Chapter 38 Quiz Review Flashcards
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63437432 | Sinqobili Maghena | the first female chief of the Ndebele | 0 | |
63437433 | Charles de Gaulle's vision of Europe | he wants a Europe that is free from the influences of the superpowers (US and the Soviet Union) | 1 | |
63437434 | European Economic Community | dismantle tariffs and other barriers to free trade | 2 | |
63437435 | Jugoslavia-Soviet Union tensions | Yugoslavia goes its own way, Russia wants to maintain control over the communist nations. Don't have a border between them. Yug. Trades with Western Europe and the US, making Russia furious. | 3 | |
63437436 | Josip Broz (Yugoslavia) | leader of Yugoslavia; Marshall Tito | 4 | |
63437437 | de-Stalinization | Stalin (leader of Russia; dictator); killed between 15-20 million people; when dead, followed by Khrushchev who realizes how terrible he was. So he brings down his policies and practices. Known as de-Stalinization (bring Stalin down to a real level, Khrushchev releases real information to Russia about what Stalin did, making him less popular/of a hero) | 5 | |
63437438 | Alexander Dubcek | leader of Czechoslovakia in the late 60s; reformer (communists hate) wants to loosen socialism in Czech. Program of reform, known as Prague Spring | 6 | |
63437439 | "Prague Spring" | reform put in place by ^; Prague is the capital of Czech. | 7 | |
63437440 | "socialism with a face" | term that describes Dubcek's liberalization of communism in Czech. | 8 | |
63437441 | Treaty of Friendship, Alliance & Mutual Assistance | between China and the Soviet Union, much like the unequal treaties forced on China in the 19th century; favors the Soviet Union heavily and gives China little by comparison | 9 | |
63437442 | Paris Peace Accords, 1973 | ends American involvement in Vietnam | 10 | |
63437443 | Muhammad Najibullah | the Soviet favorite left in charge of Afghanistan after they pull out of Afghanistan; over thrown in 1996 by the Taliban | 11 | |
63437444 | Watergate | brings down Nixon (ends his presidency); had no benefit to him | 12 | |
63437445 | Apartheid | the nation of South Africa's system of racial segregation | 13 | |
63437446 | African National Congress | a group dedicated to ending Apartheid in South Africa by any means available | 14 | |
63437447 | Nelson Mandela | the leader of the African National Congress | 15 | |
63437448 | Mobutu Sese Seko | the dictator of the nation of Zaire (old name of the Congo); gets power by overthrowing the prime minister (he was very "left wing") | 16 | |
63437449 | Anwar Sadat | leader of Egypt in the late 1970s; plans the Yom Kippur War | 17 | |
63437450 | Yom Kippur War | day of atonement in Judaism (most holy day in Judaism); a bunch of nations invade Israel | 18 | |
63437451 | Palestinian Liberal Organization (PLO) | founded by Yasser Arafat; use terrorism to publicize the cause of Palestinians in Israel, resort to terrorism to publicize their cause. | 19 | |
63437452 | Yitzhak Rabin | signs 2 treaties providing limited self-rule for Palestinians | 20 | |
63437453 | Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini | overthrows the Shah of Iran | 21 | |
63437454 | Iran-Iraq War | lasts from 1980 to 1988; over a million casualties in this war (no real winner) | 22 | |
63437455 | Indira Gandhi | begins a policy of involuntary sterilization for India | 23 |