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 * Vocabulary** Define: ethnic cleansing, autonomous, found, settlement, cooperation.
 * People Identify**: Lech Walesa, Václav Havel, Slobodan Milosˇevic ́.


 * DIRECTIONS: Complete the outline below as you read Section 2.**

I. Workers’ protests led to demands for change in ** XXXXX **. A. In 1980, Lech Walesa organized a trade union called ** XXXXX **. B. In 1988, the Polish regime agreed to free ** XXXXX ** elections. C. ** XXXXX ** was chosen as president in December 1990.

II. Communists used massive ** XXXXX ** to maintain power in Czechoslovakia. A. In December 1989, the Communist government ** XXXXX **. B. A writer named ** XXXXX ** became the new president. C. Czechoslovakia split into the ** XXXXX ** and ** XXXXX **.

III. Nicolae Ceaus ̧escu ruled ** XXXXX ** with an iron grip. A. In 1989, secret police murdered thousands of ** XXXXX ** demonstrators. B. Ceaus ̧escu and his wife were arrested and ** XXXXX ** on Christmas Day,1989.

IV. Erich Honecker used the ** XXXXX ** to rule East Germany for 18 years. A. Mass protest ** XXXXX ** broke out in the summer and fall of 1989. B. The Communist government opened its border with the ** XXXXX ** on November 9. C. The ** XXXXX ** was ordered torn down. D. The ** XXXXX ** of East and West Germany took place on October 3, 1990.

V. Yugoslavia had a ** XXXXX ** government under its leader Josip Broz Tito. A. Tito died in 1980, and by 1990, the Communist Party ** XXXXX **. B. Four Yugoslav republics began to lobby for ** XXXXX **. C. War broke out in ** XXXXX ** in 1991 and in ** XXXXX ** in 1992. D. ** XXXXX ** was removed from power in 2000, and he was brought to trial for his role in the Balkans’ bloodshed.

==**PART THREE - EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES** ==


 * Vocabulary** Define: currency, Thatcherism, method, budget deficit, weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
 * People** Identify: Willy Brandt, Margaret Thatcher, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush.


 * DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks below as you read Section 3.**

1. By 1992, the EEC comprised 344 million people and made up the world’s ** XXXXX ** single trading bloc. 2. One of the European Union’s first goals was to establish a common European currency, the ** XXXXX **. 3. By 1981, the Socialists had become the chief party in the ** XXXXX ** but ** XXXXX ** policies largely failed to work. 4. A move to the right in France was strengthened when the ** XXXXX ** mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, was elected president in May 1995. 5. West German chancellor Willy Brandt received the ** XXXXX ** for 1971 when he initiated a cultural exchange treaty with East Germany. 6. When East and West Germany ** XXXXX ** in 1989, the new Germany became the leading power in Europe. 7. Between 1964 and 1979, the ** XXXXX ** and ** XXXXX ** Parties alternated in power in Great Britain. 8. Margaret Thatcher pledged to limit ** XXXXX **, restrict union power, and end ** XXXXX **. 9. Much of President Bill Clinton’s second term was overshadowed by charges of presidential ** XXXXX **. 10. During his first term as president, some of George W. Bush’s major policies included a tax cut and the ** XXXXX **, an overhaul of federal education legislation.

**PART FOUR - WESTERN SOCIETY AND CULTURE**


 * Vocabulary** Define: globalization, percentage, gender parity, cultural imperialism, liberation.
 * People and Events** Identify: Equal Pay Act, Roe v. Wade, Ervin (Magic) Johnson, Elvis Presley, Fest Noz, “Bloody Sunday.”


 * DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks below as you read Section 4.**

Science and (1) ** XXXXX ** are important forces for change in today’s world. Since World War II, they have revolutionized people’s lives. Critics in the 1960s and 1970s, however, argued that some technology had far-reaching effects that damaged the (2) ** XXXXX **. In the early 2000s, debates over (3) ** XXXXX ** farming and (4)** XXXXX ** enhanced foods intensified. In wealthy regions as Western Europe, the population is (5) ** XXXXX **. Soon, the most populous nations in the world will be (6) ** XXXXX ** countries. An older population places a demand on the (7) ** XXXXX ** because the taxes of the (8) ** XXXXX ** must be stretched to cover the expenses of the elderly.

Since 1970, the number of women in the (9) ** XXXXX ** has continued to rise. Despite the gains made by the women’s movement, women in Western soci- ety still earn significantly (10) ** XXXXX ** on average than men. Some European countries have adopted (11) ** XXXXX **, policies that encourage more women to be part of government.

Fear of (12) ** XXXXX **, an incurable disease that attacks the immune system, led to (13) ** XXXXX ** against people who had contracted it. Public education campaigns helped to promote awareness and (14) ** XXXXX **. People’s attitudes changed when it was understood that (15) ** XXXXX **, the virus that causes AIDS, could strike anyone. Today AIDS remains a (16) ** XXXXX ** issue of great seriousness.

The effects of (17) ** XXXXX ** are not limited to politics and econom- ics. With new technology, (18) ** XXXXX ** can be mass-produced and mar- keted globally. More people now enjoy the same music, (19) ** XXXXX **, and sports.