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| What are the three major bodies of the United Nations? |
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| Secretariat, General Assembly, Security Council |
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| In what two crises did the United Nations succeed in organizing an international army to halt aggression? |
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| What is the purpose of the European Coal and Steel Community |
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| What is the leading example of a denominational merger across denominational lines? |
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| What event marks the birth of the modern ecumenical movement? |
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| Who was the most important leader of the American civil rights movement? |
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| What was the Wirtschaftswunder of West Germany? |
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| What new French government arose out of the Algerian crisis? Who was its first president? |
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| Fifth Republic, Charles de Gaulle |
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| What does it mean when a government "nationalizes" an industry? |
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| Who headed the occupation government of postwar Japan? |
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| General Douglas MacArthur |
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| What politicial party dominated Japanese politics after World War II? |
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| Into what two nations did Great Britain divide colonial India? What third country emerged from one of these two nations in 1971? |
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| What three major problems did the new African states face in postcolonail Africa? |
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| Tribal Conflict, Political Instability, and Racial Conflict |
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| What group came to dominate South Africa politically after World War II? What social/economic policy did it establish? |
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| How do the nations of Latin America differ significantly from the Third World nations of Asia and Africa? |
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| gained independance in the 1800s - who gained independance then and when did the other countries gain their independance? |
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| What Caribbean nation became a center of communism in the late 1950s? |
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| What is the Middle East's most valuable natural resource? |
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| Name the nation in the Middle East that has the oldest and best established democracy. |
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| Whom does the Palestine Liberation Organization claim to represent? |
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| What nation was the site of a radical Islamic revolution in 1979? Who was its leader? |
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| Iran, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini |
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| What two nations did Saddam Hussein invade in two different wars? What were the results of each invasion? |
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