Ch 18-20 Flashcards

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Arab-Israeli War

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First attack on Israel after getting independence.

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Six-day war

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War between Israeli and Arab forces.

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Ho Chi Minh

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leader who established communism in Vietnam.

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Mohandas Gandhi

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Indian nationalist leader who used passive resistance.

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Ronald Reagan

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Opposed Communism and spread democracy

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Cold war

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Not oficially at war but bad realtionships

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Containment

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American policy for trying to keep Soviets from expanding influence

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Berlin Blockade

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Soviets blocked all traffic from Germay to Berlin

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United nations

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International peacekeeping organization formed after WW2

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Proxy conflict

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parties not directly involved support opposing sides

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Great leap forward

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Failed Chinese attempt to double agricultural and steel production

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MAD

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Mutually Assured Destruction, Stockpiling weapons to make sure they had enough

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Sputnik 1

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first man made satellite

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Dente

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a relaxation of tensions

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Third world

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natural regions

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PAssive resistance

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risising through nonviolent ways

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First attack on Israel after getting independence

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Arab-Israeli War

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War between Israel and Arab

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Six-day war

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Leader who established Communism in Veitnam

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ho Chi minh

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Intian Nationalist leader who used passive resistance

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Mohandas Ghandhi

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Opposed Communism and spread democracy

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Ronald Reagan

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Not officially at war but bad relationships

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cold war

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American policy for trying to keep Soviets from expanding influence

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Containment

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Soviets blocked all traffic from Germany to berlin

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Berlin Blockade

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International peacekeeping organization after ww2
United Nations
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Conflicts where parties not directly involved support opposing sides.
Proxy Conflict
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Mutually Assured Destruction, Stockpiling weapons to make sure they had enough.
MAD
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first man made satellite.
Sputnik 1
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a relaxation of tensions
Detente
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Neutral regions
Third World
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resisting foreign rule by nonviolence.
Passive Resistance
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more people moving to cities.
Urbanization
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a circuit made up of millions of switches.
Microchip
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Economic and political alliance in Europe
European Union
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European Union
Economic and political alliance in Europe
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American civil rights leader.
MLK jr
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South African policy of segregation.
Apartheid
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Apartheid
South African policy of segregation.
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South African president who ended apartheid.
F. W. de Klerk
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1st black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
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majority tribe in Rwanda, put in charge by Belgium.
Hutus
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Hutus
majority tribe in Rwanda, put in charge by Belgium.
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Minority tribe in Rwanda.
Tutsis
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Scene of a political protest in Beijing against communism
Tiananmen Square
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attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria
Yom Kippur War
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the Islamic cleric who led the revolution in Iran.
Ayatollah Khoomeini
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a system of government in which clerics rule in the name of God or a god.
Theocracy
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military operation to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
Desert Storm
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spreading of culture to different places.
Cultural diffusion
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philosophy that teaches there is no absolute truth.
Postmodernism
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Postmodernism
philosophy that teaches there is no absolute truth.
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9/11/2001 -
Islamic terrorists hijacked jetliners and targeted buildings in NYC and DC.
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A Saudi terrorist who formed and led the Al-Qaeda organization.
Osama bin Laden
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a terrorist organization led by Osama Bin Laden.
Al-Qaeda
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American war that targeted terrorist groups + countries that helped terrorists.
War on Terror
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Military operation to remove the government of Iraq’s dictator.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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oversees airport and border security, enforces immigration and custom laws.
Department of Homeland Security
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BREXIT
British separation from the EU.
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When did Israel become a nation?
became a nation in 1948.
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How can you use technology without letting it control you?
Put limits on the locations where you will use technology. Be careful what you say online. Establish guidelines for the types of sites you will visit. Put limits on the amount of time you will spend online.