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18 Cards in this Set
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The once imprisoned ANC leader who became president of South Africa
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Nelson Mendela
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Deng Xiaoping's set of goals calling for progress in Chinese agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology
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Four Modernizations
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The huge public space in Beijing where students staged a protest against the lack of political freedom in China
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Tiananmen Square
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THe former Solidary union leader who became president of Poland in 1990
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Lech Walesa
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In 1990 the two Germanys were merged in a process called
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reunification
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The political party that became the main force for stability in Mexico after 1946
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PRI
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Temporary military rule
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martial law
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The complete seperation of races in South Africa
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apartheid
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The plan for breaking up large estates and disturbing that land to peasants in Brazil
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land reform
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The Serbian attempt to rid Bosnia of its Muslim population
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etnic cleansing
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The levelof material comfort that people enjoy as measured by the amount of goods they have
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standard of living
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A slowdown in the economy
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recession
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President of Brazil elected in 2002
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Political party that ruled for more thatn 70 years in Mexico
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PRI
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Elected president of Mexico in 2000
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Vincente Fox
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Group that refused to provide financial aid to Argentina
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International Monetary Fund
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This country went to war with Britain over Falkland Islands
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Argentina
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This country is the largest in South America
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Brazil
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