Chapter 32 Vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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Salvador Allende
A
- socialist politician
- president of Chile
- overthrown by military in 1973
2
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President João Goulart
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Ruled a constitutional government
3
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
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- Shi’ite
- led the overthrow of shah of Iran in 1979
- created an Islamic republic
4
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Saddam Husain
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President of Iraq who waged war with Iran
5
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Keiretsu
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Alliances of corporations and banks that dominated the Japanese economy
6
Q
Asian Tigers
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Collective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore nations that became economic powers in the 1970s and 1980s
7
Q
Michael Gorbachev
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- head of Soviet Union
- liberalization effort improved relations with the west but lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist government in Eastern Europe
8
Q
Perestroika
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Policy of reconstructing that was the centerpiece of Gorbachev’s effort to liberalize communism in the Soviet Union
9
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Solidarity
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Polish trade union to protect working conditions and political repression
10
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Proxy wars
A
Local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and finance the combatants
