Chapter 30

Question 1

Glasnost

Answer 1

Policy of openness or political liberation in Soviet Union put forward by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980

Question 1

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 1

USSR premier after 1985; renewed attacks on Stalinism; urged reduction in nuclear armament; proclaimed policies of glasnost and perestroika

Question 2

Perestroika

Answer 2

Policy of Mikhail Gorbachev calling for eocnomic restructiring in USSR in the late 1980s; more and decentralized control in industry and agriculture

Question 3

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 3

Russian leader who stood up to coup attempt in 1991 that would have displaced Gorbachev; president of Russian Republic following dissolution of Soviet Union

Question 4

Vladimir Putin

Answer 4

Former Soviet intelligence leader; President of Russia from 2000 to 2008 and from 2012 onward

Question 5

Arab Spring

Answer 5

Series of massive protests against repressive governments that began late in 2010 and spread especially in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Syria. Most uprisings were soon

Question 6

First US - Iraq War

Answer 6

1991 war led by US and various Enruopean and Middle Eastern allies, against Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. The war led to Iraqi withdrawal and a long confrontation with Iraq about araments and political regime. Also called the Gulf War

Question 7

Belt and Road initiative

Answer 7

Proclaimed in 2013, gathered steam after 2015. Initiative involved massive loans and infrastructure investments in Central Asia, Pakistan, E. Europe, and elseware to faciltate trade and economic development and to increase Chinese comercial and political influence