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AP World History
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Mrs. Osborn
Name____________________________________ Per______ Date_____________________
PERIOD 6 (1900-Present)
Ch 34 Study Guide – “Crisis, Realignment, & Post-Cold War World 1975-1991”
Ch 35 Study Guide – “End of a Global Century, 1991-2000”
(TEXT, Bulliet 2nd edition, pp. 854-879; 881-903)
DIRECTIONS:
HONOR STATEMENT: On my honor, I understand that this is an individual assignment and is to
be completed entirely by myself. (Copying or ‘splitting’ the assignment with other students will not
prepare me for tests/essays in this course.)
A) Write answers on your OWN paper. Do the work on your own. You need to read.
B) Using 3x5 index cards, create study flash cards (term on one side, definition on the other
side w/chapter pg#) of the following key terms:
CHAPTER 34: proxy wars, Salvador Allende, Dirty War, Sandinistas, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, keiretsu, Asian Tigers, newly industrialized economies (NIEs), Deng
Xiaoping, Tiananmen Square, Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika, Solidarity, Thomas Malthus,
demographic transition.
CHAPTER 35: ethnic cleansing, economic sanctions, World Trade Organization (WTO),
terrorism, nuclear proliferation, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), cultural imperialism, high culture, popular culture, postmodernism.
C) Using complete sentences, answer the following questions. Page numbers provided.
1. What were proxy wars? P.855
2. What does the term “Brazilian Solution” refer to. Be specific. p.856
3. Which U.S. president worked to re-establish Panamanian sovereignty in the Canal Zone?
P.857
4. Who were the “Contras”? p.858
5. What effect did the Falkland Island War have on Argentina? P.858-859
6. What happened when Mexico could not make its debt payments in the 1980s? p.859
7. In what became known as the Iran-Contra Affair, what did the United States hope to gain by
selling arms to Iran during the Iran-Iraq War? p.860
8. Which country found itself in an “unwinnable” war in Afghanistan in 1978? P.860
9. List at least 2 economic changes made in China under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping.
P.862
10. Why were there protests in Tiananmen Square in 1991? Pg. 862
11. What was Solidarity and who was its leader? Pg. 863
12. What was the purpose of glasnost? Pg. 863
13. Who was Vaclav Havel? P.864
14. List 3 effects of the hard line Communist coup attempt against Gorbachev. P.865
15. What year did the Soviet Union dissolve? P.865
16. Give 2 reasons for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War. p.866
17. Why did the leaders of some developing nations promote large families? P.867
18. What explains the lower level of fertility found in mature industrial nations? P.868
19. What has generated a surge in international immigration? P. 873
20. The gap between the rich and poor has not diminished in the prosperous years following
WWII. How many people in the world live on less than $500 a year? p.873
21. How did people in host nations treat immigrants in Germany and France after 1960? P.874875
22. Why were worsening relations between immigrants and the native-born population
inevitable? P.875
23. Technological innovation powered the economic expansion that began after WWII, but what
nations saw their power increase and which saw their power decrease? P.875-877
24. What technology has had the greatest significance since WWII? P.877
25. What country has arguably the worst environmental record? P.877
26. List 3 laws that are efforts aimed at preserving the environment. P.878
Chapter 35 & Internet/Smart Phone Research:
27. Why did fighting erupt in Bosnia in 1992? P.883-884
28. Why did the leaders of Rwanda commit genocide in 1994? (PowerPoint notes)
29. What did the European Union, the “granddaddy” of free trade zones, adopted what common
currency in 2002? (Research answer on Internet or Smart Phone)
30. What is NAFTA and what is its purpose? P.889
31. Why does the WTO attract protests? P.890
32. What is the G-8? (Research answer on Internet or Smart Phone)
33. Why has much Islamic hatred and opposition been targeted against the United States?
P.890-891
34. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, list 3 places where anti-American attacks occurred. P.890
35. What two wars resulted after the terrorist actions on September 11, 2001?
36. Where do 70% of the people infected with HIV live? (Research answer here:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/)
37. What is the greenhouse effect? (Research answer on Internet or Smart Phone)
38. What organization enacted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and what was its
purpose? Pg. 892
39. List at least 3 issues concerning gender equality in the world today? (Research answer here:
http://www.unfpa.org/gender/rights.htm)
40. What is cultural imperialism? Pg. 894
41. What is the most spoken language in the world today? Pg. 899
42. What role do/did Britain and the United States have in causing English to be the first global
language? Pg. 899-900
D) Free Response Focus Questions: Answer EACH of these questions in a 4-6 sentence
paragraph.
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In your own words. Do not simply copy from the book and memorize the response. Know it.
Support your response with plenty of facts.
Understand where events fall historically (global context, cause/effect, etc)
43. What economic and political conditions led to the end of the Cold War and the breaking up
of the USSR? (Chapter 34)
44. Explain the characteristics of the Newly Industrialized Economies (NIEs), including the
Asian Tigers, of the Pacific Rim that allowed those nations to quickly industrialize and
become global economic powers. Be specific. (Chapter 34)
45. Discuss global population growth since WWII, and compare the impact of population
growth in developing and in industrialized nations since WWII. Your discussion should also
include altered migration patterns. (Chapter 34)
46. What is globalization? How has this affected the global politics, nuclear proliferation, and the world
economy? (Chapter 35)
47. Since the end of the Cold War, cultural imperialism has replaced overt political imperialism as a
worldwide issue. Briefly explain cultural imperialism and how is has spread. (Chapter 35)
48. Technology has not only helped spread Western culture around the world, but has also changed
perceptions of culture. How has the perception of popular culture changed in the 20th century as a
result of new technologies? (Chapter 35)
E) FLIPPED VIDEOS: Watch the following short videos for this chapter:
- WHCC Globalization I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnR-e0S6Ic
- WHCC Globalization II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iwrt7D5OA
F) PERIOD SIX ART IMAGES (1900-Present) Related to Chapters 34-35.
Dropping a Han Dynasty Vase & Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola Logo, by Ai-Weiwei, China,
(1990s-2000s).
FINALLY, we have reached the end of Bulliet’s THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL
HISTORY!!!