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DATE CLASS TEACHER PERIOD HW
ATTACH.
ASSIGNMENT
10/21
CW
A. Toumy
D
Title: Mid-term Question
Not on Mid-term
 Konrad Adenauer
 What is GATT?
 Why is the EU so unstable?
 Who is Slobodan Milosevic?
 Vaclav Havel
 Liberation Theology
 Shantytown
 Special Enterprise Zone
On the Mid-term
What is China’s influence on Asia?
 Cultural links to Hong Kong and Taiwan
 Economic investments in region.
What is Russia’s current government?
 Democratic federation’ President = Putin;
 lack of freedom; more autocratic
What are Austerity Measures? 2008 debt crisis.
 Austerity measures are cost cutting measure. So, spending less
money on healthcare social security etc.
What social, economic, political trends have affected the west?
 S = Cultural exchanges; some resurgent racism
 P = increase in democracy; some issues with factions
 E = Free market system and EU; some issues due to 2008 debt
crisis
What are the effects of Cold War on Modern Europe?
 Slow transition of Eastern European countries to free market
economies.
 EU membership.
What is the welfare state?
 A country that although it has a capitalist economy, takes great
responsibility for the social and economic needs of tits people.
Why does political instability plague developing nations?
 Urbanization
 Population growth
 Ethnic conflicts due to colonial borders
How does Japan affect the Asian region?
 Tariffs; protectionist policies
 Resentment for WWII actions
Should know the “themes” from the beginning of the semester.
Who is Dmitri Medvedev?
 Former President and Current Prime Minister of Russia