Post Cold War Issues and Conflicts Flashcards

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OPEC

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Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

CONTROLS OIL SUPPLY TO RAISE PRICES

STARTS OIL CRISIS

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Apartheid

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Separation of the races in South Africa

Segregation between Whites and Blacks

Keep the races “apart”

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Apartheid Resistance Leaders

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Nelson Mandela (African National Congress)

Desmond Tutu

F.W. de Klerk

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Jomo Kenyatta

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Independence struggle in Kenya

Wanted to get rid of the British

Nationalism

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Pol Pot

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Leader of communist Cambodia

Khmer Rouge (communist guerilla fighters)

KILLING FIELDS - millions murdered to remove Western influence in Cambodia

genocide

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Iranian Revolution

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Led to an Islamic State

Stop Western influence

Reconnect with traditional values

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IRA

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Irish Republican Army; use terrorist tactics against protestants

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Contras

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Nicaraguan rebels, supported by united states, supported by Ronald Reagan, anti-communist

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NAFTA

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North American Free Trade Agreement, allows free trade among USA, Mexico, and Canada

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WTO

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group that regulates international trade; protesters believe it favors the rich & hurts the environment

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Solidarity

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Movement in Poland to improve working conditions; started by Lech Walesa

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Rwandan Genocide

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Hutu led, in effort to eliminate the Tutsi minority- MASS MURDER

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Why did India split in 1947?

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Pakistan is created- Muslim state; differences between Hindus & Muslims… Causes mass migration across border

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