ww2

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

Tienanmen Square Massacre

Answer 2

Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese government assault on the protesters shocked the West and brought denunciations and sanctions from the United States.

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

Perestrokia

Answer 6

Perestroika (Russian: перестро́йка; IPA: [pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə] ( listen)) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning “openness”) policy reform.

Question 7

Glasnost

Answer 7

The Russian word glasnost, translated as “openness,” refers to the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues. The policy was instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s and began the democratization of the Soviet Union.

Question 8

Thatcherism

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Tony Blair

Answer 9

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

Question 10

Yugoslavia

Answer 10

Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by the merger

Question 11

Bosina

Answer 11

Bosnia and Herzegovina 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. National capital Sarajevo has a well preserved old quarter, Baščaršija, with landmarks like 16th-century Gazi Husrev-bey Mosque. Ottoman-era Latin Bridge is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which ignited World War I.

Question 12

Rwanda

Answer 12

Rwanda is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape. Its renowned Volcanoes National Park is home to mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The park encompasses 4,507m-tall Mt. Karisimbi and 4 other forested volcanoes. In the southwest is Nyungwe National Park, with ancient montane rainforest that’s a habitat for chimpanzees and other primates.

Question 13

Cambodia

Answer 13

Cambodia is a Southeast Asian nation whose landscape spans low-lying plains, the Mekong Delta, mountains and Gulf of Thailand coastline. Phnom Penh, its capital, is home to the art deco Central Market, glittering Royal Palace and the National Museum’s historical and archaeological exhibits. In the country’s northwest are the ruins of Angkor Wat, a massive stone temple complex built during the Khmer Empire.

Question 14

Kovosoco

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

a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon capable of causing widespread death and destruction.

Question 16

George W. Bush

Answer 16

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000

Question 17

Bill Clinton

Answer 17

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

Question 18

Nafata

Answer 18

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.

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

Apartheid (ZA pronunciation: /əˈpɑːrteɪd/; Afrikaans: [aˈpartɦəit]) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.

Question 21

Nelson Mandella

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

Answer 22

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, East Congo, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

Question 23

Hutu

Answer 23

The Hutu, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic group native to African Great Lakes region of Africa, primarily area now under Burundi and Rwanda.

Question 24

Tutsi

Answer 24

The Tutsi, or Abatutsi, are a social class inhabiting the African Great Lakes region. A specific social order considered the highest of society status that also involved feudal or legal privileges within the Great Lakes region and beyond.

Question 25

Kleptocracy

Answer 25

Kleptocracy (from Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”), κλέπτω (kléptō, “steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *klep- (“to steal”); and from the Ancient Greek suffix -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”; klépto- thieves + -kratos rule, literally “rule by thieves”) is a government with corrupt leaders (

Question 26

new world order

Answer 26

The New World Order or NWO is claimed to be an emerging clandestine totalitarian world government by various conspiracy theories

Question 27

internet

Answer 27

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide.

Question 28

seweto 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

A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid.

Question 30

Persian gulf war

Answer 30

The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition

Question 31

helsink accords

Answer 31

The Helsinki Final Act was an agreement signed by 35 nations that concluded the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Helsinki, Finland. The multifaceted Act addressed a range of prominent global issues and in so doing had a far-reaching effect on the Cold War and U.S.-Soviet relations.

Question 32

Eec

Answer 32

The European Economic Community was a regional organisation which aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states. It was created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957

Question 33

corporation

Answer 33

A corporation is a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law. Early incorporated entities were established by charter.

Question 34

Chaebols

Answer 34

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

Question 35

corporation

Answer 35

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

Question 36

tokyo stock exchange

Answer 36

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

Question 37

agglomerate

Answer 37

a mass or collection of things; an assemblage.

Question 38

genocide

Answer 38

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Question 39

deng xioping

Answer 39

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Question 40

African Union

Answer 40

The African Union is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent. It was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa,