Question

match each word or term with its definition.
ethnic cleansing
implement
genocide
velvet revolution
reunification
the deliberate killing of a group of
people for ethnic or political reasons
the peaceful shift from communism to
democracy in czechoslovakia
to put into effect
the elimination of a region’s ethnic
minority by forcible removal or murder
to make whole again, to put back into a
single unit

Explanation:

• Ethnic cleansing: Involves removing or killing an ethnic minority, so matches "the elimination of a region’s ethnic minority by forcible removal or murder".
• Implement: Means to put something into effect, so matches "to put into effect".
• Genocide: Is the deliberate killing of a group for ethnic/political reasons, so matches "the deliberate killing of a group of people for ethnic or political reasons".
• Velvet Revolution: Was the peaceful shift from communism to democracy in Czechoslovakia, so matches "the peaceful shift from communism to democracy in Czechoslovakia".
• Reunification: Means to make whole again or put back into a single unit, so matches "to make whole again, to put back into a single unit".

Answer:

• Ethnic cleansing → the elimination of a region’s ethnic minority by forcible removal or murder
• Implement → to put into effect
• Genocide → the deliberate killing of a group of people for ethnic or political reasons
• Velvet Revolution → the peaceful shift from communism to democracy in Czechoslovakia
• Reunification → to make whole again, to put back into a single unit