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26 Cards in this Set
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Brasilia
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Capital city
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land reform
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breaking up large estates and giving land to peasents
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standard of living
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gov't froze wages and cut back on social programs
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recession
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slow down in economy
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PRI
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Institutional Revolutionary party
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Federal System
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power is shared between gov'ts and central authority
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martial law
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temp. miliatary rule
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dissidents
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gov't opponents
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apartheid
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complete seperation of races
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nelson mandela
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anc leader
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politburo
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ruling committe of the communist party
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mikhail Gorbachev
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leader of russia
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glasnost
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policy of "openness"
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perestrokia
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economic restructering
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Boris Yelstin
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member of former parliment of moskow
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CIS
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commonwealth of independent states
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shock threapy
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yelstins plan
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solidarity
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gov't recgintion
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lech walesa
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union leader
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reunification
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merging of 2 germanys
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ethnic cleansing
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policy to intend rid bosnia of muslim pop.
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zhou enlai
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premier since 1949
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deng xiaoping
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most poweful leader in china
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four modernization
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set of goals
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tiananmen square
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huge public place in the heart of beiging
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hong kong
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thriving business center of british colony
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