The Late Cold War and the Collapse of the Soviet Union
The “Velvet Revolution” brought change to this country.
What is Czechoslovakia?
By the 1990s, the trend in Latin America as a whole was toward this form of government.
What is democracy?
In 1960, five oil rich countries formed this organization to coordinate and unify petroleum prices.
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
The countries involved in the NAFTA agreement.
What are Canada, United States, and Mexico?
This event led to the reunification of this country.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall and Germany?
This refers to a combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland.
What is Solidarity?
This is the name of the social-democratic political party in South Africa.
What is the African National Congress (ANC)?
Iraq invaded Kuwait in the early 1990s, leading to this war.
What is the Persian Gulf War?
This term refers to a belief in unfettered markets and unhindered international trade.
What is neoliberalism?
This term refers to a period of renewed optimism as countries across Africa embraced the rule of law and multiparty democracy as they experienced economic reinvigoration.
What is the "African Renaissance"?
These terms refer to the opening of Soviet society to public criticism and the decentralizing of the economy.
What are glasnost and perestroika?
The destination for illegally converted funds to aid the contras that resulted from the Iranian-Contra Scandal.
What is Nicaragua?
Israel and the Palestinian Authority fight over control of these two main areas of land.
What are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?
This consists of 27 countries that have committed to regional integration, by opening borders to the free flow of goods, services, people, and capital.
What is the European Union (EU)?
In 1993, these Accords laid out a mutually agreed-upon "road map" for peace between Israelis and Palestinians based on the idea of two separate and secure nations living side by side.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This agreement made during the Cold War gave recognition to the borders of communist bloc countries in eastern Europe in return for a Soviet promise, never fulfilled, to respect basic human rights.
What are the Helsinki Accords?
This political party in Mexico had a monopoly on national politics.
What is the Party of Institutional Revolution (PRI)?
Following the Iranian Revolution, these two countries fought each other during the 1980s.
What are Iran and Iraq?
While this country led the way in economic growth over three decades, it experienced an extended period of economic stagnation beginning in the 1990s.
What is Japan?
This organization seeks to foster global economic cooperation, facilitate international trade, and reduce poverty around the world.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
The dissolution of the Soviet Union resulted in the creation of these 15 countries.
What are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan?
A peace deal was brokered after the Cold War in this country when the rebels agreed to lay down their arms in exchange for land.
What is Guatemala?
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the United States aided this group of rebels.
Who are the Mujahaddin?
These are the developed East Asian economies known as the Asian Tigers.
What are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan?
This treaty established the Euro as the official currency of the European Union.
What is the Maastricht Treaty?