The arab spring is best described as
a. the violent reaction of arab dictators to the 2011 protests against them.
b. the arab governments’ acceptance and incorporation of democratic ideologies.
c. the quiet period that followed the 2011 protests against arab dictatorships.
d. the protests carried out in 2011 against dictatorships in many arab states.

The correct option is D

The demonstrations in the Arab world of 2010-2013, known as the Arab Spring, corresponded to a series of popular demonstrations in the clamor of, according to the demonstrators, democracy and social rights organized by the Arab population. It is considered the beginning of these demonstrations on December 17, 2010 in the City of Tunis, when a street vendor (Mohamed Bouazizi) was stripped by the police of his merchandise and savings accounts and in response, he immolated himself in the form of a protest. During its agony thousands of Tunisians rebelled against the bad conditions to which the country was subjected, causing a domino effect in the rest of the Arab nations.