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20 Cards in this Set
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Containment
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Cold War policy of limiting communish to areas already under Soviet control (p. 793)
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Satellite
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Dependent state (p. 794)
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Modernization
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Building a stable government while developing a country economically (p. 807)
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Superpower
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Nation strong enough to influence the acts and policies of other nations (p. 807)
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Ideology
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System of thought and belief (p. 518, 807)
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Nonaligned
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Not allied with either side in a conflict (p. 807)
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Interdependence
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Mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world (p. 809)
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Summit
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Conference of leaders and experts from around the world (p. 809)
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Human rights
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Basic rights and freedoms (p. 810)
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Terrorism
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Deliberate use of random violence, especially against civilians, to achieve political goals (p. 811)
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United Nations
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An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security.
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Iron Curtain
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An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries).
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology.
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Berlin Airlift
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Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
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Warsaw Pact
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A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe. It was a weapon used by the Soviets to keep its satellites in order.
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GATT
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General agreement on tariffs and trade. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
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International Monetary Fund
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A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
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In 1968, many nations signed the NPT agreeing to halt the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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1948 - approved by the UN. All people are entitled to basic rights and freedoms "without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, property, birth, or other status."
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