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Ch 26 Section 1
The World in Transition
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History
12th Grade
03/11/2009

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Trade deficit
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buying more from foreign nations than it sold in foreign markets.
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Budget Deficit
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the difference between the amount of money the government earns in revenues and what it spends

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Reform Party
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Glasnost
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openness” freedom of expression for soviet citizens
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Perestroika
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Gorbachev’s rebuilding of the soviet economy
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Latvia
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one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union
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Commonwealth of Independent States
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Loose association of republics to take the place of the Soviet Union
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Lithuania
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one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union
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Kazakhstan
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agreed that Russia would assume command of the weapons
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Group of Eight
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The world's leading industrial nations Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States whose leaders meet regularly to discuss the world's economic problems
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Privatization
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the setting up of privately owned businesses

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Afghanistan
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Wiretapping
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an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information
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AIDS
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Immunodeficiency syndrome, disease that killed thousands in US
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
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Moscow
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the capital and the largest city of Russia
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Estonia
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one of the first republics to declare their independence from the Soviet Union
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Privatization
Definition
setting up of privately owned business
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Immigration
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to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
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Ronald Reagan
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Won presidency in 1980, mainly on his promise to reduce the budget deficit

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George Bush
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Reagan’s successor helped push the deficit to new heights
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Bill Clinton
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1992 elected to president, favored moderate deficit reduction and increased spending
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Robert Dole
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Clinton won his reelection over him in 1996

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Ross Perot
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Dole’s reform party candidate
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Madeleine Albright
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1997 became the first woman to serve as secretary of state
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Yuri Andropov
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1914–84, Russian politician: general secretary of the Communist Party
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Konstantin Chernenko
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was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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leader can to power in the Soviet Union
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Boris Yeltsin
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a former ally of Gorbachev won the election to the presidency of the Russian republic
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Aaron Wildavsky
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  was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management

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Melting-pot Society
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Immigrants from around the world blend into one unique people
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Oklahoma City
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Location of 1995 bombing of a federal office building that killed 168 people
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Illegal Aliens

Definition
people who enter a country without a permit
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Leningrad
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City which gave birth to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, took back its prehistoric name of St. Petersburg
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Alexander Lebed
Definition
Popular general that was brought into Yeltsin's government to help win voters, eventually fired for criticizing Yeltsin's policies
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