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The proportion of oil and natural gas reserves in North Africa and Southwest Asia is
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2/3
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The architect behind Russia's rapid industrialization, with an interest in building prosperity, through a centrally planned economy was:
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Joseph Stalin
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Islam emerged between the following years
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601 and 632 C.E.
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Wealth from European colonialism funded what two movements on the continent
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Industrial Revolution and Democratic Revolution
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The first major inclusion in Europe of common people in the political process was
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the French Revolution in 1789
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Capatilism
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an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, driven by the profit motive and characterized by a competitive marketplace.
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OPEC
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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries- a cartel of oil-producing countries that was established to regulate the production and price of oil and natural gas.
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Cold War
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a period of conflict, tension, and competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945-1991.
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Islamism
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a grassroots religious revival in Islam that seeks political power to curb what are seen as dangerous secular influences.
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Islam
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a monotheistic religion that emerged in the seventh century C.E. when, according to tradition, the archangel Gabriel revealed the tenets of the religion to the Prophet Muhammad.
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Salinization
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a process that occurs when large quantities of water are used to irrigate areas where evaporation rates are high, leaving behind salts and other minerals
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Bolsheviks
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a faction of Communists who came to power during the Russian Revolution.
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Russification
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the czarist and Soviet policy of encouraging ethnic Russians to settle in non-Russian areas as a way to assert political control.
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Trafficking
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the recruiting, transporting, and harboring of people through coercion for the purpose of exploiting them.
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European Union
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a supranational organization that unites most of the countries of West, South, North, and Central Europe.
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