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| 162459151 | SALT II | Second Strategic Arms Limitations Talks. A second treaty was signed on June 18, 1977 to cut back the weaponry of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. because it was getting too competitive. Set limits on the numbers of weapons produced. Not passed by the Senate as retaliation for U.S.S.R.'s invasion of Afghanistan, and later superseded by the START treaty. | 0 | |
| 162459152 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe. (p. 863) | 1 | |
| 162459153 | Glasnost | Policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev in the 1980s that provided increased opportunities for freedom of speech, association and the press in the Soviet Union. | 2 | |
| 162459154 | Perestroika | a policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society | 3 | |
| 162459155 | Boris Yeltsin | President of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Gorbachev to resign. | 4 | |
| 162459156 | Vladimir Putin | elected president of Russia in 2000, launched reforms aimed at boosting growth and budget revenues and keeping Russia on a strong economic track. | 5 | |
| 162459157 | Persian Gulf War | (GB1), 1991, a war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders | 6 | |
| 162459158 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada | 7 | |
| 162459159 | Ethnic Conflict in Yugoslavia | ... | 8 | |
| 162459160 | Globalization | The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world. | 9 | |
| 162459161 | Multinational corporations | companies that operate across national boundaries; also called transnational corporations | 10 | |
| 162459162 | IMF | International Monetary Fund//a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies | 11 | |
| 162459163 | World Bank | A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. (p. 834) | 12 | |
| 162459164 | Global terrorism | describes the methods used by militant groups operating at a global level and with the aim of bringing about radical change either locally or to significant regions of the globe. Uses methods of violence against civilians or other soft targets and is usually a non-government group. ALQAEDA | 13 | |
| 162459165 | Global warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) | 14 | |
| 162459166 | AIDS | a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles | 15 | |
| 162459167 | HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | 16 |
