world war

Question 1

four asian tigers

Answer 1

The Four Asian Tigers, Four Little Dragons or Four Asian Dragons, are the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, which underwent rapid industrialization and maintained exceptionally high growth rates (in excess of 7 percent a year) between the early 1960s (mid-1950s for Hong Kong) and 1990s.

Question 2

tiananmen square massacre

Answer 2

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known in China as the June Fourth Incident (六四事件), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing in 1989. More broadly, it refers to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period, sometimes referred to as the ‘89 Democracy Movement (八九民运).

Question 3

devolution

Answer 3

the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.

Question 4

ronald reagan

Answer 4

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Question 5

gorbachev

Answer 5

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 6

perestroika

Answer 6

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Question 7

glasnost

Answer 7

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Question 8

thatcherism

Answer 8

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 9

tony blair

Answer 9

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 10

yugoslavia

Answer 10

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 11

bosina

Answer 11

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 12

rwanda

Answer 12

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 13

cambodia

Answer 13

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved.

Question 14

kosovo

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

weapons of mass destruction

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

george W. bush

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

bill clinton

Answer 17

The impeachment of Bill Clinton was initiated by the House of Representatives on December … At the deposition, the judge rejected the plaintiff’s lawyer’s definition of the term “sexual relations” that Clinton claims to have construed to mean …

Question 18

NAFTA

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

welfare state

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

apartheid

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

nelson mandela

Answer 21

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Question 22

congolese conflict

Answer 22

relating to the Congo or the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
noun

Question 23

hutu

Answer 23

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.
adjective

Question 24

tutsi

Answer 24

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.
adjective

Question 25

kleptocracy

Answer 25

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.
adjective

Question 26

new world order

Answer 26

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.
adjective

Question 27

internet

Answer 27

a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

Question 28

soweto uprising

Answer 28

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 29

bantustans

Answer 29

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 30

persian gulf war

Answer 30

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 31

helsinki accords

Answer 31

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 32

EEC

Answer 32

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 33

EEU

Answer 33

The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976

Question 34

chaebols

Answer 34

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 35

tokyo stock exchange

Answer 35

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 36

agglomerate

Answer 36

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 37

genocide

Answer 37

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 38

deng xiaopong

Answer 38

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 39

african union

Answer 39

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 40

free trade

Answer 40

in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 41

third world

Answer 41

constituting number three in a sequence; 3rd.

Question 42

maastricht treaty

Answer 42

constituting number three in a sequence; 3rd.

Question 43

eclac

Answer 43

The Revolutions of 1989 were part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

Question 44

corporation

Answer 44

constituting number three in a sequence; 3rd.

Question 45

1989 revolution

Answer 45

The Revolutions of 1989 were part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

Question 46

refugee

Answer 46

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster