Semester 1 Final Flashcards
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Mohamed Morsey
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Egypt’s First Pres. Muslim Brotherhood
2
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Hosni Mubarak
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Former Egyptian President, 30 yrs, ousted in the Arab Spring
3
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Paolo Gabriele
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Pope Benedict’s butler that stole document from his apartment.
4
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Pope Benedict XVI
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Replacement for Pope John II, first pope to has twitter.
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Free Syrian Army
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Rebel army in Syria
6
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Aleppo
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Syrian city, the center of revolution there.
7
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Sandra Aita Beltran
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Mexican drug lord, extradited to the US, beauty
8
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Francois Hollande
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trying to fix debt crisis in France
9
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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Fmr. French Pres. voted out of office for the debt crisis
10
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Paul Ryan
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Romney’s running mate, author of the House Budget Plan refered as the Ryan Plan.
11
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CDC
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Center for Disease Control, located in Atlanta GE
12
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ANC
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African Nation Congress, ruling party in South Africa
13
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Julian Assange
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Founder of WikiLeaks, wanted for sexual-assault in Swedn, seeking asylum in Equador.
14
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Senkaku
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Jap. name for the natural gas island
15
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Diaoyu
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Chinese name for the natural gas island chain
16
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Mitt Romney
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Founder of Bain Capital, Pres. candidate 2012
17
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Bain Capital
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Founded by Mitt Romney in 1948, private equity company
18
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NAM
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None Align Movement, Cold War-era movement seeking pathways away from both Russian and the US.
19
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Ander Behring Brelvik
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Killed 77 people, sentence for 21 years of prison.
20
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Ban Ki-moon
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U Sec.Gen. from N. Korea
21
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Austere Challenge 12
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Joint US-Israeli military, centering anti-missile ops; cancelled
22
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Hachis Israeli
23
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Marikama Mine
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Site of the August massacre; 34 dead
24
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Medicare
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National, social insurance for people 65 or older, est.1965
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Medicaid
Est. for low income families and individuals. est. 1965
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CSF
Central Security Force fighting AQAP
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AQAP
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen)
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Khat
leaf, stimulant commonly chewed in Africa & Arabian Peninsula
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Al-Qaeda Prime
used for Bin Laden's original group
30
USS Cole
Guided Missile destroyer attacked by suicide bomber; 10/2012, 17 dead
31
Anwar al-Awlaki
US born cleric, leader of AQAP, killed by missile drone.
32
Major Nidal Malik
Ft. Hood shooter, killed 13
33
Faisal Shahzad
2010, would-be Time Square bomber
34
Catalonia
Region in Spain, seeking independence because of debt crisis.
35
Tariq al-Hashemi
Exile, Sinus, Iraq, VP, sentence to death for killing
36
Nouri al-Maliki
Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister
37
Bagram Air Force Base
Afghan AF Base controlled by the US from 2001-9/2012
38
EU
European Union; 27 nations
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Ben Berananke
Chairman of the Fed. Reserve
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Warren Buffett
3rd richest man, chair of Bershire Hathaway, proposed of increase tax to the wealthy.
41
Bershire Hathaway
Multi-nation conglomerate holding company
42
Mario Draghi
Chairman of European Central Bank
43
Chris Stevens
US. Ambass. to Libya, killed on 9/11/12 by Al-Qaeda
44
IAEA
Int. Atomic Energy Agency, UN sponsored group, in charge of inspecting nuclear facilities
45
Iranian Revolutionary Guard
top military officials in Iran, controls much of the commerce
46
Leon Panetta
Sec. of Defense
47
Hillary Clinton
Sec. of State
48
Manmohan Singh
Prime Min. of India
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Muammar Gaddafi
Frm. Libyan dictator, overthrown and killed in 2012.
50
Aung Sun Suu Kyi
Burmese Noble Prize Winner, 20 yrs in prison, leader of Burmese Dem.
51
Salafis
Jihadist Movement among Salafis Muslims
52
Gen. John Allen
Leader of Un troops in Afghanistan, implicated in the Petraeus Scandal
53
Hugo Chavez
Ailing Cuban Pres. recovering from disease
54
Mikheil Saakashvili
Frm.Venezuelan Pres. of Georgia, Pro-Western
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Current Pres of Georgia, Pro-Russian
56
Mahmoud Abbas
PLO leader in W.Bank Israel
57
Henrique Capriles Radonski
Challenged Hugo Chavez, lost by closest margin
58
Angela Merkel
German chancellor, leader in solving European debt crisis.
59
Hu Jintao
Chinese Pres. step down as Gen. of Command for military
60
Xi Jinping
VP of China, Chairman of Communist Party
61
Malala Yousafza
14 yr old blogger, shot on Oct 9,2012
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Juan Manuel Santos
Columbian Pres.
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of Electoral Votes to Win
270 votes
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Fracking
Process to extract oil and gas from shale; uses large quantities of water
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Gaza
Territory that borders Israel; occupied by 1.6 million Palestians
66
David Axelrod
Obama's top political architect of successful political campaigns.
67
Fiscal Cliff
Automatic tax hikes & spending cuts, narrowly averted. (No deal by 12/31/12)
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Austere Measures
Taken by govs. who cannot honor debt, reduction in spending, benefits & public spending
69
GDF
Gross Domestic Product, value of goods and services in the country
70
Filibuster
Senate Parliament Debate to delay voting
71
Simpson-Bowles Plan
Bipartisan deficit reduction plan, balance approach
72
Chris Christie
Gov. of NJ
73
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
74
Joe Donnelly
Newly elect Dem. Senator from MA
75
Claire McCaskill
Newly elected Dem. Senator from IN
76
Elizabeth Warren
Newly elected Dem. Senator from MA
77
Tammy Baldwin
Newly elected Dem. Senator from WI; openly gay
78
Ted Cruz
Newly elected Rep. Senator from TX; Member of the Tea Party
79
Angus King
Newly elected Senator from Maine; caucus with Dem.
80
Todd Akin
Rep. nominee from Missouri, should beat Claire McCaskill
81
Richard Murdock
Rep. Sen. from IN, defeated for the comment, "God intended rape"
82
National Coalition
First officially recognized Syrian resistance movement.
83
PCC
First Capital Command. Brazil's largest gang
84
David Petraeus
Frm. 4-star General. Frm. CIA director, forced to step down for extramarital affair.
85
Frederick Humphires
FBI Agent, inquired into the Petraeus Affair
86
Jill Kelley
Petraeus' family friend, who received threatening emails
87
Paula Broadwell
Sent the emails, Army reserve, Petraeus's biographer, had the affair
88
Robert Mueller
FBI director
89
Eric Holder
US Attorney General
90
Dave Reichert
Rep. representative from Wash. State
91
Eric Cantor
Rep. representative from Virginia
92
Mohamed El-Erian
Co-Chief of Pimco, believes the new financial state is the new normal.
93
Bill Gross
Co-Chief of Pimco, believes the new financial state is the new normal.
94
Timothy Geither
Sec. of Treasury
95
Rupert Murdoch
CEO of New Corp., in trouble for bribes ($163,000) for inquiry
96
Bai Thackeray
Far Right from India; died Nov 17,2012; 86 years old
97
M23
Rebel group from Dem. Rep. of Congo, fighting for vast natural resources.
98
Josepg Kabila
Pres. of Dem. Rep. of Congo
99
Hamas
Palestinian political party; ruled Gaza since 2007, considered a terrorist group by the US and Israel.
100
Six Day War
Occurred in 1967, lasted for 6 days, Israel controlled Gaza after
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Fatah
Political party in the W.Bank.
102
Muslim Brotherhood
Political party. that controlled Egypt.
103
ANC
African National Congress
104
Yasser Arafat
Former. Palestinian leader of the W.Bank; his body exhumed to check for poisoning
105
ASF
Afghan Special Forces
106
ABP
Afghan Border Patrol
107
ANP
Afghan National Police
108
NDS
National Director of Security (Afghan)
109
SCAF
Supreme Council Force in Egypt
110
John Boehner
Speaker of the House; Rep. ; Ohio
111
Shinzo Abe
7th Japanese Prime Minister in the past 6 years
112
Chuck Hagel
Frm. Rep. Senator, Nebraska; Viet-Nam Veteran, nominated to be the next Sec. of Defense.
113
Susan Rice
US UN Ambassador; Obama's top choice for Sec. of State. Took her name out of the running, because of her comment on the Al-Qaeda attack.
114
William Kristol
Neo-Con, Political analysis for Fox and Weekly Times. He criticized Hagel.
115
Robert Gates
Frm. Sec. of Defense for Bush and Obama. Said that an attack on Iran is obsured.
116
AIPAC
America Israel Public Affair Committee
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Fiscal Cliff Deal
Deal reached by the Obama Administration, Congress to avoid automatic tax increase & spending cuts
118
WHO
World Health Organization
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Salk
Polio vaccine; $3 per shot; used to eradicate polio related diseases
120
Sabin
20 cents per dose; drops; good with natural polio
