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| 6755345930 | Brasilia | Capital City of Brazil built by Kubitschek | 0 | |
| 6755357956 | Land Reform | Breaking up large estates and distributing that land to peasants | 1 | |
| 6755359563 | Standard of Living | Level of Material Comfort which is judged by the amount of goods people have | 2 | |
| 6755365841 | Recession | Temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced | 3 | |
| 6755380354 | Institutional Revolutionary Party | A Mexican political party founded in 1929, that held power uninterruptedly in the country for 71 years from 1929 to 2000. | 4 | |
| 6755426669 | Federal System | A governmental system in which power is shared between state governments and a central authority | 5 | |
| 6755446273 | Martial Law | Temporary military rule | 6 | |
| 6755446274 | Dissidents | Government Opponents | 7 | |
| 6755449911 | Nelson Mandela | Leader of civil rights protests in South Africa during the 1960s | 8 | |
| 6755449912 | Apartheid | A system of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991 | 9 | |
| 6755452309 | Politburo | The ruling committee of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union | 10 | |
| 6755452310 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Reformer who, in 1985, became the leader of the Soviet Union | 11 | |
| 6755455135 | Glasnost | Russian for "New Openness" | 12 | |
| 6755456878 | Perestroika | Gorbachev's reform policy for the Soviet economy and government | 13 | |
| 6755500787 | Boris Yeltsin | First president of the Russian Republic following the downfall of the Soviet Union | 14 | |
| 6755506320 | CIS | A loose federation of former Soviet territories | 15 | |
| 6755510866 | "Shock Therapy" | An abrupt shift to free-market economics which took place in Russia under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin in the early 1990s | 16 | |
| 6755520094 | Lech Walesa | Organizer and leader of the Polish national trade union Solidarity in 1980 | 17 | |
| 6755523065 | Reunification | Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the communist government of East Germany rapidly weakened and opened its western border | 18 | |
| 6755545988 | Ethnic Cleansing | The practice of using violence and forced emigration to remove a specific group of people from a region | 19 | |
| 6755550543 | Zhou Enlai | Chinese premier and chief adviser to Mao Zedong from 1949 to 1976 | 20 | |
| 6755557806 | Deng Xiaoping | Led a group of practical-minded reformers to seize power and end Mao's cultural revolution | 21 | |
| 6755572818 | Four Modernizations | New policies in industry, agriculture, technology, and national defense | 22 | |
| 6756011922 | Tiananmen Square | Located in the Chinese capital of Beijing, in May 1989 student protesters led massive demonstrations against the corruption in the Communist Party | 23 | |
| 6756022658 | Hong Kong | A thriving business center and British colony on the southeastern coast of China | 24 | |
| 6756027508 | International Space Station | Project sponsored by the United States, Russia, and 14 other nations to have a crew of astronauts work on | 25 | |
| 6756038370 | Internet | Made communication and access to information almost instantaneous, transforming commerce, education, research, and entertainment. | 26 | |
| 6756047074 | Genetic Engineering | Process through which scientists are able to introduce new genes into an organism to give that organism new traits | 27 | |
| 6756049968 | Cloning | The creation of identical copies of DNA, the chemical chains of genes that determine heredity | 28 | |
| 6756059622 | Green Revolution | The development of new strains of rice, corn, and other grains that produce greater amounts of food | 29 | |
| 6756063965 | Developed Nations | Nations with industrialization, transportation, and business facilities for advanced production of manufactured goods | 30 | |
| 6756074468 | Emerging Nations | Nations that are in the process of becoming industrialized. | 31 | |
| 6756077724 | Global Economy | All the financial interactions - among people, businesses, and governments - that cross international borders | 32 | |
| 6756082959 | Free Trade | The elimination of trade barriers, such as tariffs, among nations | 33 | |
| 6756082960 | World Bank | A group of five international organizations which provide grants, loans, and advice for economic development in developing countries | 34 | |
| 6756183984 | International Monetary Fund | Founded in 1945 to oversee the global financial system | 35 | |
| 6756186617 | World Trade Organization | Made up of more than 140 member nations, arranges trade agreements and settles trade disputes worldwide | 36 | |
| 6756195355 | Ozone Layer | Earth's main protection against the Sun's damaging ultraviolet rays | 37 | |
| 6756199759 | Global Warming | An increase in the overall temperature of planet earth | 38 | |
| 6756208174 | Sustainable Growth | The goal of nation's who hope to reduce the negative effect that development has on the environment | 39 | |
| 6756210043 | Nuclear Proliferation | The spread of nuclear weapons production technology and knowledge to nations without that capability | 40 | |
| 6756213752 | Operation Iraqi Freedom | US and British invasion and overthrow of the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein | 41 | |
| 6756236492 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Declaration issued by the United Nations with the goal of protecting basic rights for all mankind, such as the rights to life and liberty and the freedoms of opinion and expression | 42 | |
| 6756238977 | Political Dissent | The difference of opinion over political issues | 43 | |
| 6756244108 | Gender Inequality | The difference between men and women in terms of wealth and status | 44 | |
| 6756247087 | Roe vs Wade | Controversial Supreme Court decision which assured women the right to legal abortion. | 45 | |
| 6756427370 | Gay Rights | Seeks to eliminate hate crimes and prejudicial treatment of gay, lesbian, and transsexual individuals and to secure legal recognition of relationships between such individuals as being equal to marriage | 46 | |
| 6756434104 | AIDS | A disease spreaded by sexual contact around the world, most of which in Africa. | 47 | |
| 6756448951 | Terrorism | The use of violence against people or property to force changes in societies or governments | 48 | |
| 6756451044 | Bioterrorism | The use of biological and chemical weapons in terrorist attacks | 49 | |
| 6756611713 | Cyberterrorism | Politically motivated attacks on information systems, such as hacking into computer networks or spreading computer viruses | 50 | |
| 6756624954 | Al Qaeda | Radical Islamic terrorist group led by wealthy Saudi Arabian businessman Osama bin Laden | 51 | |
| 6756626590 | 9/11/01 | 19 Arab terrorists hijacked four airliners heading from East Coast airports to California | 52 | |
| 6756630895 | Operation Enduring Freedom | In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. government demanded that the Taliban in Afghanistan turn over bin Laden | 53 | |
| 6756633706 | Department of Homeland Security | New American presidential cabinet-level office approved by Congress to coordinate domestic security matters among federal, state, and local agencies to prevent future terrorist attacks | 54 | |
| 6756636872 | Patriot Act | Antiterrorist bill passed by the US Congress in October, 2001 | 55 | |
| 6756643316 | Popular Culture | Entertainment created for a profit and for a mass audience | 56 | |
| 6756644253 | Materialism | The Western mindset of placing a high value on acquiring material possessions | 57 | |
| 6756648890 | Columbine | Two high school students, killing 12 students and 1 teacher trying to take out the "jocks". This event started the installation of metal detectors across the country | 58 | |
| 6756673097 | Global Economic Recession | A worldwide decrease in economic productivity which was sparked by the collapse of the global housing bubble in 2006 | 59 | |
| 6756687532 | Barack Obama | The 44th President of the United States and the first non-white President in American History | 60 | |
| 6756688506 | Nationalized Health Care | Entitlement program through which all citizens within a country are provided medical financed by their government | 61 | |
| 6756689856 | No Child Left Behind Act | Education law supported by President George W. Bush which holds schools accountable for the academic performance of their students | 62 | |
| 6756694296 | Race to the Top | American education fund created in July 2009 by the Obama administration | 63 | |
| 6756696839 | Arab Spring | A revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East | 64 | |
| 6756698469 | Angela Merkel | A German politician who is currently Chancellor of Germany | 65 | |
| 6756702082 | Vladimir Putin | Russian politician who is current President of the Russian Federation | 66 | |
| 6756703471 | Populism | A political doctrine that proposes that the common people are exploited by a privileged elite, and which seeks to resolve this | 67 | |
| 6756703472 | Brexit | The United Kingdom's prospective withdrawal from the European Union | 68 | |
| 6756704345 | Donald Trump | An American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th President of the United States | 69 |
