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World Cultures Chapter 12 Section 3
World Cultures Chapter 12 Section 3
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03/22/2017

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Iron Curtain
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an invisible barrier between the people of Eastern and Western Europe after World War II that reflected their being restricted from traveling outside their respective countries
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puppet government
Definition
a government that pretends to have power but are really told what to do by leaders outside their nation because it is controlled by outside forces
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one-party system
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a system in which there is one political party to choose from when voting and only one candidate to choose for each government position
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Joseph Stalin
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a communist leader of the Soviet Union during World War II from 1928-1953
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collective farms
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a government-owned farm that employs large numbers of workers where sometimes peasants did not receive enough food to feed their families
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Warsaw Pact
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a treaty signed in 1955 that established an alliance among the Eastern European countries of the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania under the control of the Soviet Union
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Cold War
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the long period of tense relations between the Soviet Union and its Allies and the United States and its Allies
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through collective farms
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How did Joseph Stalin control agriculture in the Soviet Union?
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It kept people from traveling between the East and the West.
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In what way did the Iron Curtain serve as a barrier?
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the hammer and sickle
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What is the symbol of Soviet communism?
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in the Palace of Culture
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Where did Warsaw host Eastern European officials who signed a military alliance?
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thorough fear and military force and controlling elections
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How did the Soviet Union enforce a one-party system in Eastern Europe?
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through puppet governments and force and people could be jailed for expressing anit-Soviet views
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How did the Soviet Union control the Eastern European countries?
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They arrested people whom Stalin did not trust and who did not support the government and sent them to Serbia.
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In what way were the secret police important to Stalin's government?
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NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations did not fight, but they would not trade or cooperate with each other either.
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How was the Cold War different form World Wars I & II?
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the goal of defeating the Axis Powers
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What goal united the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom from 1941 to 1945?
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East Germany
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What is the western most country in the Warsaw Pact?
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Russian peasants
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Who labored on government controlled collective farms?
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the Soviet government
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Who managed factories while citizens provided the actual labor?
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It was a part of the Berlin Wall that separated East Berlin from West Berlin.
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What was The Brandenberg Gate?
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Soviet and Communist influence on other countries
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What did the United States and its European allies fear?
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another invasion
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What did the Soviet Union fear from Western Europe?
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