Unit 4 (political processes)

Question 1

End of Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)

Answer 1

States are given the right to govern themselves

Question 2

Berlin Conference (1884)

Answer 2

European leaders divide up the continent of Africa without regard for tribal or ethnic differences

Question 3

Decolonization (post WW2)

Answer 3

The process of achieving independence from a colonial power (after WW2)

Question 4

Cold War (1954-1991)

Answer 4

War that was silently fought between the US and Soviet Union

Question 5

The collapse of Soviet Union (1991)

Answer 5

Ending of Cold War and many new independent states are established in Eastern Europe and Central Asia