Chapter 35 - Struggles for Democracy | Quizlet

What is the correct definition of Perestroika?

• A) A bringing together again of things that have been separated, like the reuniting of East Germany and West Germany in 1990.

• B) A Polish labor union that during the 1980s became the main forces of opposition to Communist rule in Poland.

• C) A redistribution of farmland by breaking up large estates and giving the resulting smaller farms to peasants.

• D) A restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making, begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.

Who is Lech Walesa?

• Union leader who became a national hero in Poland when the government gave in to Union's demands.

• The quality of life of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to the person or people.

• A leader of the ANC (African National Congress) who was imprisoned for protesting against the white minority's power being imposed on South Africa.

• A temporary rule by military authorities over a civilian population, usually imposed in times of war or civil unrest.

A huge public space in Beijing China; in 1989, the site of a student uprising in support of democratic reforms.

• Shock Therapy

• Land Reform

• Tiananmen Square

• Reunification

By 1980, had emerged as the most powerful leader in China. He was the last of the "old revolutionaries" who had ruled China since 1949.

• Hong Kong

• Deng Xiaoping

• "Shock Therapy"

• Reunification

"Shock Therapy"

• An economic program implemented in Russia by Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s, involving an abrupt shift from a command economy to a free-market economy.

• By 1980, Deng Xiaoping had emerged as the most powerful leader in China. He was the last of the "old revolutionaries" who had ruled China since 1949.

• A redistribution of farmland by breaking up large estates and giving the resulting smaller farms to peasants.

• In the early 1970s, China entered another moderate period under Zhou Enlai. Zhou had been premier since 1949. During the Cultural Revolution, he tried to restrain the radicals.

A leader of the ANC (African National Congress) who was imprisoned for protesting against the white minority's power being imposed on South Africa.

• Nelson Mandela

• Martial Law

• Lech Walesa

• Standard of Living

Definition: Was a thriving business center and British colony of the southeastern coast of China. On July 1, 1997, Great Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, ending 155 years of colonial rule. As part of the transfer, China promised to respect Hong Kong's economy system and political liberties for 50 years.

• Zhou Enlai

• Hong Kong

• Land Reform

• Deng Xiaoping

The quality of life of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to the person or people.

• Lech Walesa

• Standard of Living

• Martial Law

• Nelson Mandela

Which of the following best defines 'Martial Law'?

• A) Union leader who became a national hero in Poland when the government gave in to Union's demands.

• B) A temporary rule by military authorities over a civilian population, usually imposed in times of war or civil unrest.

• C) A leader of the ANC (African National Congress) who was imprisoned for protesting against the white minority's power being imposed on South Africa.

• D) The quality of life of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to the person or people.

Which of the following best defines 'Apartheid'?

• A Soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information, introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.

• A policy if murder and other acts of brutality by which Serbs hoped to eliminate Bosnia's Muslim population after the breakup of Yugoslavia.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of individual states.

• A South African policy of complete legal separation of the races, including the banning of all social contacts between Blacks and whites.