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CW Final IDs Ch 9-12
Contemp World Final - Fall 2011
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Boris Yeltsin | *Wanted to topple Gorbachev & dismantle Soviet Union *Helped Gorbachev develop 9 + 1 Formula in June 1991 *1st Popularly Elected Head of State |
| Dmitri Medvednev | *Vladimir Putin's protege *March '08 elected pres as the canidate of the United Russia party(ran for presidency as Putin's puppet) |
| Four+1 Treaty | Trety to unify Germany and gave total sovereignty to a unified German state *Signed by France, GB, US, & USSR Oct 1990 |
| Vladimir Putin | *Prime Minister of USSR until Dec 1999 when Yeltsin resigned appointed him pres of the Soviet Union *Emphasized patriotism *Led massice assault on Chechen War *During presidency rich became richer, poor became poorer |
| Slobodan Milosevic | Came to power in '87, promising to regain Kosovo for the Serbs. *Stripped the Albanian majority in Kosovo of their autonomy and gave more power to the Serbs *Led a demonstration of 1 mill Serbs to Battle of Kosovo Field. |
| Dayton Conference | Agreement for peace in Bosnia & Herzegovina. *Signed in Dayton, Ohio in Nov 1995 *Put an end to the 3 1/2 year long war in Bosnia *Provided for 60,000 NATO peacekeepers |
| Bandung Conference | *First large scale meeting of Asian and African states *Most of which were newly independent *Their purpose-to promote economic cooperation andn oppose colonialism |
| Organization of African Unity | *Aimed to promote unity and solidarity of the African states and to act as a collective voice for the continent *The OAU was dedicated to eradicating coloinialism |
| Kwame Nkurmah | *leader of Ghana and Gold Coast *Oversaw the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957 *Became dictator when economy began to fail *1966 overthrown by his army |
| Boer War | *2 Wars fought between the British Empire & 2 indep Boer republics *The first was a rebellion of Boer(farmers) against British rule; Duration 1 year *The second war was lenghty(3 years) and ended w/ the conversion of Boer republics into Brit colonies |
| Berlin Conference | 1884-1885 Created Belginn Congo and divided up the rest of Africa. Discussed the Belginn genocide & created 1-sided treaties with chiefs and aided in warlord creation. |
| Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan military leader that established Gran Colombia. He was considered a Hispanic American hero because he led Colombia. Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivar to independence. |
| Tupac Amaru | revolutionary movement in peru. wanted to est a socialist state & rid country of all empiralist elements |
| Gran Columbia | A short-lived republic that included Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Brazil |
| Caudillos | Charismatic military leader |
| Economic imperialism | in contemporary economics refers to economic analysis of seemingly non-economic aspects of life, such as crime, law, the family, prejudice, tastes, irrational behavior, politics, sociology, culture, religion, war, and science and research. |
| Pierre Bunau-Varilla | 1902, he backed Panamanian revolution |
| Sandinista Movement | Socialist part (FSLN) in Nicaragua |
| Shia Islam | *10-20% of all Muslims *Led by Imam, ordained by Goad and infallible in judgement *Believe that the last Imam disappeared and will return on judgement day |
| Native led Independence Movements | 1780-Failed Mestizo revolt in Peru 1789-Failed Mulatto revolt in Batvia (Brazil) |
| Sunni Islam | *80-90% of all Muslims *Abu Bakr is the rightful successor *"Caliph" is the elected office and is not divinely or infallible |
| Sykes-Picot Treaty | *1916 Secret agreement between the government of the UK and France, divided the Arab Province, defining their respectice spheres of influence *Bolsheviks exposed the secret agreement, British embarassed |
| League of Nations | *A Result of the Paris Peace Treaty *Ended WWII *Maintained world peace *Prevented war through disarment negotiation |
| Kemal Ataturk | The first president of Turkey, formally military officer in the Turkish military helping Turkey gains its independence. Embarked upon a program of political economic and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the Ottoman Empire to a modern & westernized |
| Arab League | formed in Cairo with 6 members to safe gueard their independence & sovereighnty, consider the affairs of Arab countries, closer relations with the countries within the group, designed programs to promote the Arab world |
| The Arab Spring | Revolutionary wave of demonstrations, occuring in the Arab world, started December 2010, started in revolt to dictatorship human right vioaltions, governnment corruption |
| Mohammad Bouazizi | Man who lit himself on fire to begin the Arab spring, streetvendor, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and harassment |
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