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Walker AP World History Ch 35 Reading Study Guide #2 P. 869-

1. What form of government swept the globe in the wake of the fall of Communism? Pg. 869

2. Briefly describe this process of world-wide political change? Pg. 869

3. Where have authoritarian regimes held onto power? Pg. 870

(Document: Democratic Protest and Repression in China) Pg. 870

4. Why were the students (and others) protesting in Tiananmen Square? (Reading, Pg. 870-871)

5. Why does Li Peng object to the protest movement? (Reading, Pg. 870-871)

6. How does he try to persuade ordinary Chinese that the protest should cease? (Reading, Pg. 870-871)

7. Why do you think the US government became more consistent in its support for human rights in the ‘90s? Pg. 872

8. Why did the US ally itself with some authoritarian regimes in the early 2000s? Which regimes? Pg. 873

9. What regional conflicts erupted in the power-vacuum created by the collapse of the USSR? Pg. 872

10. Why did Yugoslavia break apart and experience a civil war in the ‘90s? Pg. 872

11. How was this conflict resolved? What was NATO’s role? Pg. 872

12. What events led to the Persian Gulf War of 1991? Pg. 873

13. Why did the Israel-Palestine conflict turn violent in the ‘90s and early 2000s? Pg. 873

14. Describe the tensions between India and Pakistan? Why is this situation potentially VERY deadly? Pg. 873

15. Briefly describe some of the political trends in Europe in the ‘90s and early 2000s. Pg. 873

16. Briefly describe the Rwanda Genocide. Pg. 873-874

17. What other violent conflicts have occurred in Africa in recent years? Pg. Pg. 873

18. How did the USA become the sole military superpower? Pg. 874

19. What has been Russia’s response? Pg. 874

20. What has been China’s response? Pg. 874

21. How has the European Union (EU) proved to be a counterweight to US economic power? Pg. 875

22. Why is the EU NOT a rival to US military and diplomatic power? Pg. 875

23. How has the US exercised its unprecedented world-wide power and influence? Pg. 875

24. What were the stated motives of the terrorists who attacked the US on 9/11/2001? Pg. 875, 878

25. Why did they choose those particular targets? Pg. 878

26. What is the “War on Terror? Pg. 878

27. How can the US invasion of Iraq be seen as a mistake on the part of the US? Pg. 878

28. What has been international reaction to the US invasion of Iraq? Pg. 878

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