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Great Leap Forward
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plan where Chinese cooperatives were merged to produce goods. THe GLF stressed human labor over technology. Members of the communes worked in production. Working in brigades. Two years later: Disaster-starvation, mismanagement, peseant resistance.
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Tiananmen Square
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Deng Xiopeng refused to grant political freedoms. June 1989- 100,000 rallied in Bejing Tianamen Square. Government sent in tanks and soldiers -- several demonstrators were killed. Us and dther countries condemned the use of force.
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Ho Chi Mihn
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Communist leader of North Vietnam. Two sides went to war. US feared the communist and wanting to support ally, France.
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Vietcong
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fought guerilla style against South Vietnamese.
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Apartheid
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Racial separation based on color of skin in South Africa.
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Rwandan Genocide
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Hutu led extermination of Tutsi.
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6-Day War
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Isreali forces feared Egypt and Syria joining forces against it. Took control of Saini Penninsula, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.
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Mao Zedong
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Chinese communist leader who promoted equality of people. Established Great Leap Forward. Built new economy -- changed China into a modern industrial and agricultural nation.
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Fundamentalism
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the adherence to traditional values
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Yasir Arafat
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Leader of the PLO - Palestinian Liberation Organization. Wanted self-determination for Palestinians.
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West Bank
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Area inhabited by Palestinians in Israeli-held land from the 6-Day War
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