Unit 20 Review

Question 1

Name four common democratic practices

Answer 1

Free elections
Representative government
Citizen participation
Majority rule and minority rights

Question 2

What group held up democratic progress in both Brazil and Argentina until the 1980s

Answer 2

The military and the wealthy

Question 3

What brought about the civil war in Nigeria

Answer 3

The oil industry and ethnic rivalries

Question 4

Name three significant steps toward democracy taken by South Africa in the 1990s

Answer 4

End of apartheid
One person one vote
Free elections

Question 5

What were the main reforms promoted by soviet leader mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 5

Glasnost and perestroika

Question 6

Which Eastern European nations overthrew communist governments in 1989

Answer 6

Poland and Hungary

Question 7

What was the August coup and how did it end

Answer 7

Sent tanks and soldiers to go against the parliament. In the end army refused to attack the parliament and Gorbachev returned to Moscow.

Question 8

What led to the breakup of Yugoslavia

Answer 8

Death of strongman Tito and ethnic conflict

Question 9

What changes took place in China during the 1970s

Answer 9

The Great Leap Forward; a cultural revolution and economic reforms

Question 10

How did the Chinese government react to demands for democratic reform

Answer 10

The army attacked the protestors in tiananmen square