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| is a French word that conveys the idea of reducing tension or hostility between nations |
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| Nixon's assistant for national security affairs, ended American opposition to Communist China's membership in the UN |
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| succeeded Khrushchev, continued the policy of "peaceful coexistance" |
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| the members of the free world signed this, with the Communist bloc, promising greater "economic cooperation" and "cultural exchanges" between the West and the East |
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| famous Russian writer who had been imprisoned in the Soviet Union for exposing the cruelties of Communism in his novels and essays, was exiled to the West |
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| the world's first man-made satellite |
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| became the first man in space |
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| the first man to step onto the surface of the moon in 1969 |
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| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks treaty(SALT I) |
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| the Soviets and the US agreed to this, limiting the production of nuclear arms |
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| the "war of liberation" resulted after the Soviet ______________ |
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| became Britain's first woman prime minister |
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| President of the US in 1980 |
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| British policies were tested when Argentina invaded here |
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| an offensive policy of pre-emptive strikes to stop Communism before it could enslave a nation |
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| this upheld the Reagan Doctrine by sending troops here |
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| freedom fighters against the Sandinistas |
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| Soviet fighter jets shot down flight _______ leaving Alaska for South Korea |
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| a nuclear reactor plant located in Soviet Ukraine |
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| Stategic Defense Initiative (SDI) |
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| a system of space-age weaponry designed to destroy enemy inter-continental ballistic missiles in flight |
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| polish nationalists called themselves this |
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| the Polish workers refused to work until their demands for more freedom were met, there were led by this man |
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| came to power as the leader of the soviet union in 1985 |
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| Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty |
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| the soviets signed this agreeing to remove their medium-range missiles from Europe |
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