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  • What is communism?

    A political and economic ideology advocating for the collective ownership of resources and the absence of social classes.
  • What is capitalism?

    an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
  • What was soviet invasion of Hungary?
    Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy's reforms and proposals and worried threatened communist rule. Over 5000 Hungarians were killed as a result of the invasion, Nagy was deposed and Kadar was appointed as a new leader to re-establish communist rule
  • What was Brezhnev's response to Dubcek's reforms?
    Brezhnev couldn't convince Dubcek to stop the reforms and had to sent tanks to Prague and Dubcek was arrested, Czechoslovakian returned to being under strict Soviet Control known as 'normalisation'
  • What did Kennedy's visit to West Berlin represent?
    In 1963 he claimed 'I am Berliner' which was an expression of his solidarity with the people of West Berlin. Further it demonstrated USA and and NATO were prepared to defend West Berlin from communist attack
  • Fall of the berlin wall.
    On 9th November east German announced that East Germans could now travel to West Germans, the German reunification and Soviet union withdrew its troops from what was East Germany
  • What was the consequences of the Cuban Missile crisis?

    Soviet union looked weak as the world did not know the USA removed missiles from Turkey.
    In 1963, Kennedy gave a speech about working with the Soviet union to focus on their 'common interests'. But the soviet union was focussed on catching up with the USA in the arms race
  • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

    USSR saw Afghanistan as in its sphere of influence, when it felt that its influence was threatened it invaded and had to remain in the country to keep power'
  • Why was carter worried about the soviet invasion of Afganistan?

    Worried that they would get more control of the middle east and a successful invasion might mean soviet influence in Iran and block middle eastern exports.