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103 Cards in this Set
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meaning of the third world war (Two)
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1. underdeveloped nations of asia, africa, middle east, and latin america
2. non-aligned with communist or capitalist worlds |
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who did india support in ww2
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britian
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what promised independence to india
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THE RETURN OF BRITIAN
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who was the leader in gaining indias independencE
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ghandi
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what type of policy did ghandi have to acheive his ends
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a non violence policy
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what were the religious probles in india
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hindu vs. muslim
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what 2 states were formed in india
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india and packistan
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who asssassinated ghandi
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a hindu phinatic
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who suceeded ghandi
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nehru
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india and pakistan each had their own what?
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prime minister
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who became the 8th largest industrial nation in the world by 1974
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india
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what is another nation that was once ceylon island
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sri lanka
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what is the new term for the old british empire
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common wealth nation
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what had beeen accepted as the symbolic head of the common wealth
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the british sovereign
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what does the commonwealth deal with?
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economis aid, techology, and other matters
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who is one of the members of commonwealth
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burma
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who is now the 4th largest population nation in the world?
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indonesia
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in the dutch empire, the government has been moslty
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authoritarian
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what has been evident in the dutch empire
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political upheaval
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in the dutch empire economis progress has been bolstered by
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invited foreign investment
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in indochina who was willing to remain loosely attached but autonomous
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cambodia and laos
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who demanded full and immediate independence in indochina
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vietnam
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who became the communist leaderin vietnam
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ho chi ming
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who helped found the french communist party while he was in paris
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ho chi ming
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france fought ho chi ming on the ground that it was doing what
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containing communism
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what was the site of france defeated in vietnam
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dien bien phu
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what divided vietnam and the seventh parallel
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the geneva conference
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the communists broke what settlements when it attacked south vietnam in 1960's
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geneva conference settlements
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the arab nationalists in algeria, morocco, and tuisia sought what
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freedom
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algeria had been what since 1830's
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french
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what did france include as an integral part of france
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algeria
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what country had representation in the french legislature
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algeria
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in algeria, one million of the nine million were french and italian called
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colons
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who aided the algerian liberation front?
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the arab states and the middle east
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how many french fought in algeria at the height of the war
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500,000
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what was created due to the struggle in algeria
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the fifth french republic
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what caused charles de gaulles returrn to power
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the 500,000 french men fighting in algeria at the height of the war
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algeria is what kind of nation today?
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islamic fundamentalist naiton
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what rose in france in 2002
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anti-semetism
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algerian activity s very active in france regarding what
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arab-israeli matters
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why did charles de gaulle reccomend independence of algeria
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he realized the effort was futilr
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what did the british first resist
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nationalistic movements
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what did the british do to nationalist leaders
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they jailed or exiled them
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what did the british do to the africans in the governemt
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they gave them broader involvement
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what evolved in ghana
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military dictatorship
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who gained control in ghana
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kwame nkrumah
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what did kwame mkrumah impose in ghana
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"African socialism"
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what was the largest british colony in africa
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nigeria
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how many ethnic groups made up the population of nigeria
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200
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what gained dominion status in nigeria in 1960
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republic of nigeria
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what became the most populus post colonial country in africa
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nigeria
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what became a democratic model for africa
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nigeria
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oil brought a booming economy in the 70's to what country
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nigeria
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what brought dependence on food imports in nigeria
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inflattion and debt
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who owned rich plantation area s in kenya
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white plantation owners
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what followed the refusal of the plantation owners to accept change in kenya
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acts of violence
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a terrorist organization that brought armed revolt in kenya
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mau mau
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who was jailed then exiled in kenya
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john kenyatta
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kenya gained independence then who left?
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the white settlers
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in 1963 who relented and brought kenyatta back
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britian
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the nationalist leader in tanganika
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julius nyerere
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in 1964 tanganika untied with who and became tanzania
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zanzibar
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who did tanzania become close with?
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red china and the soviet union
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what was imposed in tanzania
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african socialism
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what country did churchill call the pearl of africa
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uganda
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who became the dictator of uganda
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obote
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who rose to power after obote became dictator
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idi amin
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who killed 250,000 during his brutal dictatorship in uganda
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idi amin
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what was ruined during amins time?
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once rich argicultural economy
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who has an astronomical rate of aids today
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uganda
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what balked at independence in southern africa?
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a while colonial monority
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who did the while colonial minority balk at the most in southern africa
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rhodesia and the union of south africa
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who were afrikaners
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dutch calvanists
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what percent of afrikaners were white settlers
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half
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what was the new language the afrikaners developed?
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afrikaans
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the afrikaners remained in the region in south afrika after which war?
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boer war
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when was the boer war
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1899-1902
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a policy of seperatio of the races
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apathied
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when was apartheied adopted
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1948
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ten bantuscans were established for what
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black autonomous homelands
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where were the black atonomous houslanfs located
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on poor land
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who was the black leader of the african national congress
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nleson mandela
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what were blacks excluded form in south africa
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the political process
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what happened to nelson mandela
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he was sentences to life in prison
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in south africa what did the united nations impose
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sanctions
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in south africa what did the united states support
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economic sanctions
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american coorperations were encourages to cut off business where?
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south africa
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who was determined to stem the economic downturn in south africa
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president de klerk
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in south afirca what replaces the old rigid policy
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a more moderate one
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nelson mandela was freed in 1991 after how many years in jail
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27
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1992 saw the end of what?
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white minority by referendum
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what had begun in 1992 by mandels
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mandela's "countdown to democracy"
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1994 saw the first what?
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democratic nonracial elections
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who was places into power in south afirca after 1994
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mandela and the african national congress
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how many colonies did france have in sub saharan africa
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15
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the belgan congo became
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zaire
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who was one of the national leaders in zaire
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lumumba
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who was a leftist in the belgian colonies and was assassination in 1961
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lumumba
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in the belgan colonies, peace broke down when what happeneed
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when the army mutinied
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who ended the anarchy in the belgan colonies with his dictatorship
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mobutu
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in the belgian colonies, all christian names were dropped in opposition to what
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european rule
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what minority and majority in the belgan congo fought eachother
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the tutsi and the hutu
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what happened in rwanda in 1994
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hundreds of thousands lost their lives
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