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Four Asian tigers
TheFour Asian Tigers,Four Little DragonsorFour Asian Dragons, are the economies ofHong Kong,Singapore,South KoreaandTaiwan, which underwent rapidindustrializationand maintained exceptionally highgrowthrates (in excess of 7 percent a year) between the early 1960s (mid-1950s for Hong Kong) and 1990s. Most of their influence came from colonists, as they built on infrastructure and education.
Tinanmen square massacre
TheTiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known inChinaas theJune Fourth Incident(六四事件)[a], were student-leddemonstrationsinBeijingin 1989. More broadly, it refers to the popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests during that period, sometimes referred to as the’89 Democracy Movement(八九民运).
Devolution
Devolutionis thestatutorydelegation of powers from thecentral governmentof asovereign stateto govern at asubnationallevel, such as aregionalorlocallevel. It is a form of administrativedecentralization. Devolved territories have the power to makelegislationrelevant to the area.
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan(/ˈrɒnəldˈwɪlsənˈreɪɡən/) (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the40th President of the United Statesfrom 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rdGovernor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as aHollywoodactor and union leader.
Gorbanchev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev(/ˈɡɔːrbəˌtʃɒf/;[1]Russian:Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв;IPA:[mʲɪxɐˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf]; born 2 March 1931) is a formerSovietstatesman. He was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, having beenGeneral Secretaryof theCommunist Party of the Soviet Unionfrom 1985 until 1991, when the party was dissolved. He was the country’s head of state from 1988 untilits dissolutionin 1991 (titled as Chairman of thePresidium of the Supreme Sovietfrom 1988 to 1989, as Chairman of theSupreme Sovietfrom 1989 to 1990, and asPresident of the Soviet Unionfrom 1990 to 1991).
Perestroika
Perestroika(Russian:перестро́йка;IPA:[pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə])[1]was a political movement for reformation within theCommunist Party of the Soviet Unionduring the 1980s, widely associated withSovietleaderMikhail Gorbachevand hisglasnost(meaning “openness”) policy reform. The literal meaning of perestroika is “restructuring”, referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.
Glasnost
In the Russian language the wordglasnost(Russian:гла́сность,IPA:[ˈɡlasnəsʲtʲ]) has several general and specific meanings. Its meaning “publicity” in the sense “the state of being open to public knowledge” has been used in Russian at least since the end of the 18th century.[1]In the Russian Empire of the later 19th century the latter meaning was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial system, ensuring that the press and the public could attend court hearings and that the sentence was also read out in public. It was made popular in the 1980s byMikhail Gorbachevas a slogan for increased government transparency.
Thatcherism
Thatcherismdescribes theconviction politics, economic, social policy and political style of the BritishConservative PartypoliticianMargaret Thatcher, who was leader of her party from1975to1990. It has also been used to describe the beliefs of the British government under Thatcher asPrime Ministerfrom1979to 1990, and beyond into the governments ofJohn Major,Tony BlairandDavid Cameron.[1]An exponent or supporter of Thatcherism is regarded as aThatcherite.
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair(born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served asPrime Minister of the United Kingdomfrom 1997 to 2007 andLeaderof theLabour Partyfrom 1994 to 2007. He remains the most recent Labour Party leader to have won a general election.
Yugoslavia
General location of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia(Serbo-Croatian:Jugoslavija/Југославија,Slovene:Jugoslavija,Macedonian:Југославија) was a country inSoutheast Europeduring most of the 20th century. It came into existence afterWorld War Iin 1918[i]under the name of theKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenesby the merger of the provisionalState of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs(itself formed from territories of the formerAustro-Hungarian Empire) with the formerly independentKingdom of Serbia. The Serbian royalHouse of Karađorđevićbecame the Yugoslav royal dynasty. Yugoslavia gained international recognition on 13 July 1922 at theConference of Ambassadorsin Paris.[2]The country was named after theSouth Slavic peoplesand constituted their first union, following centuries in which the territories had been part of theOttoman EmpireandAustria-Hungary.
Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina(i/ˈbɒzniəəndˌhɛərtsəɡoʊˈviːnə,-ˌhɜːrt-,-ɡə-/or/ˌhɜːrtsəˈɡɒvᵻnə/;[10][11]B&H;Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian:Bosna i Hercegovina/ Боснa и Херцеговина[bôsna i xěrt͡seɡoʋina]), sometimes calledBosnia-Herzegovina(BiH), and, in short, often known informally asBosnia, is a country inSoutheastern Europelocated on theBalkan Peninsula.Sarajevois the capital and largest city. Bordered byCroatiato the north, west, and south;Serbiato the east;Montenegroto the southeast; and theAdriatic Seato the south, with a coastline about 20 kilometres (12 miles) long surrounding the city ofNeum. In the central and eastern interior of the country the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and the northeast is predominantly flatland. The inland is a geographically larger region and has a moderatecontinental climate, with hot summers and cold and snowy winters. The southern tip of the country has aMediterranean climateand plain topography.
Rwanda
ISO 3166 codeRWInternet TLD.rw
Rwanda(/ruːˈɑːndə/or/ruːˈændə/(listen);Kinyarwanda:U Rwanda[u.ɾɡwanda]), officially theRepublic of Rwanda(Kinyarwanda:Repubulika y’u Rwanda;French:République du Rwanda), is asovereign stateinCentralandEast Africaand one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of theEquator, Rwanda is bordered byUganda,Tanzania,Burundiand theDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in theAfrican Great Lakesregion and is highly elevated; its geography is dominated by mountains in the west andsavannato the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.
Cambodia
Cambodia(i/kæmˈboʊdiə/;[6]Khmer:កម្ពុជា, orKampucheaIPA:[kɑmpuˈciə]), officially known as theKingdom of Cambodia(Khmer:ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa,IPA:[ˈprĕəh riəciənaːˈcɑk kɑmpuˈciə]), is a country located in the southern portion of theIndochinaPeninsula inSoutheast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898square miles) in area, bordered byThailandto the northwest,Laosto the northeast,Vietnamto the east, and theGulf of Thailandto the southwest.
Kosova
Kosovo(/ˈkɒsəvoʊ,ˈkoʊ-/;[8]Albanian:Kosova,[kɔsɔva]orKosovë;Serbian Cyrillic:Косово) is adisputed territory[9][10]andpartially recognisedstate[11][12]inSoutheastern Europethatdeclared independencefromSerbiain February 2008 as theRepublic of Kosovo(Albanian:Republika e Kosovës;Serbian:Република Косово/Republika Kosovo).
Weapons of mass destruction
esillas
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Afric
George W. Bush
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian ocean
Bill Clinton
Christopher Columbus-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).
NEFTA
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Afric
welfare state
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian ocean
Apartheid
Christopher Columbus-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).
Nelson Mandela
In biology, a colony is composed of two or more conspecific individuals living in close association with, or connected to, one another, usually for mutual benefit such as stronger defense or the ability to attack bigger prey
Congolese conflict
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Afric
Hutu
Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oc
Tusti
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on June 7, 1494, and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Afric