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9732283399DecolonizationThe process by which former colonies gain their independence from the mother country0
9732283400Diasporathe dispersion of the Jews outside Israel1
9732283401Economic DependencyBeing dependent on another country for your economy. This is what happened to many ex-colonies.2
9732283402Geneva ConferenceA 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel3
9732283403Great Leap ForwardMao Zedong's attempt to build Chinese industry and agriculture from 1958-19614
9732283404Harijansmeans "children of God" and was Gandhi's designation for the untouchables5
9740474558Iran-Iraq WarFought over religious differences, this war lasted many years, from 1980 to 19886
9740474559KikuyuThe largest ethnic group in Kenya (Mau Mau)7
9740474560Liberation Theologythe combining of Christian principles with political activism, often Marxist in character8
9740474561Organization of African UnityOAU - established in 1963 and promoted Pan-Africanism and eliminated colonialism9
9740474562Palestinian Liberation OrganizationOrganization created for the purpose of creating an Arab state in Palestine and to fight for Palestinian rights - PLO10
9740474563Pax Americanaa state of relative international peace regarded as overseen by the US11
9740474564SandinistasLeftwing anti-American revolutionaries in Nicaragua who launched a civil war in 1979 and overthrew the Somoza dictatorship12
9740474565SikhsNonviolent religous group that blended Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism13
9740474566Suez Crisiscrisis in which Britain and France attempted to seize control of the Suez canal from Egypt14
9740474567Tiananmen SquareSquare in the capital of Beijing; scene of a student demonstration and massacre15
9740474568Viet MinhCommunist Vietnamese movement; fought the Japanese during Word War II and the French afterward16
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