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World Health Organization (WHO)• A non-profit organization who works to lower mortality and combat
various diseases.
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Green Revolution• Led to an increase in agricultural productivity through industrial
means-chemical fertilizers, pesticides, biologically engineered foods, more efficient means of harvesting, and more marginal lands available for agriculture.
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Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)• A group of 19 nations plus EU representatives that represents key
industrialized and developing economies.
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Group of Six (G6)• A forum for the world's major industrialized democracies (the United
States, Britain, West Germany, Italy, Japan, and Poland).
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G8• A forum for the world's major industrialized democracies (the United
States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Canada, and Russia).
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G7• A forum for the world's major industrialized democracies (the United
States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Canada,).
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)• Currently named the World Trade Organization (WTO). Primary goal is
to reduce barriers to international trade.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)• Organization formed to stabilize world economic relationships.
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World Bank• Organization formed to loan financial assistance when needed.
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Eurozone• The formation of a monetary union led all but three nations (UK,
Sweden, Denmark) to adopt the euro as a unified currency.
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European Union (EU)• Union formed to give the United States some economic competition
by banding Europe together in a single market.
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)• An agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States,
creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America.
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International Criminal Court• Court formed to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity,
no matter who committed them.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)• A petroleum cartel of oil-producing nations.
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National Action Party (PAN)• Political Party that offered Mexico the first multi-party election.
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Lech Walesa• Leader of the Solidarity movement in Poland. Later arrested by the
government, released, and elected President of Poland.
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Mikhail Gorbachev• Leader of the Soviet Union that pushed for glasnost (openness) and
urged a perestroika (restructuring) of the Soviet economy. Officially denounced the Great Purge.
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Boris Yeltsin• First Russian President.
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African Union• A political and economic federation that replaced the Organization of
African Unity (OAU).
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Arab Spring of 2011• Oppressive regimes in several nations were toppled due in part to the
exposure-via social media-of the problems in those countries.