Random History Flashcards

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This organization was created at the end of the Cold War. It was a military alliance designed to organize a western response to potential aggression

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NATO North Atlantic Treaty organization

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Post WW1 treaty written in 1919. Britain France and Russia (the allies) demanded 30 billion in reparations and sections of the treaty intended to cripple Germany’s economic night. Stripped Germany Austria Hungary ad the Ottoman Empire of their overseas colonies.

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Treaty of Versailles

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Acts as a check to the other government branches through the power of judicial review, highest court

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Supreme court

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Horizontal lines that run across the globe.

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Lines of latitude

The equator

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Who initiated the Monroe doctrine?

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James Monroe the 5th president

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An anthropological concept that posits that all cultures are equally valuable and should be studied from a neutral point of view.

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Cultural relativism

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Belief that we must understand the ways and behaviors of another culture and do not alter it in any way.

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Cultural relativism

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