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27 Cards in this Set
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Black Death |
-similar to bird flu
-rats, poor sanitation, airborne -feels like flu, enlarged lymph nodes, hysteria, purple, black color -new medical research, cleanup |
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Feudalism |
government based on land ownership |
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Renaissance |
"rebirth" marked the transition from Dark Ages to a time with high emphasis on art, sciences and architecture |
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Humanism |
Petrach |
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Reformation |
-interpret bible for yourself |
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Reformation |
took Catholic church and allowed a reformation that created division, religion, denominations to follow |
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Industrial Revolution |
changes in manufacturing, mining, and transport had major effects on socioeconomic and cultural conditions throughout the word |
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NATO |
North Atlantic Trade Organization |
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EU |
roles/goals:single market: economic political and culture intergration |
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EU Council: propose, pass, execute laws |
Parliament |
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V. Lennin |
Marxism: Bolsheviks- become communists |
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Joseph Stalin |
World War II |
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Nikita Kruschev- Cold War |
-de-stalinization |
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Brezhnev |
China |
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Mikhail Gorbachev |
Democratic Reforms |
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Chernobyl |
Ukraine 1986 (Pripyat) |
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Chechnya Today |
2003: constitution |
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Fall Of Soviet Union |
-Dec. 1991: Gorb resigns |
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Baltic States that got independence |
Lithuania, Lativa, Estonia |
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Modern Russia |
2000- Putin |
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U.S/ Russia Issues |
- aid organizations expelled |
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Chechnya |
fighting with Russia over religion, land and oil |
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Chechnya |
also afraid a domino effect of countries wanting independence |
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War in Chechnya |
main battles in Grozny |
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Chechnya Now: |
1996- cease fire of war: left republic in ruins |
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Ukraine |
-country in eastern Europe |
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Syria |
civil war w/ Russia |