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Cold War II

Cold War in Europe and N. America Terms

TermDefinition
Nuremberg Trials Trials in which an Allied military tribunal tried several dozen top Nazi and military officials; many were executed for war crimes
Nonaligned Nations Nations who refused to ally with either side in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union
Counterculture A rebellion of teens and young adults against mainstream American culture in the 1960s
Velvet Revolution A quick, peaceful revolution that swept the Communists from power in Czechoslovakia
Ethnic Cleansing The elimination of an ethnic group from society through killing or forced immigration
Internet An electronic system that allows the linking of millions of individual computers around the world
Persian Gulf War War in which US led forces liberated Kuwait from Iraq
Al Qaeda “the base”; Islamist terrorist organization responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks
Taliban Islamist group that took control over much of Afghanistan in the late 1990s; were ousted by the United States invasion of 2001
Osama bin Laden Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks
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