History Exam Materials Flashcards
What is Radio Free Europe
Provide radio broadcasts for people living in communist countries in Eastern Europe
Who is Nikkita Krushchev
A stalin loyalist and managed to win control of the communist party after Stalin’s death. Made a famous secret speech.
What is trade union
Groups that work to increase the wages of workers.
What is Brezhnev Doctrine
Stated that Moscow had the right to interfere with military force if any country in Eastern Europe attempted in abandoning communism.
Who is Jan Masaryk
A popular liberal and the only non communist left in the government.
What is socialism with a human face
Dubcek’s reform policy to show that socialist (communist) policies could and should be more about human needs than power politics.
Defect
When a person change allegiance and physically move across a political divide from one state to another
Who is Walter Ulbricht
East Germany communist leader, instructed to build a wall around West Berlin
Who is Willy Brandt
Mayor of West Berlin
What is the No man’s land
The area of contested ground between two enemy trench systems or two countries border control
What is the velvet’s revolution
Nationwide protests movement in Czechoslovakia that ended the communist rule in the country
what is pan arabism
a doctrine that aimed to unite all arabs and end interference with western powers in the middle east
what is ba ‘ ath party
aimed to unite arabs in one single state and remove western influence
what is the revolutionary command council
The main decision making and law making body of the Iraqi government
What is the national assembly
Posessed no real power, only provide Saddam a place to give speeches
What is solidarity
A new trade union formed in Poland by a local technician, Lech Walesa
What was Czechoslovakia created out of
Austro Hungarian empire
Which countries did Dubcek turn to for help?
Romania and Yugoslavia
What became the serious issue under Brezhnev?
Corruption
What moment symbolized the end of Cold War?
Gorbachev’s decision to allow Berliners to go across the border between West and East Berlin
How did Reagen believed the Cold War could be won
By massively increasing the weapons spending beyond the limits that the Soviet could afford
What doctrine did the USSR eventually abandoned?
Brezhnev doctrine
What happened when communism collapsed across Eastern Europe
The USSR was broke down into smaller states, Gorbachev was given a novel price
Saddam was an admirer of?
Stalin
Saddam consolidated his power by?
Purging his enemies in the armed force and part and spread propaganda
What three provinces of the Ottoman Empire did the British created Iraqi of?
Mosul, Baghdad and Basra
Why was Hungary resistant to Soviet control
A strongly religious nation and the catholic church was a very powerful institution
Hungary was a joint partner in the Austro Hungarian Empire
Hungarians were nationalistic and preferred to be rulers not to be ruled.
What happened in Hungary after Stalin died
There were many anti communist protests and Stalin’s allies in Hungary were weakened
Dubcek’s reforms
Freedom of Speech
Czechoslovaks were allowed to travel abroad to visit countries beyond the iron curtain
Businesses could run themselves, rather than being told what to produce by the government
Workers councils could be formed, similar to trade unions
A new parliament was to be freely elected
What happened to the West Berliners that had been out in the East the night the wall was built?
They weren’t able to return back to west Berlin because of the wall
Why was Poland more complicated to control?
Poland was a large country with a lot of catholic citizens that rejected communist beliefs
Many protests
Economy wasn’t growing, huge financial assistance needed
