KEY TERMS & IDEAS FOR UNIT
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END OF THE COLD WAR Problems facing the USSR in late 20th c. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Mikhail Gorbachev Roles of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II Glasnost Perestroika Fall of Berlin Wall Solidarity movement End of communism in east Europe Fall of Soviet Union Boris Yeltsin Commonwealth of Independent States Chechnya Vladimir Putin Conflict in Yugoslavia Conflict in Kosovo Persian Gulf War Problems facing the US as the sole superpower
REVOLUTIONS – CUBA & IRAN Fulgencio Batista Fidel Castro Che Guevara Changes under
Castro US-sponsored
invasion of Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis Embargo on Cuba Cuba AFTER the
Revolution
Religious revivalism Shah Reza Pahlavi Problems in Iran before
Rev. Relationship w/US &
USSR before Rev. Iranian Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini Shari’a in 20th c. Iran Iran Hostage Crisis President Ahmadinejad Relationship w/Israel &
the US after the Rev.
THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE 20TH CENTURY Gamal Abdul Nasser (Egypt) Free Officers Movement (Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood Answar Sadat Hosni Mubarak Balfour Declaration Creation of Israel Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Palestinian Liberation Front Hamas, Hezbollah Yasser Arafat Israeli Prime Ministers (David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin,
Ariel Sharon) Creation of Turkey, features of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Ataturk) Organization of OPEC Persian Gulf War Saddam Hussein Arab Spring
LATIN AMERICA IN THE 20TH C. Mexican Rev. Mexican Constitution (1917) Party of the Institutionalized Revolution (Mexico) NAFTA Vicente Fox Juan Jose Arevalo United Fruit Company Role of the US in Guatemala Liberation Theology Role of the military in L.America Rising democratic trends Relationships w/the US Banana Republics Good Neighbor Policy Role of women Role of workers Culture in 20th c. L. America
DEMOGRAPHIC & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE 20TH C. Demographic Impact of major conflicts
WWI, WWII Korean War, Vietnam War Revolutions & decolonization
Migrations Rural to urban – where & why? Global – where & why?
Population bomb in Africa – causes & consequences Demographic transitions Widespread disease – Spanish influenza, AIDS, SARS Environmental impact of major conflicts
WWI, WWII Korean War, Vietnam War Revolutions & decolonization
Environmental problems Soil depletion Overpopulation Industrial pollution Greenhouse effect & global warming
Green Revolution Rachel Carson – Silent Spring
GLOBALIZATION IN THE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES Globalization Impact of new technology Economic globalization Multinational corporations Cultural globalization Institutions of globalization
UN World Health Organization International Non-Governmental Orgs. International Monetary Fund World Bank NAFTA Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Resistance to globalization Rise of nationalism Religious fundamentalism
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