Katie Felton

Mr. Haskell

World History

3 June 2005

Chapter 32 and 33 Study Guide

CH. 32
terrorism- It is when you use random violence. It is usually against the civilians to achieve political goals
privatization-This is when state-owned industries are sold. They are usually sold to private investors.
Nonaligned- This is when you are not aligned to anyone. This is when you are staying neutral to the sides. This occurred in the cold war.
multinational corporation- There are enterprises with branches in many countries. This was what happened during the cold war.
liberation theology- In Latin American people were spreading the idea of Catholicism. This was taking an active role in the social standards.
Interdependence- this is the when there is a mutual dependence on goods. This also includes resources, and acknowledgement from other countries.
culture shock- the different religions were conflicting with each other. This is because they cultures came together real fast, and they clashed.
acid rain- This is when toxic chemicals in the air in the air come back as rain. This is usually in the industrial city.
effects of Cold War- The effects in the Americans was that we kind of started going in separate ways, the way of life was changing and the people were upset with the government about having our people in the battles that we did not have anything to do with.
why did democracy fail in many new nations?- Democracy failed because the countries were not strong enough to control and bring it together. Also the countries in that area are not for the American way of life, and were all for the communist way of life.
majority of world's wealth controlled by ? the majority of the world wealth was controlled by the United States and the Soviet Union. Ironically these are the counties in the Cold War.
effect of urbanization in developing nations- the developing nations were still living in the traditional ways, and when urbanization stated to occur they were having pollution problems with factories and deforestation. The village life was turning into a more industrial life.
factories effect on environmental damage- Because of the factories and pollution, for the first time there was acid rain. Acid rain was one of the biggest problems during this time.
factors contributing to political instability in African nations- There was political instability due to all of the people wanting to take resources in the country. There was also a bunch of different cultures settling in the Africa.
primary cause of global interdependence- the primary cause was because of the alliances between nations. This was a big thing in the interdependence.
global South- the southern region has more third world countries. This is the poorer region of the world.
modern technology- The technology brought the space exploration and the new modern technology. There are positives and negatives to this, the positives is that there are that it makes life easier, the negatives are that there is less privacy.

CH. 33
welfare state- This is when the government take over the economic and social needs. This is not very well know.
Glasnost- The soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev came up with the policy of openness. He came up with this in the 1980’s.
dissident- This is someone that speaks out against the government. This is not something that goes over well in some countries.
Deficit- This is the gap between what the government spends and what it gets back through taxes. There are other sources that the government takes to lower the deficit.
Détente- This is when the governments started taking action so ease the tensions between the Unites States and the Soviet Union. This started in the 1970’s.
Leonid Brezhnev- He did not like dissidents, who are people who are spoken out against the government. He was not able to get rid of basic economic problems.
Charles de Gaulle- He set up the fifth republic. He also worked hard to restore French prestige.
Martin Luther King Jr.- he tried to make blacks and whites equal. His whole life he gave incredible speeches.
Joseph McCarthy- He charged many Americans with harboring communist sympathies. He ruined thousands of American careers.
Margarent Thatcher- opposed links to Europe. Conservatives denounced the welfare as costly and inefficient.
perestroika- The urging of the restructuring of the government and the economy. Gorbachev did this.
service industry- There were a lot of problems with economy. This had a lot to do with new industries.
Mikhail Gorbachev- He wanted to make reforms inefficiencies in the government and in the Economy. He was the leader that called for glasnost and Perestroika.
Helmut Kohl- He was the architect of unity. He assured that both the Soviet Union and the west that a united Germany would pose no threat to peace.
Nikita Krushchev- He pursued the policy of de-stalinization. He did not change soviet goals, but did free many political prisoners.
Josip Tito- He set up a communist government in Yugoslavia. But in Moscow he pursued a path to independence.
Lech Walesa- He was the leader is an independent trade union. It soon had 10 million members.
reunification of Germany- In 1990 German voters approved reunification. Kohl became chancellor of a united Germany.
goal of separatism in Quebec- Quebec was demanding more autonomy within Canada. The people in Quebec wanted to become separated from Canada.
result of central economic planning in the Soviet Union- When the economic planing came into play things did not work out and they fell apart.
civil war in Yugoslavia- There was a civil war between three major religions, the orthodox Catholics, the Roman Catholics, and the Muslims. All of these things turned into the civil war.