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| A country of southwest Asia on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Ancient Syria also included Lebanon, most of present-day Israel and Jordan, and part of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Settled c. 2100 B.C. by Amorites, the region was later conquered by Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans. Islam was introduced in the seventh century by Muslim Arab conquerers. Syria was a province of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1918. |
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| A country of southwest Asia on the Mediterranean Sea. The site of ancient Phoenicia, the region was gradually absorbed by the Persian Empire and later conquered by Alexander the Great. Eventually it came under Roman control and was Christianized before the Arab conquest of the 7th century. |
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| Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast of mainland China: under Nationalist control since 1948 but claimed by the People's Republic of China. |
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| A country of southern Asia covering most of the Indian subcontinent. Aryans from the northwest invaded c. 1500 BC, pushing Dravidian and other peoples to the south. Most of India was unified by the emperor Asoka in the 3rd century BC. It experienced a golden age in the 4th and 5th centuries AD before being invaded |
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| republic in S Asia, N of the Bay of Bengal: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations; a former province of Pakistan. |
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| a former British mandate (1923–48) comprising part of this country, divided between Israel, Jordan, and Egypt in 1948: the Jordanian and Egyptian parts were occupied by Israel in 1967. |
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| an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations |
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| A country of Asia on an archipelago off the northeast coast of the mainland. Traditionally settled c. 660 B.C., Japan's written history began in the 5th century A.D. During the feudal period (12th-19th century) real power was held by the shoguns, whose dominance was finally ended by the restoration of the emperor Mutsuhito in 1868. |
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| A country of northeast Asia on the Korean Peninsula. Inhabited since ancient times, the region was occupied by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II in 1945. After the war the peninsula was divided into a Soviet occupation zone in the north and an American zone in the south. |
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| A country of eastern Asia at the southern end of the Korean peninsula. A united kingdom since the seventh century A.D., Korea was occupied by Japan (1910-1945) and divided into a northern Soviet zone and a southern American zone after World War II. |
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| it was a rivalry between two nations |
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| Soviet Union and United states |
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| what was the outcome of WWII? |
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| the allies controlled europe |
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| issued a policy of Containment |
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| Stopping the spread of communism |
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| a boarder between the democratic and communists countries |
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| Collapse of the soviet union |
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| nationalism in the warsaw pact countries |
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| no major fighting in this in Africa |
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| Western Africa after WWII |
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| most of western africa gained its independence |
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| example of Africa after WWII |
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| India agreed to serve as base for the allies when Japan sided with Germany |
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| The indian National Congress accepted the terms of independence from Sir Stafford Cripps. |
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| Muhammad 'Ali Jinnah led the Indian Muslims to demand a seperate state. |
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| Nehru's socialists ideas worked for India's economy |
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| When the Pakistan was separated from India, it became a united country.(t/f) |
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| Burma's new leasers renamed their country ______ in 1988 |
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| The idea that caused U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war is the ___?___ |
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| The 1973 document that ended American involvement in the Vietnam war was the __??___ |
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| A plan that turned into the genocide was the ___ |
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| what was the cause of other french colonies in the North Africa gaining independence? |
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| Algerian wal motivated de Gudalle to offer terms of independence |
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| Christianity monotheistic |
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| independence movement in Africa |
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| right to self-determination |
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| violent struggle under leadership of Kenyatta |
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| Black south africans struggle against apartheid |
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| French mandates in the middle East |
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| British mandates in the Middle east |
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| it was a former French province called French Indo China |
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| The native Vietnamese rebelled against their French imperialist by their leader |
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