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1. How did life change in Russia and eastern Europe? After Yeltsin came _______ to power in post-comm.
Russia?
a. It returned to it authoritarian traditions in the early 2000s.
b. With the privatization of the markets and other changes, the capitalists got richer and more powerful while
large numbers of people fell into poverty.
2. Who was Slobodan Milosevic?
a. The Serbian president.
3. What happened to Yugoslavia? Tragedy?
a. After the death of Joseph Tito, the federation of republics and regions (Yugoslavia) broke apart and began
fighting.
4. Bosnian war?
a. During the civil war Serbian armies attempted an ethnic cleansing.
5. Ethnic Cleansing?
a. The attempt to establish ethnically homogeneous territories by intimidation, forced deportation, and killing.
6. Kosovo?
a. Formed the Kosovo Liberation Army and began to fight for independence.
7. What is globalization? Effects?
a. The emergence of a freer, more technologically connected global economy accompanied by a worldwide
exchange of cultural, political, and religious ideas.
8. What is the European Union (EU)?
a. The economic, cultural, and political alliance of twenty-seven European nations.
9. The Maastricht Treaty?
a. The basis for the formation of the European Union , which set financial and cultural standards for potential
member states and defined criteria for membership in the monetary union.
10. What is the World Trade Organization?
a. A powerful supranational financial institution that sets trade and tariff agreements for over 150 member
countries and so helps manage a large percentage of the worlds import-export policies. Like the IMF and the
World Band, the WTO promotes neoliberal policies around the world.
11. NGOs?
a. Nongovernmental Organizations.
b. Independent organizations with specific agendas, such as humanitarian aid or environmental protection, that
conduct international programs and activities.
12. What are diasporas?
a. Enclaves of ethnic groups settled outside of their homelands.
13. What is multiculturalism?
a. The mixing of ethnic styles in daily life and in cultural works such as film, music, art, and literature.
14. Who is Tariq Ramadan?
a. Grandson of Hassan al-Banna, the charismatic found of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood.
15. What is this war on terrorism?
a. American policy under President Bush to fight global terrorism in all its forms.
16. What event in the U.S. propelled this?
a. September 11, 2001
17. What is Global Warming?
a. The increase of average temperatures around the world, caused primarily by carbon dioxide emissions from
the burning of fossil fuels.