Ch 35 Study Guide
Name: __________________________________________________ Period: ____________
1. Vocab.
A. Democracy
B. Direct Democracy
C. Indirect Democracy
D. Republic
E. Standard of Living
F. Recession
G. Martial Law
H. Dissidents
I. African National Congress (ANC)
J. Politburo
K. General Secretary
L. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
M. Shock Therapy
N. Solidarity
O. Reunification
P. Ethnic Cleansing
2. What are the common practices in a democracy? Short Answer
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3. What did a UN study report about the spread of democracy?
What area was it particularly concerned about?
4. What problems did Latin America face once they gained their independence?
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5. What type of government(s) did Brazil have?
What type of government(s) did Mexico have?
What type of government(s) did Argentina have?
6. How did colonialism negatively impact African countries even after they gained their freedom?
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7. What happened to the democracies in many African countries after they gained their independence?
8. What was apartheid (I’m not looking for the translation, but what it was)
What were homelands?
How did the ANC fight against apartheid?
9. What did Bishop Desmond Tutu call for?
What did that lead to?
10. Who was South Africa’s first black president?
11. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
What did he believe?
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What was glasnost?
What did it lead to?
What was perestroika?
What did it allow?
What was democratization?
What did it allow?
What did he do about the arms race?
12. What was the first Soviet state to break away?
What did Gorbachev do in response?
13. Who was Boris Yeltsin?
14. What was the August Coup?
What happened after the August Coup?
15. What happened after Yeltsin enacted “shock therapy”?
16. What problems have occurred in Chechnya AND why?
17. Who is Vladimir Putin?
What has he been criticized for?
18. What problems have former Soviet satellites faced since forming democratic governments?
19. What was Solidarity?
Who was its leader?
What country was it in?
What did they do that led to the end of the communist government?
20. How did Hungary end communism?
21. What led to the reunification of Germany?
22. What happened to Czechoslovakia after it ended communism?
23. What dictator ruled over Romania?
How did communism end in Romania?
What has Romania struggled with?
24. What problem is Yugoslavia plagued with?
Who led Yugoslavia for 35 years following WWII?
25. How are people divided in Bosnia?
What happened after Bosnia declared its independence from Yugoslavia?
What did the Serbs do?
Who supported them?
26. What country declared its independence from Serbia in 2008?
27. What Serbian leader was captured and tried for crimes committed by the Serbs in Bosnia and Kosovo?
What happened to him?
28. What type of reform did China’s government support after Mao’s death?
What type of reform did they crush?
What was Deng Xiaoping willing to do?
What were the 4 modernizations?
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What consequences did the 4 modernizations lead to?
29. What led to the uprising in Tiananmen Square?
What did they want?
What did the government do?
30. What is China’s one child policy?
What are the exceptions?
How is this policy enforced?
How has it been enforced in the past?
How do the Chinese get around this law?
How has this effected the births of girls and why?
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