Which word means “blank paper” or “full discretionary power”?
A carpe diem
B status quo
C carte blanche
Which word means “openness” or “transparency”?
A carte blanche
B coup d’état
C glasnost
The Emperor was slow to change laws in his empire because he didn’t want to disrupt the ___________.
A carte blanche
B status quo
C carpe diem
The events in Libya, which resulted in Colonel Gaddafi’s death and a change in leadership, could be described as a _____________.
A glasnost
B avant-garde
C coup d’état
Since prerevolutionary American history, _________ has guaranteed that people seized and detained by the government have the right to question the grounds for their detention.
A habeas corpus
B détente
C gulag
Capitalism is based on the economic principal of _________.
A carte blanche
B détente
C laissez-faire
Russia was ruled by a king or ______________ for hundreds of years until the Russian Revolution.
A czar
B gulag
C glasnost
While in St. Petersburg, Russia, my grandmother took me to an old _______ where people were forced to shovel coal against their will.
A czar
B gulag
C glasnost
German bombers flew over England, bombed their targets, and moved out so quickly that their actions were called a _________.
A hubris
B blitzkrieg
C habeas corpus
Julius Caesar’s fall from power was a result of ___________.
A hubris
B glasnost
C carte blanche