Unit 10 Contemporary World History

STUDY GUIDE: UNIT 10—CONTEMPORARY WORLD HISTORY AFTER THE FALL: THE WESTERN WORLD IN A GLOBAL AGE (SINCE 1985)

1. Who follows Gorbachev? 1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______(same as #2)

2. Define perestroika ______

3. After the fall of the Soviet Union, what nation struggled with all of the following:  organized crime.  an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya.  economic hardships.  a president who was often ill. 4. The first independence movements among the Soviet republics during ______’s rule occurred in the Baltic area of Lithuania.

5. The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989. Where did Ceausecu rule? ______

6. The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was______. He died in 1980.

7. Following the fall of the USSR, demands for ethnic separatism in what region______was divided into warring factions. (region outlined in green on the white board!)

8. The tactic of "______-______," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror prac- ticed most brutally by Serbia.

9. You should also know the The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity ______

10. The major issue that troubled Italian society in recent decades has been widespread government ______

11. The common currency that was initially adopted by eleven member states of the European Union is ______12. Because many Europeans remain committed to a national identify and do not see themselves as "Europeans" many Challenges faced which international organization? ______

13. The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the So- viet Union in the post-Cold War era was which middle eastern conflict? ______

14. "al-Qaeda" means ______

15. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the United States initially waged war in which nation? ______

16. Christian fundamentalism generally opposes what issues? 1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

17. Name a Neo-Expressionist artist: ______

18. Apple's iPod was introduced in what year:

19. An example of multiculturalism in literature would be “Interpreter of Maladies” by which au- thor? ______

20. French President Sarkozy said “We cannot accept to have in our country women…who are prisoners” and used this thinking to create laws against what type of workers from the Mid- dle East? (they are temporary residents that work and return home) ______

21. What led NATO to attack Sarajevo? ______

22. What religion were most Bosnians? (this was on the white board!) ______

23. What religion were most Serbians? (this was also on the white board!) ______

24. Aside from brokering peace afterwards, how did the United States get involved in the Bosni- an War? ______