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Anti-communists in Nicaragua formed a group of freedom fighters to oppose the communist Sandinistas government. |
Contras |
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NAFTA. Removed all restrictions on trade between |
North American Free Trade Agreement. Mexico, United States, Canada |
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Followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 |
Persian Gulf War |
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A Canadian province of which has a predominantly French culture voted on and defeated a referendum for separation in October 1995 |
Quebec |
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Was erected because so many people were escaping from East Germany through West Berlin |
Berlin Wall |
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Czech Slovakia peacefully split into... |
The Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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Yugoslavia break up was not peaceful when they split into... |
Seven Nations |
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Fighting in those nations were most severe in... |
Bosnia/Herzegovina |
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At its peak the Soviet Union consisted of |
15 republics and controlled 6 satellite nations |
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Today 12 of the 15 independent Nations formed from the Soviet Union are members of the CIS or... |
Commonwealth of independent states |
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Was the year of revolution in communist Nations |
1989 |
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Nations that are trying to unite their resources in a single economy the EU or, |
European Union |
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Communist is the belief that man can rule himself without the help of |
God |
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Force Taliban from power in Afghanistan |
Operation enduring freedom |
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Syria has claimed the Golan Heights and blank has occupied it since 1989 |
Israel |
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The Modern Nation of Israel has existed only since |
1948 |
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Before obtaining Independence most African nations were |
European colonies |
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The Tutsi and Hutu tribes have created tensions and fighting in |
Rwanda and Burundi |
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To carry his word to many nations of the world God is using |
Biblical education |
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Hurricane Katrina |
August 2005 |
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Creation of the EU |
December 1991 |
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Germany is Unified |
October 1990 |
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Israel annexes Golan Heights |
December 1981 |
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Berlin Wall Falls |
November 1989 |
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Eritrea becomes independent |
May 1993 |
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Persian Gulf War begins |
January 1991 |
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Soviet Union ceases to exist |
December 1991 |
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Barack Obama elected president of the United States |
November 2008 |
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Demonstrations Tiananmen Square |
April 1989 |
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Earthquake near Sumatra Indonesia |
December 2004 |
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World Trade Center destroyed |
September 2001 |
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Vladimir Putin elected president of Russia |
March 2000 |
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Operation enduring freedom |
October 2001 |
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South Africa's first non-racial elections |
April 1994 |
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Yasir Arafat |
PLO |
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Stephen Harper |
Canada |
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Barack Obama |
United States |
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Binyamin Netanyahu |
Israel |
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Gordon Brown |
Great Britain |
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Jacob Zuma |
South Africa |
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Hosni Mubarak |
Egypt |
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Muammar al-Qaddafi |
Libya |
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Lech Kaczynski |
Poland |
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Vladimir Putin |
Russia |
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Formerly known as Burma |
Myanmar |
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Largest Nation with a communist government |
China |
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Last African nation to achieve independence |
Eritrea |
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Wrong because all people are created in God's image |
Apartheid |
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Reunited after the fall of communism |
Germany |
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Split after the fall of communism |
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia |
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Year Hong Kong was returned to China |
1997 |
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Year Panama took control of the canal |
1999 |
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Last Central American Nation to achieve Independence |
Belize |
