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19 Cards in this Set
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detente
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attempts at relaxing, or easing, international tensions.
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balance of power
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is a distribution of power among nations to prevent any one nation from becoming too powerful.
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Henry Kissinger
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Nixon appointed this person and he went to Harvard University professor as his national security adviser.
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peoples republic of china
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is the most populated nation on the earth
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Chiang Kai-shek
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anti-communistic ruler of china
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Zhou Enlai
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agreed to allow greater scientific and cultural exchange and to resume trade
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Moscow
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is the soviet capital and Nixon followed his history-making trip to china and visited her too.
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SALT I.
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this landmark treaty, the result of talks begun in 1969, restricted the # of certain types of nuclear missiles in America and the Soviet arsenals.
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Leonid Brezhnev
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is soviet leader and remarked: " there must be room in this world for 2 great nations with different systems to live together and work together"
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west bank, Golan heights, Gaza strip, and peninsula
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war in 1967 left Israel and went here to these places in west Jerusalem and took control.
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Yom Kippur War
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this war started on October 6, 1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel and happened on a major Jewish holiday.
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embargo
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a ban on shipments
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shuttle diplomacy
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traveling back and forth between the capitals of Israel, Egypt, and Syria trying to resolve the oil crisis and forge a lasting peace.
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Golda Meir
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the prime minister of Israel
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Anwar el-Sadat
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the president of Egypt
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Chile
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elected Salvador Allende president
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Salvador Allende
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was elected presidents and was the follower of Karl Marx
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Karl Marx
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the founder of communism
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Augusto Pinochet
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overthrew the government and killed Allende
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