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55 Cards in this Set
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Building stable governments and developing these countries and industries economically
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Modernization
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M
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U.S. & Soviet nations were strong enough to influence the acts and policies of other nations
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Superpowers
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SP
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a system of though or belief
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Ideology
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I
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one that is not allied to either side in a Cold War
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Nonaligned
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NA
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The dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knownledge from other parts of the world
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Interdependence
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In
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What was set up at the end of WWI as a forum for setting disputes and acted as a peacekeeper
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United Nations
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UN
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Conference of leaders and experts from around the world to discuss world issues
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Summits
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S
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Fighting against communism and trying to keep the peace
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO
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"Right to life, liberty, and security of person"-UN Declaration of _________
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Human Rights
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HR
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The willful use of violence to achieve political goals
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Terrorism
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T
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Created by the East side of Germany to stop people from going to the West (democracy). Ended by ppl kocking it down while the East was falling ('89)
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The Berlin Wall
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TBW
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When the Cold War triggered an Arms Race where both sides were producing nuclear weapons and each wanted more nuclear weapons than the other
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Nuclear Threat
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NT
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The relaxation of tensions (between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Ending after Soviet invaded Afganistan.)
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Detente
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D
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Where a govt. keeps most features of a capitalist economy but takes greater responsibility for social and economic needs of its people. (ex. high taxes)
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Welfare State
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WS
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OPEC cut oil production and raised prices (caused inflation and slowed economic growth)
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The Oil Crisis
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TOC
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Where business slowed and unemployment rates rose
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Recession
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R
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One that provides a service rather than a product
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Service Industry
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SI
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It's goal was to expand free trade. Ended tariffs on goods and allowed workers and capital to move freely across national borders
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EC(Common Market)
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CM
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New name of Common Market. Promoted regional prosperity, peace, and security.
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Eurpean Union
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EU
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The new single currency for member nations
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Euro
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E
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Leader of Conservative Party for Britain. 11 Years as Britains prime minister. Rejected welfare state
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Margaret Thatcher
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MT
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Prime minister of English. Current leader. Tried to unify Labour and Conservative parties.
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Tony Blair
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TB
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6 Countries that remained English. Protestant wanted to be English and Catholics wanted to be Irish
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Northern Ireland
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NI
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Pres. of first free elections in France. Set up 5th Republic. Wrote new Constitution that gave him more power
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Charles De Gaulle
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CDG
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Pres. of France. Cut govt. spending. Large French economy. Conservative.
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Jacques Chirac
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JC
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Chief Minister
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Chancellor
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C
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First chancellor of unified Germany. Democratic.
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Helmut Kohl
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HK
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A temporary alliance of political parties (Italy)
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Coalition
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C
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Saved Spain. Last dictator of Spain in 1970s
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Francisco Franco
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FF
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Minister of Finance. Kept Portugal neutral during WWII. Developed new Constitution for Portugal.
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Antonio Salazar
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AS
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Emerged as the new Soviet leader after Stalin. De-stalinized Russia. Cuban missile crisis.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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NK
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Soviet goals were not changed. Freed many political prisonors. Eased censorship.
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De-stalinization
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DS
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Doctrine. Sovt. Union had a right to intervene militarily in any Warsaw Pact nation.
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Leonid Brezhnev
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LB
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People that oppose the government.
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Dissidents
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D
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Money went to military. Low on consumer goods.
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Failure of the Command Economy in USSR
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Failure
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Former leader of Russia. Reduced tensions between the East (Russia & Soviet). Renounced Brezhev Doctrine. Glasnost.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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MG
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Openness (Mikhail eased censorship and encouraged people to speak against govt.)
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Glasnost
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G
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Restructuring of the government and economy
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Perestroika
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P
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First president of Russia 1991. 8 Years. Got rid of Communism.
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Boris Yeltsin
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BY
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Failure to make payments
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Defaulted
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D
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Veteran of Soviet secret police. Became President of Soviet. Elected in first free elections in 2000. Current president.
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Vladimir Putin
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VP
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Introduced liberal reforms in Czechoslovakia. Called for "socialism with a human face". Liberal reforms.
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Alexander Dubcek
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AD
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Independent trade union that wanted political change in Poland-illegal Pope John Paul II, Walesa.
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Solidarity
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S
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Organized solidarity. First president of Poland in 50 years. Church loves him...away from USSR
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Lech Walesa
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LW
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Peaceful. Czech Republic & Sloviakia
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Breakup of Czechoslovakia
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BOC
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Guerrilla leader. Battled German occupying forces, set up communist government in Yugoslavia. Refused to join Warsaw Pact.
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Josip Tito
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JT
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Killing people of different ethnic groups
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Ethnic cleansing
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EC
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Analyze the causes and the effects of the fall of the USSR
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Inefficient government. NO consumer goods. Overproduction of military equipment. Bad leaders. Rebel states.
Bankruptcy. Failed economy. Safety for U.S. Ending of Cold War. Democracy. |
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Explain the civil war in Yugoslavia
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Yugoslavis created after WW1 as a homeland for the South Slavs. Consisted of:Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Montenegro. Ethnic groups: Serbs->Orthodox Christians; Croats->Roman Catholics; Bosnians->Muslims. All spoke Serbo-Croatian. Serbs dominated. Tito Ruling.Slovenia declared independence 1991. Then Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Describe Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and SPain after WWII
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Brit-Labour party
France-Social reforms. Economy build up. Close relations with West Germany. Italy, Greece, Portugal-dictators |
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Explain the reunification of Germany.
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Berlin Wall fell. Formed one democratic nation. Aid packages. 10 Years of independence.
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List and describe the enduring issues that affect the world today.
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Terrorism. Aids. Nuclear bombs. Biological weapons. Chaos in the Middle East. Recession/gas prices
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Muslims vs. Serbs. Civil war. NO self rule allowed
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Bosnia
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B
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Civil war. Muslims vs. Serbs. Guerrilla warfare
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Kosovo
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K
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Trials. Yugoslavia leader-killing all the Muslims and Croats. 66 counts. Died two weeks ago in jail cell
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Sloboda Milosevic-War crimes
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SM-WC
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