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| the progressive relaxation of the Cold War tensions following the victory of Social Democrats. |
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| A movement of students in the West who advocated simpler purer societies based on an updated romanticized version of Marxism. |
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| Doctrine created by Leonid Brezhnev that held that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever it saw the need. |
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| The Arab-led Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| Term used to describe the combination of low growth and high inflation that led to a worldwide recession. |
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| Society that relies on high tech and service oriented jobs for economic growth rather than heavy industry and manufacturing jobs |
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| Philosophy that argued for decreased government spending on social services and privatization of state-run industries. |
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| Really existing socialism |
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| A term used by Communist leaders to describe the socialist accomplishments of their societies, such as nationalized industry and collective agriculture. |
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| Outlawed Polish trade union that worked for worker’s rights and political reform throughout the 1980’s |
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| : Economic restructuring and reform implemented by Gorbachev |
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| Soviet premier Gorbachev’s popular campaign for openness in government and the media. |
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| The solidarity-led government’s radical take on economic affairs that abruptly ended state planning and moved to market mechanisms and private property |
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| A combination of theoretical work with sophisticated engineering to solve extremely difficult problems. Large scale projects. (Nuclear bomb) |
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| books, newspapers, and pamphlets that directly criticized communism and went beyond the sate censorship. |
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| chancellor of West Germany. Sought to reconcile with poland and east germany |
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| Provided south Vietnam military aid in order to stop the spread of communism from north vietnam |
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| Czechoslovakian communist leader |
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| neoliberal american economist |
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| First woman to lead a major european state and change the face of modern Britain. |
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| Conservative US president. Pushed major tax cuts. Us debt started |
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| Feminist that wrote the Second Sex |
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| Women's rights advocate. Created National Organization of Woman and wrote The Feminie Mystique |
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| : A Christian Democrat that became chancellor of Germany. He cut taxes and government spending and his policies were aim towards solid economic growth for Germany |
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| A Frenchmen that was elected president in1981. He tried to give France economic growth by public investments, but the plan failed miserably |
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| playwright turned moral revolutionary in Czechoslovakia |
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| Reformed the Soviet Union economically through the perstroika and politically by making things open in the government and media |
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