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Treaty of Roma

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1957

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Treaty of Paris

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1951

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Treaty of Lisbon

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2007

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Eu countries

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Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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European Commision

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Role: Promotes the general interest of the EU by proposing and enforcing legislation as well as by implementing policies and the EU budget
Members: A team or ‘College’ of Commissioners, 1 from each EU country
President: Ursula von der Leyen
Year established: 1958
Location: Brussels (Belgium)

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Treaty of Amsterdam

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1997

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UN (United Nations) headquarters in

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New York City

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united nations organs

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the General Assembly
the Security Council
the Economic and Social Council
the Trusteeship Council
the Secretariat
International Court of Justice

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General Assembly

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The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives from all Member States, each of which has one vote.

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Security Council

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Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions.

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Economic and Social Council

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A founding UN Charter body established in 1946, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the place where the world’s economic, social and environmental challenges are discussed and debated, and policy recommendations issued.

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Trusteeship Council

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The Trusteeship Council was established to provide international supervision for 11 Trust Territories and to make sure that adequate steps were taken to prepare the Territories for self-government or independence.

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International Court of Justice

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The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The Court is charged with settling legal disputes between States and giving advisory opinions to the United Nations and its specialized agencies.

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Secretariat

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The UN Secretariat, consisting of staff representing all nationalities working in duty stations all over the world, carries out the day to day work of the Organization. The Secretariat services the other principal organs of the United Nations and administers the programmes and policies established by them.

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)

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Modern international trade system after WW2

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OPEC

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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

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OECD

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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UNEP

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United Nations Environment Programme

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NASA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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IAEA

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International Atomic Energy Agency

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ICJ

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International Court of Justice

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OPCW

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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OIC

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

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UNWTO

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The World Tourism Organization

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WWF

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World Wide Fund for Nature

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WEF

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World Economic Forum

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ASEAN

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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WB

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World Bank

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APEC

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asian-pacific economic cooperation

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APEC Members

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Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Philippines; the Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States of America; Vietnam.

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Four Asian Tigers

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East Asian economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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G8

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The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating the country of Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia left in 2014

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G8 MEMBERS

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France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States

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G7

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The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States; additionally, the European Union (EU) is a “non-enumerated member”

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G20

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The members of the G20 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union

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BRICS

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BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

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AU

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African Union

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WHO

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World Health Organization

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WTO

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World Trade Organization

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UNESCO

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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UNICEF

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United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

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IMF

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International Monetary Fund

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FAO

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Food and Agriculture Organization

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NATO

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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UNHCR

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Manhattan Project

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The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons

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First modern chemical weapon occur in

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22 april 1915 WWI Germans attacked French, Canadian and Algerian troops with chlorine gas

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WFP

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World Food Programme

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She conducted pioneering research on radioactivity with her husband Pierre

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Marie Curie

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She was awarded the Nobel prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911

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Marie Curie

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She was the first woman to win a Nobel prize

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Marie Curie

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She discovered the chemical elements Polonium and radium

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Marie Curie

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W.C. Röntgen

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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895, German, Engineer and physicist

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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) 1907

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Pablo Picasso

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Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) 1912

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Vassily Kandinsky

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The School of Athens 1509–1511

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Raphael

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Rondanini Pietà 1564

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Michelangelo

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Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe [The Luncheon on the Grass] 1863

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Édouard Manet

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Which country has twice rejected joining the EU in a referendum ?

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Norway

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Friedrich August von Hayek

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Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism, Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal

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Erik Erikson

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German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings. He coined the phrase identity crisis.

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Michael Faraday

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English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.

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Franz Boas

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German–American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the “Father of American Anthropology”. His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.

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Luigi Galvani

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Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs’ legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity.

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The Lasker Award

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The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1945 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, which was founded by Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (later a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as “America’s Nobels”.

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The Nobel Prize in Literature

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Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, The Swedish Academy

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When The Constitution of Italy was enacted by the Constituent Assembly.

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22 December 1947

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Pulp Fiction directors ?

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Quentin Tarantino

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The combination of fatty acids with alcohol produces Fatty Acid Esters

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Fatty Acid Esters is lipid btw

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Friends of Earth

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Its advocacy programs focus on environmental issues, highlighting their social, political and human rights contexts

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Doctos without borders

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We provide independent, impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it most. Doctors Without Borders/

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Greenpeace

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focuses its campaigning on worldwide environmental issues

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When was NATO formed

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1949

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Warsaw Pact

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Soviet Union and communist allies being military alliance and aimed US NATO

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sustainable development goals 2030 UN

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No Poverty, Zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender quality, clean water and sanitation,affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry inovation and infrastructure, reduced inequalites, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong institutions, partnership for goals. 17 GOALS FOR 2030

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iron curtain

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The Iron Curtain is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Winston churchill

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The Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.

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Cuban missile crisses

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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in Italy and Turkey were matched by Soviet deployments of similar ballistic missiles in Cuba.

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Detente

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The term is often used to refer to a period of general easing of the geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. It began in 1969, as a core element of the foreign policy of US President Richard Nixon, in an effort to avoid nuclear escalation. The Nixon administration promoted greater dialogue with the Soviet government, including regular summit meetings and negotiations over arms control and other bilateral agreements.[3] Détente was known in Russian as разрядка (razryadka), loosely meaning “relaxation of tension”.

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TPP

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Trans-pacific Partnership

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TRUMP wtihdrew

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20 country trade agreement and approved TPP

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First worldwide intergovernmental organisation

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League of Nations

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NAFTA

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The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994, and superseded the 1988 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada.

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Bundetag

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The Bundestag is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people.

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Who is the chinese president

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Xi Jinping

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bicameral parliament

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the legislative procedure that assigns identical powers to the two chamber of a parliament

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Who is the most important political leader in parliamentary system

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prime minister

88
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what is the feudalism

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system derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour

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sweden or

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Kingdom of Sweden

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spain or

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Kingdom of spain

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monarchy countries

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vatikan, UK, thailand, sweden,spain,norway,new zealand, netherlands, morocco, malaysa,luxembourg,

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hungary (macaristan)

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macar forinti

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Who is the father of Political Science

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Aristotle or Aristothales

94
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Britons voted brexit in 2016

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2020 UK left EU

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Jair Balsonaro

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president of Brazil

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Alexander Lukashenko

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president of Belarus

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Azerbaijan vs Armenia in 27 september 2020

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Nagorno-Karabakh

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Who is the world’s first woman prime minister

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Indira Gandhi

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Former Prime Minister of Israel

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