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Test #12 Vocab Flashcards

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principle of nonalignment

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120 developing world states that aren’t aligned with or against any major power bloc

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pan-Arabism

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principle of political alliance of all Arab states

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HIV/AIDs

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AIDs is potentially life-threatening caused by HIV, contracted by an infected person through sex

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privatization

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transfer of a business from public to private ownership and control

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cartel

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a written agreement between belligerent nations

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Pan-Africanism

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principle of the political union of all indigenous inhabitants of Africa

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Mahatma Gandhi

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a nationalist leader in religious affairs

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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1st prime minister of the Republic of India

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Achmed Sukarno

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1st president of the Republic of Indonesia

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Aug San Suu Kyi

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Burmese politician, diplomat, and author

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Palestine Mandate

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League of Nations mandate for British rule over Palestine’s territories

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Colonel Gamal Abdel

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3rd major partner in Nonalignment Movement

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Nasser

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Egyptian leader who nationalized the suez cartel

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Six-Day War

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June 5th-10th, 1967 led by Israel

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Palestine Liberation Organization

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founded in 1964, tried to liberate Palestine through armed struggle

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Iranian Revolution

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1979, overthrow of Iran’s monarchy and the est. of an Islamic Republic

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Reza Shah Pahlari

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last Shah of Persia

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

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the supreme leader of Iran

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Persian Gulf War

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UN vs Iraq, they got greedy

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Taliban

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Islamic fundamentalist political movement

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apartheid

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a system of racial segregation

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Hutu

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an ethnic group in the Great Lakes region in Africa

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Tutsi

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former majority of Rwanda, until their genocide

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Ida Amin

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former president of Uganda

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Nelson Mandela

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president of S. Africa; famous philosopher

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Chinua Achebe

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Nigeria critic/novelist/poet

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Fidel Castro

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Cuban communist revolutionary and politician

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alliance for progress

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Kennedy’s support for Latin American relations

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Cuban revolution

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led by Castro to overthrow Batista

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Columbian novelist

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