Post Cold War Issues and Conflicts

Question 1

OPEC

Answer 1

Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

CONTROLS OIL SUPPLY TO RAISE PRICES

STARTS OIL CRISIS

Question 2

Apartheid

Answer 2

Separation of the races in South Africa

Segregation between Whites and Blacks

Keep the races “apart”

Question 3

Apartheid Resistance Leaders

Answer 3

Nelson Mandela (African National Congress)

Desmond Tutu

F.W. de Klerk

Question 4

Jomo Kenyatta

Answer 4

Independence struggle in Kenya

Wanted to get rid of the British

Nationalism

Question 5

Pol Pot

Answer 5

Leader of communist Cambodia

Khmer Rouge (communist guerilla fighters)

KILLING FIELDS - millions murdered to remove Western influence in Cambodia

genocide

Question 6

Iranian Revolution

Answer 6

Led to an Islamic State

Stop Western influence

Reconnect with traditional values

Question 7

IRA

Answer 7

Irish Republican Army; use terrorist tactics against protestants

Question 8

Contras

Answer 8

Nicaraguan rebels, supported by united states, supported by Ronald Reagan, anti-communist

Question 9

NAFTA

Answer 9

North American Free Trade Agreement, allows free trade among USA, Mexico, and Canada

Question 10

WTO

Answer 10

group that regulates international trade; protesters believe it favors the rich & hurts the environment

Question 11

Solidarity

Answer 11

Movement in Poland to improve working conditions; started by Lech Walesa

Question 12

Rwandan Genocide

Answer 12

Hutu led, in effort to eliminate the Tutsi minority- MASS MURDER

Question 13

Why did India split in 1947?

Answer 13

Pakistan is created- Muslim state; differences between Hindus & Muslims… Causes mass migration across border