1. End of the Cold War

2. Bell Ringer Review
In your own words, create a summary for each of the following events (focusing on the involvement of the Super Powers)
The Middle East
Angola
Somalia and Ethiopia
2. Why were the Super Powers involved in these third world areas if they didn’t care about them?

3. End of the Cold War Poor Economic Communist Policies Arms Race
End of Détente
Gerontocracy in USSR
Election of Ronald Reagan as US President
Gorbachev’s Reforms

4. Brezhnev’s Economic Blunders

5. End of Détente

6. Gerontocracy

7. Ronald Reagan

8. Gorbachev’s Policies Review
Explain the difference between Glasnost, Perestroika and Demokratizatsiya.
Why was the Chernobyl accident significant?
How did Gorbachev treat dissidents differently? Why did he do this?
How did Gorbachev show continuity and change in his foreign policy?
Describe Gorbachev and Reagan’s relationship.
Summarize the collapse in Bulgaria and Romania.
Explain the various reasons why communism collapsed in 1989.

9. Collapse in Eastern Europe Group work
Silently read over the handout and take notes on your country
You will have 10 minutes with each country:
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia

10. Collapse in Eastern Europe…
In your final country, works as a group to:
Create a timeline of significant events that led to the collapse in your country
Write that timeline on the whiteboard and prepare to present it to the class.

11. Final Exam One Essay and One Short Answer Three Topics:
Beginning of the Cold War
Middle of the Cold War
End of the Cold War
Each topic will have three questions.
You will choose an essay question from one topic and your short answer from a different topic

12. Beginning of the Cold War
Causes of the Cold War
Ideological differences
Aggressive Actions
Early Conflicts: Berlin Blockade, Korean War

13. Middle of the Cold War 1953-1975 Impact of the death of Stalin
- Uprisings in East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Suez Crisis
Khrushchev’s leadership
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sino-Soviet Split
Sino-American Rapprochement
Détente
Arms & Space Race
Vietnam War
Prague Spring

14. End of the Cold War 1975-1991 Helsinki Accords
Soviet-Afghanistan War & end of Détente
Brezhnev’s Economic Policies
Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, USSR & Yugoslavia
Impact of Gorbachev and Reagan on end of Cold War
Mao’s Death and the rise of Deng Xiaoping
Tiananmen Square Massacre

15. Collapse in Eastern Europe Group work
Write a Summary on the collapse of Communism In the four countries we looked at. 6 minutes.