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a division into parts. In 1947 a british colony of india divided into india and pakistan
partition
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a statement that the british government supported the establishment of a jewish national homeland in palestine, made in 1917 letter by british foreign secretary sir arthur balfour
balfour declaration
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the first signed agreements between israel and arab country in which egyptian president anwar sedant recognized israel as a legit state and israeli prime minister menachem begim agreed to return the suni peninsula to egypt
camp david accords
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an organization dedicated to the establishment of an independent state for palestians in the middle east
the palestine liberation organization (PLO)
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breaking up large estates and distributing that land to the peasants
land reform
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the institutional revolutionary party, main party in mexico
PRI
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a south african policy to complete legal seperation of the races, including the banning of all social contracts between blacks and whites
apartheid
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a soviet policy of openess to the free flow of ideas and info, introduces in 1985 by Mikhail gorbachev
glasnost
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s restructing of the soviet economy to permit more local decision making, begun by mikhail gorbachev
perestroika
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a bringing together again of things that have been seperated, like the reuniting of east germant and west germany in 1990
reunification
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a policy of murder and other acts of brutality by which serbs hoped to eliminate bosnias muslim population after the break up of yoguslavia
ethnic cleansing
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a huge public square in the heart of beiing
tiananmen square
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a 20th century attemo to increase food resources worldwide, involving the use of fertilizers and pestisides and the development of diesase resistant control
green revolution
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all the finacial interactions- involving people business and governments that cross the international boundries
global economy
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a nation with all the facilities needed for the advanced production of manufactued goods
developed nations
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a nation in which the process of industrialization is not yet comlete
developing nations
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econimc development that meets peoples needs but preserves the environment and conserves resources for future generations
sustainable development
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a 1968 agreement intended to reduce the spread of nuclear weapons
nuclear non proliferation treaty
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the use of force of threats to frighten people and government to chsnge their policies
terrorism
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a srtict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion
fundamentalism
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a grassroot effort to fight discrimination in the US, to make sure all US citizens recieve the rights guarenteed by the constitution
civil rights movement
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a 1948 statement in which the united nations declared that all human beingsd have the right to life, liberty, and security
universal decleration of human rights
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a placing of high value on acquiring material posessions
materialism
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