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People. Places. Events. Terms. Potpourri. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. Beginning in 1985, he attempted to reform the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev.

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  1. People Places Events Terms Potpourri 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. Beginning in 1985, he attempted to reform the Soviet Union

  3. Mikhail Gorbachev

  4. He led a Polish labor union and went on to become president of that country.

  5. Lech Walesa

  6. This German chancellor led out in the reunification of Germany

  7. Helmut Khol

  8. In 1991, he became president of the Russian Republic

  9. Boris Yeltsin

  10. The Chinese leader who began to open China to the rest of the world

  11. Zhou Enlai

  12. On November 9, 1989, this symbol of Cold War division was opened for people to freely cross

  13. The Berlin Wall

  14. Since 1991, Russia has dealt with violence in this breakaway region

  15. Chechnya

  16. This Soviet republic declared independence in 1990

  17. Lithuania

  18. Chinese troops fired on unarmed student demonstrators in this public space in the heart of Beijing

  19. Tiananmen Square

  20. In 1997, Great Britain returned this wealthy colony to China

  21. Hong Kong

  22. In 1987, Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with this U.S. president

  23. Ronald Reagan

  24. Poor quality goods, a decaying infrastructure and high costs added to the problems involved in reuniting this country

  25. Germany

  26. This country experienced a bloody overthrow of communism, as Nicolae Ceausescu used force in an attempt to stay in power

  27. Romania

  28. Deng Xiaoping sought to improve the Chinese economy with these measures

  29. The Four Modernizations

  30. Boris Yeltsin adopted this plan to create a free-market economy in Russia

  31. Shock system

  32. Gorbachev’s policy of creating a more open society in the Soviet Union

  33. glasnost

  34. Gorbachev’s plan to restructure the Soviet economy

  35. perestroika

  36. The Polish labor union which became a political force for change

  37. Solidarity

  38. Serbs in Yugoslavia used this policy to rid Bosnia of its Muslim population

  39. Ethnic cleansing

  40. The ruling committee of the Soviet communist party

  41. Politburo

  42. In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into these two countries

  43. Slovakia and the Czech Republic

  44. The goal of changes in the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s

  45. To improve communism

  46. These three Baltic republics declared their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991

  47. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

  48. The profession of Vaclav Havel, who was elected president of Czechoslovakia in 1989

  49. playwright

  50. In 1991, this country experienced a coup by hard-line communist leaders who feared losing power

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