________ 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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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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