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Struggles for
Democracy, 1945–Present
Previewing Main Ideas
Many nations, such as Brazil, Poland, Russia, and China,
discovered that economic stability is important for democratic progress.
GeographyWhich type of government seems to predominate in the
Western Hemisphere?
In 1989, revolutions overthrew Communist governments in
the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. In China, the Communist
government and the army put down a student protest calling for democracy.
GeographyWhich two countries in the Eastern Hemisphere are still
Communist?
Chinese students imported democratic ideas
from the West. Democratic reforms spread across Central and Eastern
Europe, causing Communist governments to fall.
GeographyWhich type of government predominates in the labeled
countries of Europe?
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