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Chapter 21 - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 21
Vocabulary
European Economic Community - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
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Great Leap Forward - the campaign undertaken by the Chinese communists between 1958 and early 1960 to organize its vast population
Cultural Revolution - China's Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
Warsaw Pact - a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries
Cuban Missile Crisis - A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
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Mohandas Gandhi - an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist
Muslim League - political group that led the movement calling for a separate Muslim nation to be created
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Mikhail Gorbachev - Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century amidst the greater Arab–Israeli conflict
Iranian Revolution - popular uprising in 1978–79 that resulted in the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the establishment of an Islamic republic
Syrian Civil War - an ongoing violent conflict in Syria between pro-democratic insurgents and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's long-standing dynastic regime
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End of Military Rule in Spain, Portugal, and Greece