chapter 14 Flashcards
Strategic Defense Initiative “star wars”
plan to use satellites and space missiles to protect the United States from incoming nuclear bombs.
perestroika
reconstruction
Nelson Mandela
Leader of African National Congress and president for south africa
developing world
poor countries of the third world
What country was transformed?
Bombay into Mumbai
Supernational Organizations
Organizations that transcend national boundaries
What were the most prominent supernational organizations
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Amnesty International
global movement to end abuses of human rights
Hutus
agrarian people, often poor
Tutsis
herders, wealthy, more education
Rwandan Genocide
Hutu population panned to kill the minority of the Tutsi population
Tiananmen Square
largest square in the world that is located in the center of Beijing
Tiananmen Square Incident
1989, protests for democracy and free speech caused Chinese troops to kill thousands of people
European Union
group of countries in Europe that work together on things like trade, laws, and cooperation.