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World History Sem II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Liberation Theology | Latin American belief that stated that according to their religion they had the right to throw off oppressive governments |
| Panama | In 1914, the US government helped Panama gain independence in return for the right to create and control the Panama Canal, the canal was returned to panama under the carter and adminstration |
| Manuel Noriega | Drug lord that controled panama at one point in time, was captured by the CIA |
| Sandinistas | In 1979 a rebellion was lead by a group called the Sandinistas who were socialists |
| Contras | The US began to support the Contras even after aid was cut off leading to the Iran-Contra scandal, centering around the giving of Covert money |
| Covert Money | Money given spent by the government secretllly |
| SUPER POWERS | Refers to US and the USSR post WWII |
| IDEOLOGIES | The competiton of Demoracy and Communism after WWII |
| ARMS RACE | Refers to the build up of munitions after and nuclear wepons after WWII |
| Containment | The US main policy of preventing the spread of communism arount the world |
| MARSHALL PLAN | provided economic aid to any country that would be democratic post WWII |
| WELFARE STATES | Countries that became dependent on Russia (USSR) after WWII |
| SATTLITE NATIONS | after WWII, a communist country that was controled by the Russia (USSR) |
| IRON CURTAIN | Refers tot he secretiveness of the USSR durring the cold war |
| BERLIN AIR LIFT | The effort of the US to keep west Berlin supplied after the Berlin Blockaid |
| BERLIN WALL | One of the most important symbols of the cold war, seporated east from west Berlin |
| PERESTROKIA | an economic policy in the USSR that allowed for some private investment |
| EURO | Form of currenty for the European Union |
| EUROPEN UINON | Economic and political union of several European countries |
| Mao Zedong | The leader that bourght China into communism |
| African Nationalism | The desire of African countries to become independent after WWII |
| South Africa | Includes topics such as apartheid, Afrikaners, sanctions and Nelson Mandela |
| Apartheid | The legal seporation of races |
| Afrikaners | Those who controled South Africa and instituted the policy of Apartheid |
| Nelson Mandela | Fought Apartheid, was made a non-person, was elected president of South Africa in 1994 |
| HIV/Aids in Africa | Major problem due to poverty and lack of access to proper medication |
| Somalia | Lack of relevent government lead to a state of Chaos where the land is controled by war loards |
| Failed Nation-State | A country in which the government has no control over it's people |
| Rwanda | modern day example of genocide involving the Hutu and the Tutsi |
| Pol Pot | Murdered 1/3 of cambodia's population in an attempt to bring Cambodia into an agricultural socioty |
| Vietnam | A coutnry involved in containment is currently a comunist country |
| Korea | Divided into two countries as a reustl of a civil war fought after WWII, was the first military effort of the United Nations |
Created by:
Coach Hilton
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