History- Unit 11

Russian policy of restructuring both the economic and political structures.

Perestroika

First Russian president who loosened the strict controls that had been characteristic of the earlier Soviet Union.

Gorbachev

United States president who encouraged taking down the Berlin Wall.

Reagan

A political organization comprised of 28 European nations that promote human dignity, economic interdependence, and open communication.

EU (European Union)

Russian policy of openness.

Glasnost

Name the members of the United Nations Security Council.

US., United Kingdom, France, Russia, China

How many members of the Council must vote the same way for any action of the UN to take place?

All five

When international problems occur, what two nations can be sponsored by the UN?

Blue Helmet Peace Keepers and Deploying Troops

Name three countries where the UN sent troops to provide aid in Lesson 2.

Somalia, Rwanda, Yugoslavia

What is the purpose of the United Nations?

World Wide Peace

Name the only Jewish state existing in the Arab world that we call the Middle East.

Israel

In what country was the U.S. embassy seized by Islamic Arab extremists in 1979?

Iran

Name the country led by Saddam Hussein that saw war with the United States during the early 1990s.

Iraq

What was the name of this war mentioned in question #13?

Operation Desert Storm

Name the leader of Al Qaeda who claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the United States of America on Sept. 11, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden

Define indifference.

Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

What was the location of the protest organized by students demanding change in Communist China in 1989?

Tiananmen Square, Beijing China

Name the female rights activist from Pakistan who after being wounded by members of the Taliban while returning from school, went on to continue her activism, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

Malala Yousafzai

Name the developer of the World Wide Web.

Tim Berners-Lee

Unmanned aerial vehicle that is remotely piloted.

Drone

Cosmonaut who was the first to man a spacecraft sent into orbit

Yuri Gagarin

World War II member of the Royal Air Force who first envisioned satellite technology

Arthur Clarke

What does GMO stand for?

Genetically Modified Organisms

First astronaut to walk on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

First satellite launched into space.

Sputnik 1