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End of Cold War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perestroika | Soviet plan for restructuring the economy |
| Jerusalem | This city is significant to three major world religions |
| Glasnost | Soviet policy of “openness” involving lessened censorship, the opening of churches, the release of dissidents from prison, and the publication of banned authors |
| Rowlatt Acts | British laws that allowed for the jailing of Indian protestors for up to 2 years in India |
| Apartheid | Total separation of the races in South Africa |
| Tiananmen Square | Student protest for democracy in Beijing, China, where more than 100,000 occupied the square to protest against the communist government |
| Homelands | Reserves where black South Africans were forced to live |
| Zionist | Israeli Nationalists who believe Jews have a right to a homeland in Palestine |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Leader of the Soviet Union when it collapsed |
| F.W. de Klerk | The South African president who released Nelson Mandela from prison |
| Mohandas K. Gandhi | Indian leader who led peaceful protests for India's independence; his nickname, Mahatma, means “great soul” |
| What black South Africans were required to do under Apartheid laws | Carry a pass |
| The number of years Nelson Mandela was in jail | 27 |
| What has happened to Palestine's land over the last 70 years | Shrunk |
| What Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi famously boycotted | British cloth |
| Democratization | The gradual opening of the political system |
| Tank Man | An icon for resistance against communism who protested by standing in front of tanks |
| Nelson Mandela | The ANC leader who was imprisoned |
| Politburo | The ruling committee of the Communist party |
| Collapse of Soviet Union | Driven by the fact that as people gained more freedom, communism felt more restricted, leading to increased discontent |
| The Berlin Wall | It separated East (communist) and West (non-communist) Berlin |
| Life in China today | A socialist market economy where speaking against the government can lead to imprisonment or execution, the media is censored, and there is a lack of political reform |
| Diaspora | The global dispersal of Jews from their homeland that began centuries ago |
| Creation of a Jewish state after WW2 | Occurred because the US and European nations felt sympathy for the Jews and there was significant international support |
| PLO: Palestine Liberation Organization | Palestine Liberation Organization |
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