Key Terms in Modern History: From Glasnost to the Green Revolution
Exploring pivotal terms and figures from recent history, including Dtente, Ronald Reagan, Glasnost, Perestroika, Boris Yeltsin, Ethnic Cleansing, and more. From the Cold War's end to economic reforms in China and agricultural advancements worldwide, this vocabulary covers significant events and movements shaping our world.
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1) Dtente- The easing of strained relations (US and USSR) 2)Ronald Reagan- President of the United States who helped end the Cold War 3) Politburo- Ruling Committee for the Communist Party 4) Glasnost- Policy of Openness and loosening of totalitarian control in the Soviet Union under Gorbachev 5) Mikhail Gorbachev-Soviet Premier who initiated the reform movements of Glasnost and Perestroika
6) Perestroika- series of economic and political reforms instituted by Gorbachev in the Soviet Union 7) Boris Yeltsin- the first directly elected President of the newly established Russian 8) CIS- loose federation of former Soviet territories 9) Shock therapy- bold plan by Yeltsin to introduce free-market economics to the Russian Federation 10) Chechnya a largely Muslim area of Russian that fought against Russia for their independence 11) Solidarity-Social movement in Poland that used civil resistance to bring about social and political change
12) Lech Walesa- Leader of the Polish Solidarity Movement 13) Reunification- the Merging of the Democratic West Germany and Communist East Germany 14) Helmut Kohl- Chancellor of the newly reunified Germany 15) Ethnic cleansing- the extermination of a certain religious or ethnic group 16) Slobodan Milosevic- President of Serbia that was convicted of war crimes due to the Kosovo rebellion 17) Kosovo- region of Serbia made up of ethnic Albanians
18) Deng Xiaoping- Chinese ruler that adopted Capitalist ideas to reform the economy of Communist China 19) Four Modernizations- Reform movement that incorporated Capitalist ideals in Communist China 20) Tiananmen Square- Public area in Beijing, China where a Chinese student protest was staged 21) Genetic Engineering- Direct human manipulation of an organism's genetic code using modern DNA technology
22) Green Revolution- Agricultural campaign to increase food production worldwide by using modern techniques 23) Sustainable Growth- Meeting current economic needs while preserving the environment and conserving resources for future generation 24) Ozone layer- layer of the atmosphere that protects the Earth from the Sun s damaging ultraviolent rays 25)Nuclear Proliferation- Spread of Nuclear weapons or technology to other countries 26) SALT Treaty- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty that limited the amount of nuclear weapons
27) Free Trade- the elimination of trade barriers 28) Global Economy-Financial interactions that cross international borders 29) Universal Declaration of Human Rights- Human Rights standards set by the United Nations
