Cold War The 1990s Palestinian Israeli Conflict Economics 101 Potpouri
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What is NATO?
A military alliance consisting of the United States and Western European countries.
100
What is the Berlin Wall?
The destruction of this in 1989 is symbolic of the end of the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
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What is the Palestine Liberation Organization?
This was created to eliminate Israel and establish a Palestinian state.
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What is Japan?
Economic recovery after WWII was possible for this country because of American economic aid, a strong demand for goods created by the Korean War, and American training in management skills.
100
What is the Good Neighbor Policy?
This policy was issued by President Franklin Roosevelt, which greatly reduced American intervention in Latin America.
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What is the Marshall Plan?
The main objective of this US policy was to strengthen economies of democratic European powers
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What is China?
The political status of neighboring Taiwan, tension with the West due to lack of civil rights and liberties, tension between the many ethnic groups within the country, and uneven economic growth throughout the country are all problems facing this country
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What is intifada?
Protests by Palestinians in response to Israeli action.
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What are the Pacific nations?
Foreign investment by countries such as the United States and Japan, close trading ties with other Asian countries, and economic diversification (produces a variety of products, etc.) were all factors in helping these nations develop prosperous economies.
200
What is militarism?
Following World War I, this type of politics eventually took control of all aspects of Japanese life, from foreign policy to education.
300
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This ended when the Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles if the U.S. promised not to invade Cuba.
300
What is North Korea?
A relatively poor country with nuclear weapons who is controlled by the Kim Dynasty.
300
What is the Balfour Declaration?
A British document giving the Jews claim to Palestine despite already promising that land to the Arabs.
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What are the Southeast Asian nations?
Most of these Asian nations have allowed some type of private enterprise or free markets.
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What is India?
Religious conflicts, high taxes, oppression, and massacres were all faced by this South Asian country after WWI.
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What is detente?
Easing of political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, it ended in 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
400
What is Eastern Europe?
Communist governments fell throughout this region because they were unable to solve chronic economic problems, Gorbachev declined to intervene on behalf of communist dictators, and the reform movements received widespread support from their citizens.
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What is the Six Day War?
The result of this conflict was the Israeli seizure of the Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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What is Deng's Four Modernizations?
Allowing for capitalism and foreign investment, this eventually led to China's economic prosperity.
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What are political conflicts?
This divided nationalist forces in China prior to World War II.
500
What is the UN Security Council?
They couldn’t settle US-USSR disputes because both the US and the USSR possessed the veto power in the council.
500
What is Yugoslavia?
In post-communism times, rising nationalism in this country led to the breakup of the state into smaller republics.
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What is the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
This conflict ended with the Arab oil embargo designed to pressure Israel to returning seized lands.
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What is OPEC?
To coordinate production and pricing, the oil producing states formed this cartel.
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What is the Camp David Accords?
The signing of this between Egypt and Israel indicated that former enemies were able to negotiate.






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