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| 6453654362 | globalization | actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope | 0 | |
| 6453654363 | neoconservative | conservative who favors strongly encouraging democracy and the U.S. national interest in world affairs, including through military means | 1 | |
| 6453654364 | religious fundamentalism | religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence policy | 2 | |
| 6453654365 | deregulation | policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity | 3 | |
| 6453654366 | big government | government programs in areas where conservatives believe government shouldn't be involved, especially those that spend money on social problems | 4 | |
| 6453654367 | Ronald Reagan | (1981-1989)"Great Communicator" Republican, conservative economic policies, replaced liberal Democrats in upper house with consevative Democrats or "boll weevils"; cut out many welfare and public works programs and used Strategic Defense Initiative to avoid conflict | 5 | |
| 6453654368 | Mikhail Gorbachev | head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991; liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe | 6 | |
| 6453654369 | arms reduction | term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction (one of Wilson's fourteen points) | 7 | |
| 6453654370 | 9/11 attacks | 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda hijack 4 airliners and carried out attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and other targets in the U.S. leaving many Americans dead and injured | 8 | |
| 6453654371 | war on terror | after 9/11, President George W. Bush declared a worldwide "war on terrorism" aimed at defeating international terrorist organizations, destroying terrorist training camps, and bringing terrorists themselves to justice | 9 | |
| 6453654372 | Afghanistan | this country has been a safe haven for terrorists like Bin Laden; Taliban government sponsored terrorist training camps and suppressed the people of this country; in response to September 11, 2001, President Bush (43) ordered the invasion of this country | 10 | |
| 6453654373 | Iraq Conflict | US put Sadaam Hussain into power to protect against socialists; turns out to be a major backfire and they needed to go in and take down his government | 11 | |
| 6453654374 | Free Trade Agreements | pacts between two countries or among a group of countries that make it easier to trade goods across national boundaries by reducing or eliminating restrictions on exports and taxes on imported goods and protecting intellectual property rights | 12 | |
| 6453654375 | climate change | any significant change in measures of climate, such as temperature, precipitation, or wind, lasting for an extended period of a decade or longer | 13 | |
| 6453654376 | fossil fuels | a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms | 14 | |
| 6453654377 | computer/internet revolution | 1980's-1980's computers become more common in the home, but mostly just text; 1990's personal computers are universally at a generally low cost, accessible, and give instant communication | 15 |
