Cold War Flashcards
Four Asian tigers
are the highly developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. These regions were the first newly industrialized countries.
Tiananmen Square
protests of 1989, commonly known in China as the June Fourth Incident
devolution
the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.
Ronald Reagan
was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Gorbachev
is a former Soviet statesman
perestroika
the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labor efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning.
glasnost
the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985
Thatcherism
the political and economic policies advocated by the former British Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, particularly those involving the privatization of nationalized industries and trade union legislation.
Tony Blair
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997
yugoslavia
a former country in SE Europe, on the Adriatic: established in 1918 from the independent states of Serbia and Montenegro, and regions that until World War I had belonged to Austria-Hungary
Bosnia
is a country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its countryside is home to medieval villages, rivers and lakes, plus the craggy Dinaric Alps.
Rwanda
is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape.
Cambodia
a native or inhabitant of Cambodia, or a person of Cambodian descent
Kosovo
is a disputed territory and partially recognised state in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo is landlocked in the central Balkan Peninsula.
weapons of Mass Destruction
a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon capable of causing widespread death and destruction.
George W. Bush
is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
Bill Clinton
is an American politician who served as the 42nd President
NAFTA
is an agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
Welfare State
a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
apartheid
a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
Nelson Mandela
was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
Congloese war
was a foreign invasion of Zaire led by Rwanda that replaced President Mobutu Sésé Seko with the rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Hutu
a member of a Bantu-speaking people forming the majority population in Rwanda and Burundi. They are traditionally a farming people and were historically dominated by the Tutsi people; the antagonism between the peoples led in 1994 to large-scale ethnic violence, especially in Rwanda.
Tutsi
a member of a people forming a minority of the population of Rwanda and Burundi, who formerly dominated the Hutu majority.
Kleptocracy
a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
New World Order
is a conspiracy theory which posits a new period of history bringing about a major change in the world with the balance of world …
Internet
a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
Soweto Uprising
was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
Bantustans
was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa
Persian Gulf War
another name for Gulf War.
Helsinki Accords
was an agreement signed by 35 nations that concluded the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Helsinki, Finland.
EEC
An organization of nations established in 1957 to promote free trade and economic cooperation among the nations of western Europe.
EEU
An economic union created in 2014 by a treaty signed by Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The union is set to go into effect in 2015.
Chaebols
a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one
corporation
a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.
Tokyo Stock Exchange
in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies, and largest in East Asia and Asia.
agglomerate
collect or form into a mass or group
genocide
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
Deng Xiaoping
was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman. He was the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1989.
African Union
is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent.
Free Trade
international trade left to its natural course without tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions
Third World
the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Maastricht Treaty
was signed on February 7, 1992, by the leaders of 12 member nations, and it reflected the serious intentions of all countries to create a common economic and monetary union. Also known as the Treaty on European Union.
ECLAC
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
1989 Revolutions
wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.
ethnic cleaning
the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society
refugee
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
