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30 Cards in this Set
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By the year 2000 the United Nations had how many members?
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188
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This country was the largest of all the colonies
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India
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Many of the newly independent nations during the COld War were called non aligned nations or ______ nations
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Third World Nations
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East Pakistan became this new separate nation in 1971.
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Bangladesh
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This egypian leader nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956 firmly establishing his nation's independence from Britain.
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Nasser
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This was the first black African country to win its independence, in 1957
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Ghana
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The first step in the Non-aligned nations movement was taken in 1955 when leaders from Africa and Asia met in this new country.
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Indonesia
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____ is a term that refers to the relationship of plants, animals, and humans to their environment and to one another.
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ecology
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This 1962 book by Rachel Carson exposedt the devastating effects on humans, wildlife, and plants, caused by the use of toxic chemicals.
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Silent SPring
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In 1949 communist revolutionaries took control of China, led by _____
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Mao Zedong
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After World War II, statesmen, political philosphers, and common people sought to create a global institution that could counterbalance the destructive power of the _____ state
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Leviathan
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In 1945, fifty nations joined together to estanlish the _____ _____
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United Nations
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Similar to major empires of the past, the United States after the second world war provided a kind of _____ to a war weary world
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Pax Americana
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The United States provided more that $12 billion to rebuild Europe under the ___ plan
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Marshall
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This leader proclaimed "an iron curtain has descended across the continent"
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Winston Churchill
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THe United STates created this alliance in 1949
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NATO
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In response the NATO, the Soviet Union established this among Eastern European communist satellite states.
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Warsaw Pact
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The Soviet blockade of this city in 1948 was circumvented by a United States airlift.
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Berlin
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When the Soviet Union established nuclear missile bases in this nation in 1962, the world was on the brink of nuclear Armageddon
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Cuba
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The USSR suffered its "Vietnam" in this nation, 1979-1989
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Afganistan
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In 1991, twelve of the fifteen former members of the USSR formed this regional organization
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Commonwealth of Independent States
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The United Nations agency that deals with issues susch as territorial rights.
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World COurt
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The United Nations agencty that provides financial assistance to developing antions is the____ _____.
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World Bank
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In 1997 RUssia joined this group of powerful industiral nation known today as the_-_
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G-8
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This cartel, led by Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1960.
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OPEC
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The ratification of the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 converted the European Community into the ______ ______.
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European Union
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This nation divided into six republics and bloody warfare following the death of Marshal TIto and the collapse of communism in 1989.
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Yugoslavia
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Rev. Martin LUther King, Jr. adapted non-violent protest marches and sit-ins from this man.
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Gandhi
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This authors book, The Feminine Mystique, addressed American homemakers who wer ebeginning to seek jobs and careers outside the home.
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Betty Friedman
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This UN agency monitors and researches health conditions.
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World Health Organization (WHO)
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