Modern World History Final Reveiw

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Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Last leader of the Soviet Union, implemented reforms like Glasnost and Perestroika.

Boris Yeltsin

Transformed Russia's economy to capitalism, became a dictator, and succeeded Gorbachev.

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia, former KGB agent.

Lech Walesa

President of Poland, led the Solidarity movement.

Alexander Dubek

Led Prague Spring, part of Civic Forum in Czechoslovakia.

Vaclav Havel

Last president of Czechoslovakia, first president of the Czech Republic.

Nicolae Ceausescu

Romanian communist leader, executed on Christmas day.

John Paul II

Head of the Catholic Church, first non-Italian Pope in 450 years.

Joseph Broz (Tito)

Yugoslav leader who resisted Soviet domination.

Ronald Reagan

US President who initiated military buildup and SDI.

Deng Xiaoping

Modernized China with the "four modernizations."

George H.W

Credited with ending the Cold War.

Helmut Kohl

German Chancellor crucial in German reunification.

Anwar Sadat

Egyptian President assassinated by fundamentalist army officers.

Yasser Arafat

Palestinian leader, chairman of the PLO.

Menachem Begin

Israeli Prime Minister, signed Camp David Accords.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Second President of Egypt, led the Egyptian revolution of 1952.

June 1967

Six-Day War.

October 1973

Yom Kippur War.

December 25, 1991

Gorbachev resigns, Yeltsin becomes president of Russia.

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States formed after the USSR's dissolution.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Warsaw Pact

Military alliance of Soviet Union and satellite nations.

CSTO

Collective Security Treaty Organization in Eurasia.

Chernobyl

Nuclear disaster in Ukraine in 1986.

Ethnic cleansing

Belief in purging a region of a particular ethnic group.

European Union

Political and economic union of European states.

Euro

Common currency of the European Union.

Iran-Iraq War

Conflict from 1980 to 1988.

Solidarity

Polish labor union opposing Communist rule.

Cold War

Conflict between Communist and democratic nations.

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Civic Forum

Political movement in Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution.

Sandinistas

Ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, led by Daniel Ortega.

Camp David Accords

Peace agreements between Egypt and Israel.

Contras

Anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua.

Iran-Contra Affair

Scandal involving Reagan administration smuggling money.

Yugoslavia

Former communist country that dissolved into multiple states.

Baltic States

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, gained independence from the USSR.