Exam 26: Into the Twenty-First Century: The Present in Perspective

The disintegration of the Soviet Union came about not only because of the collapse of communism but also because of

Emerging as the Russian leader replacing Gorbachev was

The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 abolished a common currency for Western European countries and reestablished national currencies.

As the third millennium dawns, there are reasons both for optimistic and pessimistic outlook. An optimist might argue all of the following except:

Do the events of the 1980s and 1990s tend to confirm or refute the thesis that the most important movement of both the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries has been nationalism?

Gorbachev's policy of restructuring the Soviet Union was called ________.

Gorbachev was overthrown in 1991 by a coup headed by the remaining hard-line Communists in Russia.

After two ephemeral leaders, the real successor of Brezhnev was ________.

Personal income in most sub-Saharan African and Latin American countries has dramatically increased since the 1960s.

Israeli-Palestinian problems were resolved by the Oslo Accords of 1994.

The phenomenon of globalization is well illustrated by

Cuba and __________ are two countries that remained committed to the Soviet model of politics and economics after the collapse of Communism.

The terrorist group ________ organized an attack on New York City on September 11, 2001.

Are the developments in the world since 1989 the beginning of a new historical era or are they the continuation of trends that started around 1945-1950? Justify your argument.

Václav Havel went from prison to president of Czechoslovakia in seven months.

Gorbachev's policy of perestroika (restructuring) meant

The major new killer disease of the 1980s is known as ________.

The one eastern European country in 1989-1990 whose ruler was executed was

The breakup of Czechoslovakia was peaceful, the breakup of the Soviet Union was generally but not universally peaceful and the breakup of Yugoslavia was violent. What factors led to these different outcomes?

A country that became known for its deliberate rejection of American values and strong assertion of Islamic values was ________.