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.
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.