Chapter 18 & 19 Pt.2 Crossword

Leader of the African National Congress, imprisoned for 27 years and once released, facilitated the repealment of apartheid laws that had segregated public facilities and restricted land ownership by blacks.
the ruling committee of the Communist Party.
a policy of “openness” announced by Gorbachev
an idea introduced by Gorbachev of “economic restructuring”.
At the age of 54 when elected, he was the youngest Soviet leader since Stalin, and became the party’s new general secretary.
a member of parliament, former mayor of Moscow, and the Russian Federation’s first directly elected president. Criticized the crackdown in Lithuania and the slow pace of reforms.
an abrupt shift to free-market economies. Yeltsin lowered trade barriers, removed price controls, and ended subsidies to state-owned industries
a largely Muslim area in southwestern Russia. Declared its independence in 1994, but Yeltsin denied the region’s right to secede.
government recognition of their union. In 1980, Polish workers at the Gdansk shipyard went on strike demanding ___.
Polish union leader gives her national fame. Elections during 1989 and 1990, Polish voters overwhelmingly chose solidarity candidates, electing ___ as president.
the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society. Examples include: Turkish Massacre of Armenians, Nazi Holocaust, forced displacement and mass killings in Rwanda, and Genocide in Bosnia.
Plagued by ethnic conflict, this country contained eight major ethnic groups including: Serbs, Croats, Muslims, Slovenes, Macedonians, Albanians, Hungarians, and Montenegrins.
Deng Xiaoping embraced a set of goals called the ___. Each called for progress in agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology.
Opening the economy brought western ideas such as democracy into China. In 1989, students mounted a protest for democracy in ___. Instead of political reform, Deng declared martial law. On June 4. 1989, thousands of heavily armed soldiers stormed the students while tanks smashed through barricades and crushed the Goddess of Democracy. The assault killed hundreds and wounded thousands, sparked a massive government campaign to stamp out protest.
a thriving business center and British colony on the southeastern coast of China. On July 1, 1997, Great Britain handed ___ over to China. In return, China promised to respect ___ economic system and political liberties for 50 years.