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Cold War 70/80
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A political organization created in 1912 to oppose white domination in Sounth Africa. The group protested through marches, boycotts, and strikes | African National Congress |
| Policy of strict racial seperation in South Afica; abolished in 1989 | Apartheid |
| An Anglican Bishop who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent opposition to apartheid in South Africa | Desmond Tutu |
| Was elected president of South Afica in 1989. He called for an end to apartheid and freed Nelson Mandela 1990. | F.W. De Klerk |
| A leader in the African National Congress who was imprisoned from 1964-1990. He become president of South Africa in 1994, after apartheid ended. | Nelson Mandela |
| Were Cambodian Communist guerillas that unleashed a reign of terror under Pol Pot. | Khmer Rouge |
| Was the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. He killed over one million Cambodians throughout the 1970s. | Pol Pot |
| Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strenghening China's economy through the Four Modernizations. | Deng Xiaping |
| The Chinese economic reform program under Deng Xiaping that emphasized agriculture, industry, science, and defense. | Four Modernizations |
| In 1989, demonstrators peacefully assembled to push for greater democracy in China and were attacked by government troops and tanks. | Tiananmen Square Massacre |
| A trade organization of Western European countries built on the idea of economic cooperation and use of the euro.(E.U.) | European Union |
| Was the prime minister of India who led several reform movements and was assassinated in 1983. | Indira Gandhi |
| Not allied with any side in a conflict | Nonaligned |
| Was the revolutionary Islamic fundamentalist leader of Iran who came to power in 1979. | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini |
| A radical group in Palestine | Humas |
| Oil Producing countries in the Middle East and other areas that maximize their profits through cooperation and by controlling the world's oil supply | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations |
| Was the leader of Iran from 1953- 1979. He had western support but faced opposition in Iran. | Shah Reza Pahlavi. |
| Guerillas who fought against the Saninistas in Nicaragua. | Contras |
| Was the leader of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. He introduced Socialist reforms in Nicaragua | Daniel Ortega |
| A group of reform-minded revolutionaries who overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1979. | Sandinistas |
| Leader of Solidarity that helped Poland gain independence from the Soviet Union, later became president of Poland in 1990. | Lech Walesa |
| An independent trade union, that worked for political change in Poland. | Solidarity |
| Easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s. | Detente |
| Policy of openness instituted by the Societ leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s. | Glasnost |
| Was the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union. He is known for his work to end Cold Was tensions, and changing the Soviet government and economy. | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Restucturing of the Soviet government and economy in the 1980s. | Perestrokia |
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