USSR & East Europe
China
Africa
Middle East
...The rest of Asia
100
In 1991 Boris Yeltsin became the head of state of what former Soviet Republic?
What is Russia?
100
Which country experienced political protests in Tianenment Square in June 1989?
What is China
100
What was Kwame Nkrumah's response to the failure of his programs of social reform and economic uplift?
What is crushed opposition and became a dictator
100
The cornerstone of Egyptian development after 1952 was
What is the Aswan Dam project
100
The Vietnamese rebellion that toppled both the Trinh and Nguyen dynasties of the 18th century was the_________.
What is Tayson
200
In which Eastern European nation did outright violence lead to the overthrow of an authoritarian Communist leader?
What is Romania
200
As a consequence of failed economic policy in China, what happened in 1960?
What is Mao lost his position as state chairman
200
What do Asian and African governments have in common since decolonization?
What is military takeovers
200
The man who emerged as head of the Egyptian government following the 1952 coup
What is Gamal Abdul Nasser
200
What happened as a result of the 18th century Vietnamese rebellion
What is it unified under Emperor Hue
300
This country pushed for economic liberalization in 1987 but was held back by the Soviet central state...
What is Bulgaria
300
Mao's failed economic policy in China was called...
What is the Great Leap Forward
300
Enfranchisement of all adult South Africans ocurred in what year?
What is 1994
300
The organization that embraces fundamentalist Islam, promotion of trade unions, and land reform is...
What is the Muslim Brotherhood
300
Vietnamese nationalists defeated the French in 1954 at the battle of...
What is Dien Bien Phu
400
German reunification occurred in what year?
What is 1991
400
What foreign power did the Chinese Communists fight with in the 1930's and 40's?
What is Japan
400
Economic dominance for the white majority, monopoly of a political power, and imposing extreme segregation were all intended goals of ________
What is apartheid
400
Which revolution in the ME is most like the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan in the 1880's
What is the Iranian Revolution in 1979
400
Communist opposition to the US supported government in South Vietnam was referred to as....
What is the Viet Cong
500
Which person did the following in the USSR? 1)Relaxed media restrictions 2)reduced nuclear arms 3)Ended the Soviet-Afghani war
Who is Mikhail Gorbechev
500
In the 50's & 60's, Chinese domestic policy turned away from the ____________ with the introduction of the first 5 year plan.
What is the peasantry
500
Which European country other than Britain hung onto its colonies in Africa until mid 1970's
What is Portugal
500
Which country did the US invade in 2003
What is Iraq
500
Which country was able by the 1970's to compete successfully in the areas of Steel, Cars, and cheap consumer goods?
What is South Korea
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