. The USA could not contain in this war, causing it to be a US failure. |
| Détente | Thing. A policy between USSR and USA allowing for a more cooperative approach to their relationship. Included SALT talks. 1972 - 1980. |
| Afghanistan | Event (although the answer is only the name of the place it occurred in). USSR invades this country. USA does not send troops, but rather economic and military support. 1979. |
| Star Wars | Thing. Reagan created satellites to shoot down weapons. Does not work. Violates a treaty. 1983. |
| Hardliners | Thing. Traditional communists who saw Gorbachev giving away power that should belong to the party. |
| Reformers | Thing. Those who believed that Gorbachev's reforms were good but did not go far enough. Yeltsin fell into this category. |
| Soviet Republics | Thing. Those who saw the freedoms granted to Eastern Europe and wanted those freedoms for themselves. |
| CIS | Thing. The entity that 12 of 15 states of the previous USSR make up. |
| Baltic States | Thing. The three states that did not join the CIS were referred to as: |
| Boris Yeltsin | Person. Elected President of the Russian Republic after the collapse of the Coup in 1991. |
| Vladimir Putin | Person. Leader of Russia from 2000 - 2008. Former KGB member. Worked hard to promote capitalism. |
| Dimitry Medvedev | Person. Leader of Russia elected in 2008. |
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