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51 Cards in this Set
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period of 1950-1970 described as
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"the golden age" of european economy
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underlying cause for end of cold war
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financial difficulties of 2 superpowers
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Helsinki Agreements
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recognized all borders in central and eastern europe
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ABM treaty of 1972
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2 nations limit development of anti ballistic missle system
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Jimmy Carter foreign policy
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protection of human rights globally
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referred to the Soviet union as "evil empire"
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Regan
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policy of Gorbachev
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evoked a "new thinking" about world affairs
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"small" wars demonstrated
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wars that superpowers couldnt win against guerilla opposition
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1st opprutunity for testing relationship with US and SU
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the Gulf War
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S.U. under Brzhnev
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was calm, threatned soviet intervention when socialism threatened eastern europe
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jimmy carter foreign policy
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protection of human rights globally
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problems of the S.U. in 70s and 80s was a lack of leadership under
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Brezhnev
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Gorbachev's reforms didnt include
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demise of the office of president
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successful independent movement among the soviet republic
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lithuania
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new leader of russia
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boris yeltsin
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Russia didnt struggle with
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renewed communist party majority which took over the government
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yeltsin was succeeded by
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Vladimir Putin
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solidarity movement in poland
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ended communist monopoly of power in 1988
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communist lost power in hungary to
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democratic forum
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leader of Czech in 1990
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havel
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brutal dictatorial communist govt. of Ceausecu in 1965-1989
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Romania
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1st free parl. election in e. euro in 40 years
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poland
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e. germ leader honecker noted for
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establishing a virtual dictatorship with help of the stasi
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yugoslavia was divided into 4 factions becasue
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of demands for ethnic seperatism
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dayton accords of nov.1995
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brought end to war in bosnia
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"ethinic cleansing" is a modern political terror practiced by
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serbs
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maastricht treaty
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commited the states of the Euro. community to economic union
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common currenecy of european union
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Euro
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reunification of Germany under
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Helmut Kohl
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Thatcher didnt improve
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industrial production of midlands
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Thatcher was replaced by
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John Major
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Red Brigades were in
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Italy
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economic problems of US
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staglfation
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Parti Quebecois main objective
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secession of French speaking province of Quebec from Canada
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social development affecting women in the 60s
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decline in birth rates with Italy the lowest
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nationalist terrorism
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IRA in northern ireland
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terrorist act in u.s. didnt include
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assassination of u.s. ambassador to france
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euro green movements
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made average people aware of environmental problems
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post WWII art dominated by
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NYC
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Jackson Polluck
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abstract expressionism
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major trend in classical music in oliver messian works
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serilism
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offshoot of serialism combining classical and popular
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minimalism
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"theater of the absurd"
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(all) Sam Beckett, disillusionment, and questioning reality
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examplify style of "magic realism"
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gabriel marquez
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doctrine of existenstialism
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expressed in works of albert camus and satre
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doctrine of existensialism
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need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning
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science DIDNT witness
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return to newtownian conceptions
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Small is Beautiful
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E.F. Schumacher
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Karl Barth
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know religious truth through grace of god
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American motion picture
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primary vehicle for pop. culture diffusion
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FALSE about popular culture
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politicization of sports eliminated by global telecasting
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