the cold war

Question 1

Four Asian tigers

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The Four Asian Tigers or Four Asian Dragons is a term used in reference to the highly free-market and developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Question 2

Tiananmen square massacre

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The Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (六四事件) were student-led demonstrations in Beijing in 1989.

Question 3

Devolution

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the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration.

Question 4

Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

Question 5

Gorbachev

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved. He was the country’s head of state from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991.

Question 6

perestroika

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in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labor efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning.

Question 7

Glasnot

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in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.

Question 8

Thatcherism

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Thatcherism describes the conviction politics, economic, social policy, and political style of the British Conservative politician Margaret Thatcher, who was leader of her party from 1975 to 1990.

Question 9

Tony Blair

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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He remains the most recent Labour Party leader to have won a general election.

Question 10

Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century.

Question 11

Bosnia

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, in short, often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula.

Question 12

Rwanda

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Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland.

Question 13

Cambodia

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Cambodia, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

Question 14

Kosovo

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Kosovo is a disputed territory and partially recognised state in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo.

Question 15

Weapons of mass Destruction

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A weapon of mass destruction (WMD or WoMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere.

Question 16

George W. Bush

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George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

Question 17

Bill Cliton

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William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

Question 18

NAFTA

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The North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada.

Question 19

Welfare state

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A welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.

Question 20

Apartheid

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Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.

Question 21

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Question 22

Congolese conflict

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Over 5.4 million dead. Over 2 million displaced. Congo is home to the deadliest conflict since World War II. The war in eastern Congo began in the early 1990s and continues to this day.

Question 23

Hutu

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The Hutu, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic group native to African Great Lakes region of Africa, primarily area now under Burundi and Rwanda.

Question 24

Tutis

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member of a people forming a minority of the population of Rwanda and Burundi, who formerly dominated the Hutu majority. Historical antagonism between the peoples led in 1994 to large-scale ethnic violence, especially in Rwanda.

Question 25

Kleptocracy

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a ruler who uses political power to steal his or her country’s resources.

Question 26

New world order

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As a conspiracy theory, the term New World Order or NWO refers to the emergence of a totalitarian world government.

Question 27

internet

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The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide.

Question 28

Soweto Uprising

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The Soweto uprising was a series of protests led by black school children in South Africa that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.

Question 29

Bantustans

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A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid.

Question 30

persian Gulf war

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The Gulf War, codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

Question 31

Helsinki Accords

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The Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Final Act, or Helsinki Declaration was the first act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Finlandia Hall of Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975.

Question 32

EEC

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European Economic Community.

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EEU

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The Eurasian Economic Union is an economic union of states located primarily in northern Eurasia. A treaty aiming for the establishment of the EAEU was signed on 29 May 2014 by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and came into force on 1 January 2015.

Question 34

Chaebols

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in South Korea) a large business conglomerate, typically a family-owned one.

Question 35

Corporation

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A corporation is a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. Early incorporated entities were established by charter (i.e. by an ad hoc act granted by a monarch or passed by a parliament or legislature). Most jurisdictions now allow the creation of new corporations through registration.

Question 36

Tokyo Stock Exchange

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange, which is called Tōshō or TSE/TYO for short, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan.

Question 37

agglomerate

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collect or form into a mass or group.

Question 38

Genocide

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the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

Question 39

Deng Xiaoping

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Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman. He was the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1989.

Question 40

African Union

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The African Union is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent. It was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa, with the aim of replacing the Organisation of African Unity.

Question 41

Free Trade

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Free trade is a policy followed by some international markets in which countries’ governments do not restrict imports from, or exports to, other countries.

Question 42

Third World

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the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Question 43

Maastrict treaty

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The Maastricht Treaty (formally, the Treaty on European Union or TEU) undertaken to integrate Europe was signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands. On 9–10 December 1991, the same city hosted the European Council which drafted the treaty.

Question 44

ECLAC

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, UNECLAC or in Spanish CEPAL, is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 45 member States, and 13 associate members which are various non-independent territories, associated island countries and a commonwealth in the Caribbean. ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region and makes cooperative agreements with nonprofit institutions. ECLAC’s headquarters is in Santiago, Chile.

Question 45

1989 Revolutions

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The Revolutions of 1989 were part of a revolutionary wave that resulted in the Fall of Communism in the Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

Question 46

Ethnic cleansing

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the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society.

Question 47

Refugee

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A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the UNHCR if they formally make a claim for asylum.