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Semester 2 final review Flashcards

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Untouchables

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Untouchables were people of the lowest class in India.

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Surrealism

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Surrealism is an attempt to portray the working of the unconscious mind.

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Militarism

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Militarism is the glorification of the military.

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Nationalism

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Nationalism is loyalty to one’s country

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Imperialism

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Imperialism is the rush to plant flags over as many people and as much territory as possible.

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Ultimatum

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Ultimatum is do this or else.

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Flappers

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Flappers were young women that rejected old ways in favor of new exciting freedom.

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5 years plan

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The 5 years plan was a plan to increase industrial output and agricultural output.

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Total War

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Total war is when all resources go to war effort.

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Propaganda

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Propaganda is one sided information.

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Armistice

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Armistice is to cease fire.

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russian participation in World War I.

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Bolsheviks

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Bolsheviks were the communist group that took over Russia after the civil war.

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Reparations

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Reparation is money for war damages.

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Boycott

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Boycott is to withdraw from an event, commercial, or social relations as a punishment or a protest.

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Venustainia Caranza

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Venustainia Caranza was the first elected president in Mexico.

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Collectivization

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Collectivization is the forcible consolidation of peasant farmers into large state controlled farms.

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Gulag

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Gulag was a system of labor camps in Russia.

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United Nations

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U.N. is an international organization that helped increase political and economic cooperation among the members.

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VE Day

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VE day was victory day in Europe.

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Chancellor

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Chancellor was the title held by the prime minister.

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Rosie the Riveter

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Rosie the Riveter was a poster that promotes women to help out in factories.

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Good Neighbor Policy

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Good Neighbor was FDR’s promise that the U.S will interfere less with Latin America.

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Surrealism

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Surrealism is an attempt to portray the working of the unconscious mind.

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Nicholas II

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Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia.

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U boats

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U Boats are the nicknames for the German submarines.

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Atheism

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Atheism is not believing in God.

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Duma

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Duma was a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia.

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Lenin

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Lenin promised to pull Russian troops out of World War I, and he became the first communist president. He promised peace, land, and bread.

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Bloody Sunday

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Bloody Sunday was when Russian soldiers shot and killed people marching to Czar’s winter palace.

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Provisional Government

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The Provisional Government was a temporary government in Russia that stayed in World War I.

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Rasputin

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Rasputin was an illiterate peasant that self proclaimed himself a “holy man”. The tsarina came to him hoping that he could help her son.

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Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein was best known for being one of the greatest physicists of all time and saying E=mc squared.

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Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud was the father of psychology.

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Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator who is best known for flying across the Atlantic Ocean in his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis.

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Weimar Republic

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The Weimar Republic signed the Treaty of Versailles.

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Buying on Margin

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Margin is buying stocks for 20% of their value.

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Great Depression

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The Great Depression was a financial panic that started with the stock market crash in the United States, banks closed, under consumption, overproduction, and uneven distribution of wealth.

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Gandhi

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Gandhi launched several nonviolent actions against British rule.

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Appeasement

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Appeasement is giving into demands of an aggressor in order to keep peace.

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Assembly Line

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The assembly line was a new method of production. Workers on an assembly line add parts to a product that moves along a belt from one workstation to the next.

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Model T

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Model T was one of the most bought cars in the United States that was made using assembly lines and giving many people jobs.

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Business Cycle

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Business cycle was expansion, peak, contraction, and trough.

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Benito Mussolini

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Benito Mussolini was the fascist leader of Italy.

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Nazi - Soviet Pact

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Nazi - Soviet Pact bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relationships.

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Blitzkrieg

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Blitzkrieg was the German name for the Lighting war, and Hitler’s strategy for winning battles.

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Luftwaffe

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Luftwaffe was the Nazi air force.

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Vichy

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The Vichy was a puppet government in France.

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Rosie the Riveter

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Rosie the Riveter was a poster that promoted women to help out in factories.

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D-Day

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D-Day was an invasion by the allies in Normandy France.

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Yalta Conference

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Yalta Conference was a meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin.

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Third Reich

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Third Reich was the name for Hitler’s empire.

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VE

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VE Day was victory day in Europe.

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Bataan Death March

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Bataan Death March was when Japanese POWs were forced to march miles.

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Island Hopping

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Island hopping was a strategy used by the United States to get from island to island.

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Kamikaze

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The Kamikazes were Japanese suicide planes.

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Manhattan Project

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The Manhattan project was a research and development undertaking during WWII that produced the first nuclear weapons.

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Nuremberg

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Nuremberg was the center of the Nazi regime.

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U.N.

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U.N. is an international organization that helped increase political and economic cooperation among the members.

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Fascism

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Fascism is a government that is led by a dictator.

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Maginot Line

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The Maginot line was the defense for France.

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HJ

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HJ was known as HItler’s Youth.

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Lebensraum

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Lebensraum was the land that the Nazis supposedly needed to grow.

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Battle of the Bulge

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The Battle of the Bulge was a surprise attack against the Allied forces.

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Ultra

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Ultra was the german code breaker.

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Big Three

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The big three were Stalin, Churchill, and FDR

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RAF

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RAF is the Royal Air Force in Britain.

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Iron Curtain

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Iron Curtain was a quote from Winston Churchill describing the east and west European countries.

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Berlin Airlift

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The Berlin Airlift was 324 days of flying supplies into West Berlin.

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Khrushchev

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Khrushchev came up with de-stalinization.

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Brezhenev

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Brezhenev was the leader with the idea of re-stalinization.

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Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was U.S aid for countries that weren’t communist in Europe.

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Marshall Plan

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The Marshall plan was economic aid for everyone.

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Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall was a barrier between Eastern and Western Berlin.

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Mao Tse-Tung

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Mao Tse-tung was the communist leader of China.

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Chiang Kia-Shek

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Chiang Kai-Shek was a former president of the Republic of China

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Korean War

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The Korean War was a war between North Korea, South Korea, and the U.S. because the North Korean communist army crossed the 38th parallel.

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Vietnam War

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Vietnam was the first loss for the United States.

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Escelation

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Escalation is when LBJ sends more and more men to Vietnam.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was when the president may do what is necessary in Vietnam.

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Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh was the communist leader of North Vietnam.

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Domino Theory

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The Domino Theory is that more countries will become communist if other countries around it do.

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Pol Pot

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Pol Pot was the former prime minister of Cambodia.

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O.P.E.C

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O.P.E.C was an organization of petroleum exporting countries.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day standoff between the U.S. and the Soviets.

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Elastic Good

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Elastic goods are one change in a price that leads to a major shift in demand.

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Inelastic good

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Inelastic goods are a change in price that don’t affect the demand much.

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Petrodollars

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Petrodollars is money for oil.

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Alan B Shepard

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Alan B. Shepard was the second and the first American to travel into space and he later walked on the moon.

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Saigon

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Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam that was captured by the North Vietnamese ending the Vietnam War.

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Fidel Castro

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Fidel Castro was the communist leader of Cuba.

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Decolonization

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Decolonization is independence for colonies. Empires were breaking up.

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Geneva Accords

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Geneva Accords is when Vietnam was split at the 17th parallel and there will be a national election to unify the country.

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Brezhnev Doctrine

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Brezhnev Doctrine the Soviets may intervene with satellites at any time.

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Counter Culture

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Counter Culture was when members of the baby boom went against the normals.

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Baby Boom

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Baby boom was a population explosion after WWII.

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Afrikaners

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Afrikaners were Dutch descendants in South Africa.

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Apartheid

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The Apertheid was the racial segregation between South Africans and Whites.

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Shah of Iran

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Shah of Iran was the king in Iran.

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Ayatollah Khomeini

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Ayatollah Khomeini was the former supreme leader of Iran.

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Abdicate

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Abdicate is to step down from power.

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Solidarity

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Solidarity is an independent labor union.

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Desert Storm

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Desert Storm was an operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control.

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Gorbachev

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Gorbachev made the Soviet Union back into Russia and citizens now had a say.

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Glasnost

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Glasnost is openness.

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Perestroika

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Perestroika is restructuring of the government and the country.

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Democraticization

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Democraticization is the introduction of democratic system and principles.

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Boris Yeltsin

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Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia.

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Tiananmen Square

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Tiananmen Square is the area where there were student led protests about democracy.

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500 Day plan

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The 500 day plan was a plan to rescue Russia’s economy.

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Hard Liners

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Hard Liners was a term used to describe the Soviet’s communism.

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Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq.

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Bantustans

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Bantustans was a area made for natives or blacks.

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Kim Il-Song

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Kim Il-Song was the founder of North Korea.

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Juche

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Juche is the political ideology of North Korea.

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Intifada

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Intifada is an uprising or rebellion.

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