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Question 1

Ostalgie

Answer 1

German term referring to nostalgia for the lifestyle and culture of the vanished east block

Question 2

Ethnic cleansing

Answer 2

The attempt to establish ethnically homogeneous territories by intimidation, forced deportation, and killing

Question 3

Kosova Liberation Army

Answer 3

Military organization formed in 1998 by kosovar militants who sought independence from Serbia

Question 4

Globalization

Answer 4

The emergence of a freer, more technologically connected global economy, accompanying by a worldwide exchange of culture, political, and religious ideas

Question 5

European Union

Answer 5

The economic cultural and political alliance of 27 European nations

Question 6

Maastricht treaty

Answer 6

The basis for the formation of the European Union, which set financial and cultural standards for potential member states and defined criteria for membership in the monetary union

Question 7

World trade organization

Answer 7

A power force supernational financial institution that sets trade and tariff agreements for over $150 member countries and so helps manage a large percentage of the world’s import export policies like the IMF and the world Bank, the WTO promotes neoliberal policies around the world

Question 8

Non-governmental organizations

Answer 8

Independent organizations with specific agendas, such as humanitarian aid or environmental protection that conduct international programs and activities

Question 9

Diasporas

Answer 9

Includes of ethnic groups settled outside of their homelands

Question 10

Multiculturalism

Answer 10

The mixing of ethnic styles and daily life and in culture works such as film, music, art, and literature

Question 11

War on terror

Answer 11

American policy under President George w Bush to fight global terrorism in all its forms

Question 12

Muslim brotherhood

Answer 12

Islamic social and political reform group founded in Egypt in 1928 that calls for national liberation from European control and a return to shari’a law and demanded land reform extensive social welfare programs and economic independence

Question 13

Arab spring

Answer 13

A series of popular revolts in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa that sought and end to alter itarian often western supported regimes

Question 14

Climate change

Answer 14

Changes in long-standing weather patterns cost primarily by carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels