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38 Cards in this Set
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Canada was a member of____ and _____ |
UN and NATO |
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One of Canada's issue is, defining a __________ |
national identity |
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Current Canada Prime Minister |
Justin Trudeau |
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In 1959, Canada and US completed the |
st. lawernce seaway |
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Quebec is canadas only_______ |
french speaking province |
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Quebec calls themeselfs |
" distinct society" |
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even to today, Quebec wants to ______ from canada |
seperate |
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Many canadains resent Americans due to Americas________-- |
cultural dominance |
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NAFTA |
North American Freetrade Agreement, made for free trade betwn U.S, Can., and Mex. |
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Russia, the largest soviet republic in size/opulation had dominated the SU since its creation. After the 74 years of SU dominace, Russia had its first president,_____________ and faced a difficult future |
Boris Yeltsin |
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Yeltin_________ more state-run industries and collective farms to gain western aid and to solve russia;s problems |
privaized |
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Unemployment in Russia _________ |
soared |
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1998- Russia barely avoided collapse when it failed to pay back its foreign debt or, ________ |
defaulted |
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The value of the russian currency, ____________, collapsed |
Rubles |
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1994- Yeltsin failed to crush a revolt in ________ a small region in the Caucasus. This place was home to many ethnic groups as well as terrorist action in Moscow. By 2000, Russian troups had gained the upper land and crushed the Muslums |
Chechnya |
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Yeltsin resigned and _________became president |
Vladimir Putin |
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Putin brought with hm sucess against Chechnya, toughness, more order and less________- |
corruption |
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Russia joined organizations such as; |
NATO, ELL |
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Russia is no longer a super power, but still has a_______ army and a ___________ |
large army nuclear arsenal |
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Russia pledged to support the U.S against terrorism after the attack on______ |
9/11 |
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in poland in 1956, economic woes caused ______ and people were unhappy with _______ |
riots communism |
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In 1980 in poland, the revolts and strikes continue. A man named ______________- organized a union to strike. |
Lech Welsa |
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With pressure from the SU, the Polish gov't ______ the union to strike and arrested Welsa |
outlawed |
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poland elected who to be first presidnt in 50 yrs |
lech welsa |
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yugoslovia/bosnia was made after ww1 and broke up after............. |
ww2 |
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yugoslovia / bosnia contained many republics. _____________ declared indepence from yugoslovia and bosnia |
slovenia, macedonai. croatia, bosnia |
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Yugoslvaia left with only'; |
serbia, montenegto |
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Serbs were (_____________) |
Orthodox |
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Bosnians were___________ |
muslim |
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croats were |
catholic |
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bosian serbs gained money and arms from Yugoslav president |
slabodan miloseoli |
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________or mass killings took place during the wars btwn the croats, serbs and muslims, Millions of muslims were murdered |
ethinic cleansing |
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albanian muslims stlled in Kosovo made up______ of the pop. |
90% |
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89- president Milosevic limited_____ and war broke out |
slef ule |
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_______________ and_____ tried to negotaited but thousands were killed. As a result, NATO lauched airstrikes agianst serba |
NATO, UN |
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2000- milosevic_____ |
overthrown |
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2003- Yugoslovia became______ |
serbia, kadovo, montengras |
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balkas still remains a _______ due to its many ethnic groups |
powder keg |