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Canada was a member of____ and _____

UN and NATO

One of Canada's issue is, defining a __________

national identity

Current Canada Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau

In 1959, Canada and US completed the

st. lawernce seaway

Quebec is canadas only_______

french speaking province

Quebec calls themeselfs

" distinct society"

even to today, Quebec wants to ______ from canada

seperate

Many canadains resent Americans due to Americas________--

cultural dominance

NAFTA

North American Freetrade Agreement, made for free trade betwn U.S, Can., and Mex.

Russia, the largest soviet republic in size/opulation had dominated the SU since its creation. After the 74 years of SU dominace, Russia had its first president,_____________ and faced a difficult future

Boris Yeltsin

Yeltin_________ more state-run industries and collective farms to gain western aid and to solve russia;s problems

privaized

Unemployment in Russia _________

soared

1998- Russia barely avoided collapse when it failed to pay back its foreign debt or, ________

defaulted

The value of the russian currency, ____________, collapsed

Rubles

1994- Yeltsin failed to crush a revolt in ________ a small region in the Caucasus. This place was home to many ethnic groups as well as terrorist action in Moscow. By 2000, Russian troups had gained the upper land and crushed the Muslums

Chechnya

Yeltsin resigned and _________became president

Vladimir Putin

Putin brought with hm sucess against Chechnya, toughness, more order and less________-

corruption

Russia joined organizations such as;

NATO, ELL

Russia is no longer a super power, but still has a_______ army and a ___________

large army




nuclear arsenal

Russia pledged to support the U.S against terrorism after the attack on______

9/11

in poland in 1956, economic woes caused ______ and people were unhappy with _______

riots


communism

In 1980 in poland, the revolts and strikes continue. A man named ______________- organized a union to strike.

Lech Welsa

With pressure from the SU, the Polish gov't ______ the union to strike and arrested Welsa

outlawed

poland elected who to be first presidnt in 50 yrs

lech welsa

yugoslovia/bosnia was made after ww1 and broke up after.............

ww2

yugoslovia / bosnia contained many republics. _____________ declared indepence from yugoslovia and bosnia

slovenia, macedonai. croatia, bosnia

Yugoslvaia left with only';

serbia, montenegto

Serbs were (_____________)

Orthodox

Bosnians were___________

muslim

croats were

catholic

bosian serbs gained money and arms from Yugoslav president

slabodan miloseoli

________or mass killings took place during the wars btwn the croats, serbs and muslims, Millions of muslims were murdered

ethinic cleansing

albanian muslims stlled in Kosovo made up______ of the pop.

90%

89- president Milosevic limited_____ and war broke out

slef ule

_______________ and_____ tried to negotaited but thousands were killed. As a result, NATO lauched airstrikes agianst serba

NATO, UN

2000- milosevic_____

overthrown

2003- Yugoslovia became______

serbia, kadovo, montengras

balkas still remains a _______ due to its many ethnic groups

powder keg