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WH2: Chapter 33 + 34

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joint ventures
organize bussinesses ith china
berlin wall
(1961) wall that separated the two sectors of berlin, massive concrete barrier topped with barbed wire and patrolled by guards, ugly symbol of cold war
bosnia
civil war
Josip Tito
Yugoslavia, battled german forces, communist government
italy
despite problems, economic gains
1956
nikita denounced stalins power
zaibatsu
giant bussinesses organization japan resisted
Four Modernization
agriculture, industry, science, and defense
1991
estonia, latvia, and lithunia gaine independence
LDP
liberal democratic party
1971
china --> UN
1997
labour party
ostpolitik
eastern policy
Leonid Brezhnev
mid 1960's, suppressed dissidents
mafia
violent criminal syndicate defied government
Korean war
N vs. S.
1995
NATO vs. Serbs
1994
yeltsin failed to crush revolt in chechnya
European Parliament
multinational body elected by citizens of the common market countries, limited
red guards
mao's people
trade deficit
purchesed more goods than japan bought from them
1990
Lech Walesa president of poland
disarmament talks
reduce the threat of nuclear destruction
Tony Blair
1997, new prime minister, urged focus on needs of citizens
may 1989
deonstraters called fro reforms
domino theory
cause and effect
1997
jiang zemin new leader
collectivization
pooling of peasant lands
britain
joined common market in 1973
coalition
temporary alliance of political powers
Lee Kwan Yew
Sing, Pm
1999
vladmir putin president
1962
French peace with algerians
"great leap forward"
1958 increase farma nd indsutry output
1900's
Bosnia vs. Yugoslavia
Japanese Objectives
destroy militarism, democratic government
1922
irish independence
1952
peace treaty, U.S + Japan
commonwealth of nations
some former colonies that preserved their ties with britain
Fourth Republic
(1946) inefective, France
berlin
focus of cold war tensions
Kosovo
part of serbia
1989
soviet declinded, germany moved towards unification
Alexandre Dubeck
liberal reforms to czechslovaki, soviets responded, ousted by warsaw pact
armenia
seized azenbajain
1963 Nuclear test ban treaty
banned the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, underground was still permitted
mao zedong
one-party totalitarian state
1973
OPEC cut oil production and raised prices, cause inflation and slowed economic growth
war crimes
violating rules of war
NATO
western democracies led by the us
guest workers
in germany and other european countires, from turkey and middle east, provided low-wage labor for booming countires
1956
economic woes set off riots
1990's
japan is in economic
2000
russia's first free election
1955
Jacques chira, conservative approach
Boris Yeltsin
russian leader, radical changes
1975
democratic rule- greece
dissidents
people who spoke out against government
1979
John Paul II visits poland
united germany
high taxes
communies
several villages
Vaclav Havel
president of czech republic
1946
new constitution
1979
deplomatic relations with china
thatcher's government
reduced social welfare grograms and returned gov. run industries to private control
Solidarity
independent travel union, demanded political change
Nicolae Ceausescu
romania dictator
Deng Xlaoping
practical reformer, mao's successor
Brezhev Doctrine
su had right to intervene in any warsaw pact nation
1961
berlin wall
SOUTHERN ITALY
poorer
nuclear threat
brought on by cold war + arms race
GDP
gross domestic product, total value of all goods and services
European Union (EU)
common market, promoted regional prosperity, pushed for economic unity and politial unity, launched the euro (1999),
east germany
soviet orbit
Vaclav Havel
president of czech late 1989
coalition
temporary alliance
1979-1997
convservatives in power
1980's
French socialists win power
Nikita Khrushchev
soviet leader, eased censorship
1969
De Gaulle resigned
1989
first free election in poland
1976
mao zedong dies
1999
poland, hungary and czech republic
Dayton Accords
peace agreement Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia
economic miracle
rebuilt cities
recession
business slowed and unemployment rates rose
soviet success
weapons, science, technology, steel
chancellor
cheif minister
Gorbachev Revolution
ended censorship
1989
berlin wall toppled
welfare state
government expanded benefits such as unemploment insurance and old-age pensions, built housing fo the poor and provided free or low cost medical care
Francois Mitterrand
encouraged growth of private bussiness
nuclear family
no leading male
1945
japan i ruin
1945
spain portugal and greens are undeveloped
1955
warsaw pact
west berlin
democratic, showcase for german prosperity
1991
Gorbachev resignes
1980's
japan major investor in china
Vojislav Kostunia
Serbia president after 2000
chunnel
new english channel tunnel, reflected closer ties among britain and france
east berlin
communist,
Japan manufacter
high tech, skilled workers
Karol Wojtyla
archbishop of polish city
IRA
Irish Republican Army
northern italy
industries prospered
1970's
spain + portugal, economically undeveloped
IMF
international monetary fund
1980
striked by ship workers
embargo
block of trad
Mikhail Gorbachev
1985, soviet leader
welfare state
government kepps most features of a capitalist economy but takes geater responsibility for the social and economic needs of its people
European Community (EC)
Common Market, 1957, goal was to expand free trade, same six nations as the coal and steel community, ended tariffs on goods and allowed workers to move freely (1973) britain joined with ireland and denamrk
Jacques Chirac
conservative, cut government spending
cold war
for more than 40 years, divided europe into two hostile military alliances
European Coal and Steel Community
(1952) France, west germany, belgium, italy and netherlands, set prices and regulated the coal and steel industries
1979
detente came to end S.U invaded Afgan
PRC
peoples rebublic of china
Sputnik
1957, artificial satelite
Mikhail Gorbachev
eased the soviet grip on eastern europe, soviet leader
1980's
japans became industrial leader
1992
deng xiaoping
Tour De France
(1994) crossed from france to england through chunnel
1959
sigapor got independence
cyprus
island inhabited by greeks and turks
1979
OPEC raised prices again triggering a severe recession
1990
germany approved unification
Lech Walesa
organized solidarity
defaulted
failed to make payments on debt
euro
singler currency to be used by the EU as currency
Japan trade
(import- oil) (export- steel)
great pproletarian
cultural revolution
1950's
S.U tightened grib
service industry
one that provides a service rather than a product
1958
Fifth Republic
east germany
communist, low unemployment, basic health
glasnot
openess
1956
hungarians revolted
1969
ostpolitik
Imre Nagy
1956, hungary, communist reformer, ended one-party rule and withdrew from WP, which cause S.U to retaliate
west germany
western alliance
soviet problems
unproductive agriculture
Brezhnev Doctrine
pull S.U troops out of afgan
1960-70
IRA attacked protestands and both sides turned to teroism
family life
ideals remzined strong in west, west had fewer children, stayied in school longer, divorce rate climbed
ethenic clearing
serbs killed people of other ethnic groups
Simone de Beauvoir
(1949) analyzd the status of women in western society.
1999
hungary, poland and the czech republic entered NATO
margaret thatcher
11 years as britain's prime minister, iron lady
armistice
end fighting
Konrad Adenauer
1949-1963, chancellor, rebuilt cities, capitalist county
Charles de Gaulle
hero of WWII, prez, nuclear force ties with germany
1991
slovenia indepondence
warsaw pact
communist nations of eastern europe
1949
cold war divided germany
End of Cold War
nations in western and eastern europe sought normal relations, communism fell from power in S.U, which broke up into seperate republics, warsaw pact disolved, NATO redefined its role
1944
greek government attempted to get cyprus
1989
milosevic ended self-rule
detente
(1970's) relaxation of tensions, american and soviet leaders, ended after S.U invaded afgan. in 1979
1980's
one-child per family rule
1967
greece military rulars came to power
1962
Khrushchev built nuclear missles

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