People
Places
modern terms
Breaking the Chains
Hodgepodge
100
First black South African president
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
This South American nation has been ruled by military dictators since the 1980's.
What is Brazil?
100
Attempted to increase food production worldwide.
What is the green revolution?
100
The Solidarity movement worked to help the workers of this nation.
What is Poland?
100
Temporary military rule
What is martial law?
200
Mexican president that argued that the US should legalize millions of undocumented Mexicans
Who is Vincente Fox?
200
In 1991 hardline communists attempted a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev here.
What is the Soviet Union?
200
The spread of nuclear weapons to other nations.
What is proliferation?
200
Dominant political party of Mexico for much of the 20th century.
What is PRI?
200
Important free trade agreement involving the US, Canada and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
300
President of China during the 1980's who initiated economic reforms
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
300
Slobodan Milosevic asserted leadership over this nation in the 1980's.
What is Yugoslavia?
300
The financial interactions amend businesses, individuals and governments across international borders.
What is the global economy?
300
This African nation gained its independence in 1960, only to experience a civil war because of differences between its three main ethnic groups.
What is Nigeria?
300
Power sharing among state and central governments.
What is the federal system?
400
President turned dictator of Argentina
Who is Juan Peron?
400
Boris Yeltsin was the first president of this new loosely-formed federation of former Soviet territories..
What is CIS or Commonwealth of Independent States?
400
The Soviet policy of "restructuring"
What is perestroika?
400
Jomo Kenyatta led this country to independence in 1963.
What is Kenya?
400
This seeks change through force or threat of violence.
What is terrorism?
500
Czechoslovakian playwright who became president in 1989
Who is Vaclav Havel?
500
This nation passed the Patriot Act to fight terrorism.
What is the United States?
500
Meeting economic needs while preserving the environment
What is sustainable growth?
500
This nation is eventually partitioned in order to gain its promised independence from the British Empire.
What is India?
500
Provides cheap labor to businesses and nations seeking growth.
What are emerging nations?
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