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Deterrence

________ was a policy of creating and training military power to prevent attacks by the opposition.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

________ recognized the need for economic changed due to the lack of consumer goods.

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MLK Jr

________ started a movement to end segregation and other civil rights injustices.

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Yeltsin

________ makes Russia more capitalistic, but many lose government jobs.

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Asian Tigers

The ________ are nations which made fast advances following WWII.

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Vietnam

________ invades and removes Pol Pot from power, but a civil war ensued.

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Tech Boom

The Internet lead to a(n) ________ in the 1990s that created many jobs, reduced the number of budget deficits, and optimized tasks with computers.

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Guomindang Nationalists

________ set up government in Taiwan.

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Marshall Plan

The ________ helped reconstruction of post- war Europe and NATO members put aside longstanding rivalries to help each other.

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Gandhi

________ begins the,"Quit India "movement to drive the British out of India.

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Nixon

________ pursued the detente policy between the US and the USSR.

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

________: A falsified report that the American Navy had been attacked by the North Vietnamese and was used to expand American involvement into Vietnam.

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Germany

________ paid reparations to other countries for causing the war.

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Stalin

________ helps rebuild the USSR and Khrushchev loosens some restrictions on USSR citizens.

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Mao

________ tried to eliminate opposition and also sought advice from the USSR.

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Velvet Revolution

________ in Czechoslovakia rebelled against one- party communist leadership.

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India

________ is Hindu, while East Pakistan and West Pakistan are Muslim.

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Indonesia

________ takes over the Portuguese colony of East Timor, which rebels against ________ for 3 decades.

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Sukarno

________ took control of government and his economic policies were horrible for Indonesia.

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Cold War

The ________ ends with the USSR stopping operations.

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Russian independence movement

The ________ was lead by Boris Yeltsin.

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Counterculture rebellion

________ became popular with the youth, questioning Vietnam and other policies.

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Truman Doctrine

________ states that economic and military aid will be given to countries to oppose the spread of communism.

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Khmer Rouge

The ________ kills "opposition "of 1.5 million Cambodians.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

________ leads the Muslim League and believes the Muslim voice can only be maintained if they have a separate nation.

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Nehru

________ helped the poor, low caste, and widows.

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Solidarity Movement

________ in USSR is crushed by the Communist government of Poland.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

________ becomes Indias first Prime Minister.

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Britain

________ controlled India and demanded Indian soldiers fight to support democracy in WWII, despite not having their own democracy.

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Indira Gandhi

________ was subsequently killed by Sikh bodyguards.

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East Pakistan

________ starts a civil war for independence and is supported by India.

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Korean War

________ happens when North Korea (communist) invades South Korea (democratic)

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Mao

________ faces bad health in his last years, so a group of four people (Group of Four), control China.

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Vietnam

________ was divided into two halves, and were to be reunited in 1956 under an elected government.

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Cold War

The ________ begins as conflict between democratic and communist countries.

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Germany

________ (and the city of Berlin) is divided among France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States.

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Nehru

________ helps India through economic and social reforms.

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East Pakistan

________ was controlled by the government of West Pakistan, a government of people extremely culturally different from them.

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Mao

________ launched the Cultural Revolution to progress China by eliminating intellectuals (artists, skilled workers, teachers)

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Cold War

________ lead to many other conflicts such as the Vietnam War, creation of Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Mao

After ________ dies, Deng Xiaoping comes into power and became Chinas leader.

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Mao

________ set up Red Guard high schools and colleges to train the next generation of Chinese communists.

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Mao

________ sets up government in mainland China.

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CHAPTER 29

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA

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CHAPTER 30

ASIA

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A falsified report that the American Navy had been attacked by the North Vietnamese and was used to expand American involvement into Vietnam

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