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konrad adenauer -

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german chancellor under whose leadership west germany experienced an incredible recovery

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charles de gaulle -

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president of france who established the fifth republic

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fifth republic

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government established by charles de gaulle, president of france

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liberal democratic party

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party that ruled japan until political scandals led the japanese to replace it with a coalition government

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marshall plan

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distribution of funds from the united states enabled europe to rapidly rebuild and retool for a strong economic recovery

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common market

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another name for the european economic community; an organization that promotes economic cooperation in europe

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nato

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formed in 1949 to oppose soviet aggression

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united nations

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organized by diplomats representing fifty nations; founded to ensure international peace

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cold war

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political rivalry and conflict of ideas that stopped short of actual war between the us and the ussr (1945-1991)

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republic of china

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established on the island of taiwan by chiang kai-shek

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great leap forward

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new economic plan announced by mao zedong; inefficient and resulted in famine

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cultural revolution

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mao zedong social and political purge that resulted in political chaos and economic upheaval for a decade

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tiananmen square

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site of a student protest in china in 1989 that was violently ended by the military

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berlin blockade

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the soviets blocking of all traffic through east germany into west berlin; ended due to a massive airlift of supplies by the united states and britain

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inchon

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south korean city that was the site of a daring attack by a UN force composed of american and south korean troops

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38th parallel

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line of latitude used to divide korea into north and south

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ho chi minh

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vietnamese communist leader; resisted french colonialism and declared vietnam independent

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dien bien phu

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battle in 1954 in which vietnamese communists defeated french forces

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viet cong

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vietnamese communist agents who tried to take over south vietnam

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mad

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contributed to american and european appeasement

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sputnik

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first man-made satellite; launched by the soviets in 1957

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mohandas gandhi

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led a movement known as passive resistance to achieve independence

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passive resistance

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resisting foreign rule by nonviolent means (strikes, not paying taxes )

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third world

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regions that remained neutral during the cold war

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balfour declaration

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The first official recognition by a world power that the Jews needed a land to call their own

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1948 arab-israeli war

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started when air forces from Egypt, syria, Lebanon and Iraq attacked Israel on May 14; ended a cease fire after a year of fighting

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six-day war

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War in which Israel smashed the imminent Arab threat and seized control of several key areas that greatly enhanced Israel’s security threat and seized control of several key areas that greatly enhanced Israel security

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margaret thatcher

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British politician who led the conservative party in great Britain to victory in 1979; and Ally Ronald Reagan during the Cold War

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ronald reagan

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The 14th president of the United States; turned a struggling America into a political social and economic force that influenced the world

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sdi

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space beast system that would protect America from missile attacks

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lech walesa

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Lead and anti-communist movement that combined labor the Roman Catholic Church and Polish nationalism to oppose Soviet domination; helped achieve Polish independence

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solidarity

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Labor movement led by lech walesa to help achieve Polish independence

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nikita khrushchev

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ruled by the Soviet Union following Stalin’s death; was voted out of office when his policies became unpopular

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mikhail gorbachev

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emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985; assumed power without violence or opposition

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