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Vocab 81-100

Vocab 81-100. Cold War to Present Day. IMF. International Monetary Fund Loans money to countries for development . Trade Deficit . When a nation imports more than it exports Buys more than it sells. Human Rights Declaration. A document meant to protect basic rights for all

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Vocab 81-100

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  1. Vocab 81-100 Cold War to Present Day

  2. IMF • International Monetary Fund • Loans money to countries for development

  3. Trade Deficit • When a nation imports more than it exports • Buys more than it sells

  4. Human Rights Declaration • A document meant to protect basic rights for all • Created by the United Nations after the Holocaust (post WWII).

  5. Urbanization • The movement of people from the country to the city • Industrial Revolution

  6. Infrastructure Basic physical systems of a nation The roads, bridges, water, communications, and electronic systems

  7. Green Revolution • Using technology and science to produce more food (India) • Seeds were chemically altered to be more resistant to disease and produce more

  8. Deforestation/ Desertification • The destruction of the forest (Amazon) • The changing of farm land to desert (Africa)

  9. Autonomy • Desire by a people to have their own country. • Self rule

  10. Dissident • Some one or a group that speaks out against their government. • Example: Egyptian Revolution Cyber dissidents

  11. IRA • Irish Republican Army • Fighting for Irish Independence from Britain

  12. Arab Spring • Series of Revolutions (Changes) in Middle East and N. Africa to get rid of dictators • Fueled by social media

  13. Satellite Nations • Eastern Europe was forcibly controlled by the USSR • Communist by force • Warsaw Pact nations

  14. Collective Security Alliance system- security of one is the security of all NATOWarsaw Pact

  15. Interdependence Dependence on the goods, resources and knowledge from other parts of the world

  16. Third World First World Source of cheap labor, raw materials and new markets Provide manufactured goods, loans and education

  17. Non-Alignment Not supporting either side in a conflict Ex: During the Cold War India was nonaligned

  18. African National Congress South African group opposed to racial segregation under Apartheid

  19. Intifada Uprisings by Palestinians and Arabs against Israel Violent uprisings range from throwing rocks to suicide bombs

  20. Taliban • Islamic group in controls much of Afghanistan and the Middle East • Sharia • Extremists engage in terrorism

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