Conflicts & Transformations review

Resisted Soviet invasion of Afghanistan before forming Al-Qaeda and leading 9/11 attacks

• Osama Bin-Laden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Shah Pahlavi

• Saddam Hussein

Long term leader of Iraq who was falsely accused of ties to Al-Qaeda and possessing weapons of mass destruction.

• Osama Bin-Laden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Shah Pahlavi

• Saddam Hussein

This group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001 regained power in 2021 and is known for restricting human rights and girls education.

• Al-Qaeda

• The Taliban

• Hezbollah

• The PLO

Organization dedicated to removing foreign and secular influences in Muslim countries around the world.

• The PLO

• Hezbollah

• Al-Qaeda

• The Taliban

The conflict in Cyprus mainly involves

• Israel & Palestine

• Lebanon & Syria

• Greece & Turkey

• Russia & Great Britain

Anglican Bishop and human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his anti-apartheid work. He also chaired the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.

• Steve Biko

• Nelson Mandela

• Desmond Tutu

• F.W. De Klerk

He became the first democratically elected leader of post-apartheid South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize

• F.W. de Klerk

• Nelson Mandela

• Desmond Tutu

• Steve Biko

The Tiananmen Square protests were primarily centered around

• demands for democracy

• complaints about Mao Zedong

• annexation of Taiwan

• relations with Hong Kong

Neoliberalism is best described as

• efforts to defeat conservatism

• economic control of developing countries

• promoting privatization, deregulation, and trade

• the liberalization of the democratic party

Member of the communist party who became president of Russia 1991-1999.

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Josip Broz

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Boris Yeltsin