AP World History Chapter 35 Patterns of Change Flashcards
What in western Europe, including the drawing power of what, helped propel Spain, Portugal, and Greece to democratic systems in the mid-1970s, after long periods of authoritarian control?
Economic and political success in western Europe, including the drawing power of the Common Market.
What, backed by the U.S. and western European support, hit Latin America?
The democratic wave.
Beginning with what regimes in Argentina and Brazil, what was replaced by what?
Authoritarian controls were replaced by free elections.
By the 1990s who was the only communist country in Latin America?
Cuba.
Who in Central America accepted the system in the late 1980s?
Revolutionaries.
Who was the final authoritarian regime to yield in Central America?
Paraguay.
In 2000 Mexico did what?
In 2000 Mexico elected its first president from a party other than the PRI, the party that had monopolized control since the revolution.
What gained ground in South Korea and Taiwan in the 1980s
Democratic systems.
Who was cast aside in the Philippines, amid considerable pressure, in favor of an elected government?
An authoritarian ruler.
Who moved more decisively toward multiparty democracy?
Turkey.
What turned to democracy in 1999?
Nigeria, as did more than 20 other African nations.
What toppled the authoritarian system where?
A near-revolution in Indonesia.
What in Georgia and Ukraine replaced authoritarian leaders?
Largely peaceful risings.
Stirrings also occurred where?
Former Soviet republics.
Several Arab countries experimented with what?
Greater democracy.
