Détente
Vaclav Havel
Lech Walesa
Dissident
Solidarity
East Germany
Perestroika
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Gorbachev
Soviet leader who began policy of glasnost
Someone who openly disagrees with government policy
First satellite state to open its border to the West
Relaxation of tension between hostile parties
Its TV announcements led to the fall of the Berlin Wall
Experienced Velvet Revolution in 1989
Czechoslovakian dissident playwright who helped bring down the communist government
Polish activist who became Poland's 1st democratically elected President
Polish labor union that became a political force against communist rule
Policy of restructuring a centrally-planned economy
