HWH Unit 7 Cold War Review

Interpretation of the Cold War that believes the USSR alone was responsible for the Cold War.

Name for the Vietnamese New Year when the North Vietnamese launched a major offensive in the South.

Year in which the Soviet Union dissolves into 15 separate republics.

President of Yugolavia whose death in 1980 would ultimatley lead to collapse of the country.

Last Soviet premier from 1985-1991 who provided new freedoms and reduced Cold War tensions.

The Soviets were the first to launch a satellite in 1961 called . . .

Interpretation of the Cold War that blames both the US and USSR for the conflict.

Term for the "restructuring" of the Soviet economy under Gorbachev.

The year the Berlin Wall is built to stop the flow of East Germans to West Berlin and freedom.

This incident was the closest the Cold War went nuclear ("hot")

Type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960

This first president of Russia (Nelson voted for him in 1996)

THE "hotspot" of the Cold War

Also called the European Recovery Program, this offered 13 billion to all of Europe after WWII.

The US backed this group when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

Many historians believe the origins of the Cold War can be found in what WWII conference?

Term for the introduction of free speech, some political liberties, and end of censorship.

Proposed that US policy during the Cold War be one of "containment" or no spread of communism.

Period of time from the late 1960s to 1979 - means "relaxation" of tensions

He became the new leader of the Soviet Union in 1964