AP Euro: Unit 19.1-19.2 - After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

Perestroika

_____ (restructuring) of economy to allow some market freedom and ownership of private property. Opposite of command economy

tensions

Gorbachev's reforms loosened the iron grip the SU had on many of these people, and old ______ resurfaced (Soviets thought these people were going to be grateful and stick in the USSR)

Soviet Union

What was extremely large: Made up of 92 nationalities? Answer with a single words or term.

Patriot act

What was unanimously passed which allows government to deny people of rights guaranteed by the constitution? Answer with a single words or term.

Glasnost

________: Allowed (even encouraged) people and the media to openly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Soviet Union, and even criticize if they had the inclination and allowed foreign ideas such as rock and roll

Czechoslovakia

________: Slavs and Czechs each form their own nation.

immigration

England didn't want to follow the EU ________ policy (too many immigrants coming in, taking British jobs, terrorism and violence follows them) but it wants to stay a part of the economic EU.

terrorism

Ever since the Vietnamese and Afghans proved that superpowers could be defeated, ______ has emerged as the fastest growing and most frightening aspect of the modern age.

attention

These terrorist groups used the hijacking of planes, bombings, taking hostages, and other less conventional (and civil) means in order to draw _______ to their demands, destabilize an enemy's government, break away from an existing country, or other political /social /military agendas.

Russia

________'s economy struggling compared to American economy, people unhappy with communist rule, no freedoms, quality of life is lagging behind western nations.

European Community

The ________ had grown to 15 members by 1995 and officially renamed itself the European Union or EU.

Gorbachev

Who was unwilling to work with those who wanted to take power from him, so any possibility of him sending in the military to repress revolutions was destroyed? Answer with a single words or term.

Boris Yeltsin

Gorbachev resigned on Christmas of 1991, and handed power to ________.