chp 35 test Flashcards
brasília
capital city of brazil
land reform
breaking up large estates in order to give land to the landless
standard of living
quality of life as judged by the amount of goods people have
recession
decrease in the size of the economy
PRI
industrial revolution party, which has controlled mexico for most of the century
federal system
system in which power is shared between state governments and a centra authority
martial law
military rule
dissident
person against government policy
apartheid
strict separation of blacks and whites
nelson mandela
leader of african national congress who was imprisoned
politburo
ruling committee of the communist party
mikhail gorbachev
leader of the soviet union from 1985 to 1991
glasnost
gorbachev’s policy of openness
perestroika
gorbachev’s policy aimed at reforming the soviet economy
boris yeltsin
political opponent of gorbachev who became president of russia
CIS
commonwealth of independence states, a loose federation of former soviet territories
“shock therapy”
yeltsin’s plan for changing the soviet economy
solidarity
polish workers’ movement
lech walesa
leader of solidarity
reunification
uniting of eat and west germany into one nation
ethnic cleansing
policy of murder and brutality aimed at ridding a country of a particular ethnic group
zhou enlai
chinese leader who worked with president nixon to improve US-chinese relations
deng xiaoping
chinese leader after zhou enlai
four modernizations
goals of deng xioaping that called for progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology
tiananmen square
square in the capital of beijing; scene of a student demonstration and massacre
hong kong
island that became part of china again in 1997
