| A | B |
|---|
| Brasilia | Capital city of Brazil |
| Land Reform | Breaking up large estates in order to give land to the landless |
| Standard of Living | Quality of life as judged by the amount of goods people have |
| Recession | Decrease in the size of the economy |
| PRI | Institutional Revolutionary Party, which has controlled Mexico for most of the last century |
| Federal System | System in which power is shared between governments and a central authority |
| Martial Law | Military rule |
| Dissident | Person against government policy |
| Apartheid | Strict separation of blacks and whites |
| Nelson Mandela | Leader of the African American National Congress who was imprisoned |
| Solidarity | Polish workers' movement |
| Lech Walesa | Leader of Solidarity |
| Reunification | Uniting of East and West Germany into one nation |
| Ethnic Cleansing | Policy of murder and brutality aimed at ridding a country of a particular ethnic group |
