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2nd Semester Flashcards

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Hoovervilles; deprived areas on the outskirts of towns

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Shanty towns

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Reject authority

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Repatriated

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Cab able of causing fire

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Incendiary

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Political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires rather than rationilazation

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Demagogues

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Intense military campaign intended to bring out swift victory

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Blitzkrieg

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Repeal or do away with

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Abrogated

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Extensive and destructive fire

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Conflagration

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Unfit for service

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4-f

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One island to another

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Island hop

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Temporary prohibition of activity

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Moratorium

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Refuse to accept or be associated with

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Repudiated

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Leadership or dominance especially between countries or social groups

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Hegemony

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Intense or irrational dislike of fear of people from other countries

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Xenophobia

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Policy of preventing expansion

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Containment

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China and Russia

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Sino-soviet

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Returning a person

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Repatriation

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The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping

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Brinkmanship

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Take troops out of active service typically at the end of the war

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Demobilize

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Allowed Indians to end tribal status

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Termination

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Unwillingness to change ones views

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Intransigence

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Appearing on television

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Telegenic

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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations

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Pragmatic

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Proceeding in a gradual Aubrey way but with harmful effects

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Insidious

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Deliberately killing

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Fragging

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The easing of hostility or strained relations

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Detente

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high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a countries economy

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Stagflation

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Process of integration and interaction among countries

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Globalization

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Palestine uprising against Israel of the West Bank and Gaza Strip

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Intifada

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Restructuring or reforming the economic and political system

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Perestroika

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In Soviet Union a more open government

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Glasnost

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To make violent

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Exacerbated

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