Unit 10: Democrazation And Globalization

Question 1

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 1

• Became the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union

- General Secretary of the Communist party

Question 2

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 2

• Elected leader of the Russian Soviet Republic

- Russian Politician and first president of the Russian Federation

Question 3

Solidarity

Answer 3

Polish labor union that during the 1980s became the main force of opposition to communist rule in Poland

Question 4

Glasnost

Answer 4

• Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information
• Introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 5

Perestroika

Answer 5

• A reconstructing of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making
• begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985

Question 6

Ethnic Cleansing

Answer 6

Genocide by Serbs in hope to eliminate Bosnia’s Muslim population after the breakup of Yugoslavia

Question 7

Green Revolution

Answer 7

huge increase in agricultural production in the 20th century in attempt to increase food resources worldwide

Question 8

Sustainable Growth

Answer 8

Economic development that meets people’s needs but preserves the environment and conserves resources for future generations

Question 9

Collective Security

Answer 9

Idea that the safety of all nations depends on each other’s safety

Question 10

Capitalism

Answer 10

• free market or market economy
• free enterprise
• USA
• Japan
• South Korea

Question 11

Socialism

Answer 11

• Mixed economies
• Canada
• UK

Question 12

Communism

Answer 12

• Command economy
• Planned economy
• USSR
• North Korea
• China