1. The movement led by martin luther king was civil rights movement.

The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the
1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.

2. The Protestants were represented by Unionists, who wanted to remain with the UK
which is predominantly Protestant.

3 Tommie Smith and John Carlos both were the US athletes who won gold and
bronze medals respectively in 1968 Olympics at Mexico City. During the medal
ceremony, they stood with clenched fists upraised and head bowed when the
national anthem was being played. They wore black socks and no shoes to
represent Black poverty.

4. Protestant (most of whom are unionist, a minority of whom are loyalist) and Roman
Catholic (many of whom are nationalist and some republican).

5. The Glorious Revolution in England occurred when Mary and William of Orange
took over the throne from James II in 1688. News of the Glorious Revolution had
a significant and profound affect on the colonies in North America, particularly the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.

6.

African-American : Afro-Americans, Black Americans or Blacks are terms used to refer

mainly the descendants of Africans, who were brought into America as slaves between the
17th century and the early 19th century.

Civil Rights Movement : The Civil Rights Movement in the USA (1954-1968) refers to a
set of events and reform movements aimed at abolishing legal racial discrimination against
African-Americans. Led by Martin Luther King, this movement practised non-violent
methods of civil disobedience against racially discriminatory laws and practices.

Democracy : Democracy is a form of government in which the ruling power is vested in

the hands of the people and the government is answerable to the people who can change
it through constitutional means.

Homogeneous Society : A society that has similar kinds of people, especially where
there are no significant ethnic differences.

Migrant : Anybody, who shifts from one region or country to another region within a
country or to another country, usually for work or other economic opportunities.
The international Olympic association held Tommie Smith and John
Carlos guilty of violating the Olympic spirit by making a political
statement. Their medals were taken back and they were subjected to a lot
of criticism. Peter Norman too suffered for his action and was not included
in the Australian team for the next Olympic.

The Alliance Party was formed in April 1970 as a staunchly non-sectarian

unionist party.

It sought to attract those Catholics who were happy for Northern Ireland to
remain part of the United Kingdom and unionists prepared to meet the
political demands of the nationalist community.

Alliance received an early boost to its confidence in 1972 when three

Stormont MPs - two unionists and one nationalist - joined the party. It also
attracted members from the moribund Northern Ireland Labour Party.

But its centre-ground position left it exposed to politically polarising

events in the province, such as the 1981 hunger strikes.

In the 1996 forum and 1998 assembly elections, the party returned a
disappointing 6.5% of the vote. In the 2005 British general election, its
share of the poll slumped further to

When decisions are made by slim majorities, the outcome may seem unfair
to the “near-majority” that was on the other side, but that principle of
majority rule is essential both in ensuring that decisions can be made and
that minorities could not prevent the majority from deciding an issue or
an election.

The countries are:

(i) United Kingdom

(ii)Belgium
(iii)Sri Lanka