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Unit 4 review
government and US/SW Asia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Al Qaeda | terrorists that attacked World Trade Center |
| unitary | system with Central government holding all the power |
| Persian gulf War | war to free Kuwait from attack by Iraq |
| Taliban | a group that controlled Afghanistan and had ties to terrorists |
| Osama bin Laden | leader of Al Qaeda |
| prime minister | leader of a parliamentary government |
| oligarchy | government ruled by a few people |
| autocracy | government like a monarchy or dictatorship |
| confederation | government with power held by the states or local government |
| federal | power is shared by state and central government |
| theocracy | rule by religious leaders |
| presidential democracy | leader is picked through direct elections of its citizens |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom | war to stop Iraq from building nuclear weapons and helping terrorism |