Chapter 32: The End Of The Cold War And The Challenges Of Economic Development And Immigration. 1975-2000 Flashcards

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The “Brazilian Solution” refers to…

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The combination of dictatorship, repression, and government promotion of industrialization

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Salvador Allende sought to implement socialists reforms in what country?

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Chile

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The first Latin American nation to experience conservative reaction to the Cuban revolution was:

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Brazil

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The “Dirty War” was fought in what country?

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Argentina

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“Dirty War” was so deemed because it was characterized by what?

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Torture and executions by the military.

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Which Untied States president worked to reestablish Panamanian Sovereignty in the Canal Zone?

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Jimmy Carter

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The “Contras” were…

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Counterrevolutionaries financed by the Regan administration to oppose the Sandinistas

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Which events contributed to the end of the Contra-led faction in El Salvador?

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  • the murder of Father Oscar Romero
  • The U.S. congress refusing to support Regan’s guns-for-Contras policy
  • the collapse of the Soviet Union
  • Lack of popular support in the country
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Neo-liberalism was the policy of…

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Reducing the role of the state in the economy.

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an Iranian revolt in 1979 against the former shah and then implemented what?

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A parliamentary republic with strict control by religious officials.

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The Shah of Iran was supported strongly by:

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The United States of America

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One of the reasons for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was what?

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Saddam Hussein’s fear that the revolutionary government of Iran would incite Iraq’s Shi’ites to rebellion

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In order to finance arms to Iran to secure the release of American hostages, President Ronald Regan illicitly sold arms and financed the war against who?

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Sandinistas

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Which country engaged in an “unwinnable War” with Afghanistan in the 1980’s?

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The USSR

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Who were the Asian Tigers?

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South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan

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The keiretsu were…

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An alliance of corporations and the banks that ruled the Japanese economy.

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Crucial to the success of the Japanese economy in the 1970’s and 1980’s was

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Tariffs and the import regulations restricting foreign competition.

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Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China did what?

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Experienced economic growth because of freeing industries from the state run system and permitted foreign investment for the first time since 1949

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As a response to the protests that culminated in Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government…

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Used force

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Which is most the of the communist states by the 1980s and 1990s?

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Deep divisions had appeared among the communist states

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The policy of reconstructing the Soviet Union as authorized by Mikhail Gorbachev was known as…

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Perestroika

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22
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Solidarity was…

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  • a labor union of polish shipyard workers
  • Supported by the Catholic Church in Poland
  • A union that caused the Polish governments to impose martial law
  • A potent force with nationally recognized leaders
23
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The playright who was elected president of Czechoslovakia in 1990 was…

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Vaclav Havel

24
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East Germany was united with West Germany in what year?

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1990

25
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What powerful force ultimately caused the USSR to dissolve?

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Nationalism

26
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The result of the hard-line Communist coup against Gorbachev was that…

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  • Boris Yeltsin led popular resistance to the coup
  • disgust with communism boiled over
  • The Russian Republic effectively took the place of the USSR
  • The coup failed
27
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The Soviet Union was dissolved in what year?

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1991

28
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After the fall of the Soviet Union, nationalism and diversity undermined the Balkan nation of…

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Yugoslavia

29
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Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans occurred between…

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Christian Serbians and Muslims

30
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NATO forces were dispatched to the Balkans and used air strikes against Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in:

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Kosovo

31
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In 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that…

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Population growth would outstrip food production

32
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Societies that have made the “demographic transition” have…

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Lowered fertility rates.

33
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Industrialized nations questioning the rapid population growth in third world countries did do because of:

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racism
religious outlooks
fear of greater power through greater population
fear of strain on global resources

34
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World population between 1950-1985 increased by how much?

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It increased by 100%

35
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In 1994, genocide was perpetrated by…

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Rwandan Hutus against Tutsis

36
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28 million of the 40 million people infected with the HIV virus live in what continent?

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Africa!

37
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What is not associated with low birth rates of older industrial nations.

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Environmental pollution.

38
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Which two nations account for approximately 1/3 of the worlds population?

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India and China

39
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All of the following factors have contributed to the declining life expectancy in Eastern Europe except…

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Famine

40
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Increases in global immigration are due in large part to…

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Growing populations in developing nations.

41
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Despite the unprecedented global economic growth since 1945, the majority of the world’s population…

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Remains in poverty.

42
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Internal migration in developing nations resulted in what?

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Migrants enjoying a better life in the cities.

43
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Although immigrants from developing nations bring many benefits to a new country, they what?

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Face anti-immigrant discrimination and resentment

44
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Anti-immigrant feelings in industrialized nations are mostly due to what?

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An ethnically derived sense of nationality

45
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What is not true about technological innovation after WW 2?

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It caused a decline in world agriculture production due to the focus on tech, leading to worldwide starvation

46
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As western economies recovered from WW 2, most…

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Consumers sought new goods to purchase.

47
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The most influential technology of the last three decades has been what?

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The computer

48
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The primary agent of technological change is the…

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Transnational corporation

49
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What factors have contributed to the globalization of fast food?

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  • Later marriage ages in modern industrial societies
  • Busy schedules mean less family meals
  • Increased immigration/ travel
  • Greater cultural promotion in various media
50
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Which country has arguably the worst environmental record?

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The former Soviet Union

51
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Efforts to preserve the environment included what?

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  • The Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act
  • promoting the use of solar and wind trivia
  • Manufacturing fuel-efficient cars
  • Recycling efforts
52
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What was Glasnost?

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openness

53
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When did the Cold War end?

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1991