Western Civilization II Unit VII Quiz
MalktaBook Reference:Levack, B. P., Muir, E., & Veldman, M. (2011). The West: Encounters & transformations (Vol. 2: Since 1550) (3rd ed). New York, NY: Longman.
1964
1973
1985
1986
1989
1990
1991
2002
2005
2008
a. Chernobyl power plant disaster
b. Election of Angela Merkel as German chancellor
c. Fall of the Berlin Wall
d. PLO organized
e. Kosovo declares its independence
f. Soviet Union collapses
g. Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Communist Party
h. Euro replaces many European currencies
i. Kohl becomes first chancellor of reunified Germany
j. Yom Kippur War begins
60 points
IRA
ETA
PLO
Stagflation
Detente
Floating dollar
New Conservatism
Green politics
Islamism
Solidarity
Glasnost
Perestroika
Wessies
Ossies
Lustration
a. | Refusal of public position to anyone previously affiliated with the Communist state. |
b. | Rejection of social improvement by the support of individual achievement. |
c. | Era of high inflation and high unemployment. |
d. | Name given to specify citizens of East Germany. |
e. | Unveiling of Soviet politics, problems, and failures to the people. |
f. | Negotiations intended to stabilize relations between superpowers in the early 1970s. |
g. | Determining economic value by the market, not fixed exchange. |
h. | Organization focused on the development of an independent Basque state. |
i. | Organization focused on the development of an independent Palestinian state. |
j. | Explicit anti-Western sentiment shared by only a minority of Muslims. |
k. | Attempt to revitalize the Soviet economy through modernizing and a limited market. |
l. | Name given to specify citizens of West Germany. |
m. | Pressure to limit government power including over censorship and political incarceration. |
n. | Organization focused on the forceful retaking of historic lands from British control. |
o. | Politics focused on social issues including environmentalism, feminism, among other leftist movements. |
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