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25 Cards in this Set
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new capital city
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brasilia
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breaking up large estates and distrbuting tp peasants
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land reform
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level of material comfort
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standard of living
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slowdown in economy
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recessions
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main political party in mexico
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PRI
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shared power between states and governments
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federal system
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temporary military rule
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martial law
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government opponents
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dissidents
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complete seperation of races
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apartheid
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ANC leader; jailed
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Nelson Mandela
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ruling committee of communist party
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politburo
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soviet leader
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mikhail gorbachev
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openess
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glasnost
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economic restructuring
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perestroika
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leader after mikhail
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boris yeltsin
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loose federation of fomer soviet territories
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CIS
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abrupt shift to free market economies
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shock therapy
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polish union
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solidarity
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union leader became national hero
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lech walesa
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merging of two germanys
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reunification
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policy intended to rid bosnia of muslims
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ethnic cleansing
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1980 most powerful leader in china
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deng xiaoping
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set of goals est by deng; progress in agriculture, defense, industry, science and technology
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four modernizations
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huge public space in heart of beijing
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tiananmen square
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thriving business center and british colony in china
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hong kong
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