Ch. 23-24 (#86-100)

Question 1

powerful labor union in Poland that opposed
the Polish Communist government

Answer 1

Solidarity

Question 2

Communist organization of workers

Answer 2

Soviet

Question 3

failed surprise attack of the North Vietnam- ese on South Vietnam; affected the American attitude toward the Vietnam War

Answer 3

Tet offensive

Question 4

the border between North and South Korea

Answer 4

38th parallel

Question 5

square in Beijing, China; site of a
deadly confrontation between the Chinese army and
college-aged dissidents

Answer 5

Tiananmen Square

Question 6

the principle, enunciated by Harry S.
Truman, of assisting countries in a struggle against com-
munism

Answer 6

Truman doctrine

Question 7

Communist guer il l as who launched subversive
activity in South Vietnam

Answer 7

Viet cong

Question 8

the policy of gradually turning the burden of the fighting of the Vietnam War over to the South Viet-
namese

Answer 8

Vietnamization

Question 9

Soviet regional military alliance that included Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe; organized to counter NATO

Answer 9

Warsaw Pact

Question 10

rigid system of racial separation in South Africa
initiated by the Afr ikaner s

Answer 10

Apartheid

Question 11

British political party

Answer 11

New world order

Question 12

nonviolent program defying the cur-
rent rule through strikes (including hunger strikes and sit-down strikes), mass demonstrations, and refusal to pay taxes

Answer 12

Passive resistance

Question 13

radical Muslims that gained control in Afghanistan

Answer 13

Taliban

Question 14

the use of indiscriminate violence, or the threat of its use, for political ends

Answer 14

Terrorism

Question 15

the 1954 border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam

Answer 15

17th parallel