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who was vaclav havel?
section 1 page 747 |
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| a noted playwright and author, havel was persecuted for voicing his opposition to the old communist system. After its collapse, he was elected president of czechoslovakia and remains a leading political force in the czech republic. |
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the berlin wall
section 1 page 746 |
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| was a symbol of the cold war division of the united states and the western bloc from solviot union and the eastern bloc. |
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which president mediated a formal agreemant leading to full-scale peace treaty between egypt and israel?
section 2 page 755 |
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in what year did gamal abdul nasser (leader of egypt) die?
section 2 page 754 |
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By 1991 what was the only african state still under white minority rule?
section 2 page 757 |
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who spent more than 25 years in jail for commenting to the cause of justice and equality for his people?
section 2 page 758 |
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what did the events of the 1990's indicate?
section 3 page 761 |
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| that the strugle for democrocy is an on going one |
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what are women more likely to be in a rich or poor nation
section 3 page 763 |
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in the 20th century, what do human continue to explore and make new discoveries in?
section 3 page 764 |
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| medicine, space, genetics, technology, and armaments |
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in what year did the worlds population exceed 6 billion?
section 3 page 769 |
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in what year was the first arab-israeli war?
section 3 page 773 |
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from 1970 to 2000 what percent of the natural world is said to have been destroyed?
section 3 page 770 |
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what does OPEC stand for?
section 3 page 767 |
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| organization of petrolium exporting countries |
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who controls only 13% of the seats in the worlds parliments?
section 3 page 764 |
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what disease kills 3 million per year, and infects 5 million per year?
section 3 page 764 |
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who is the ANC?
section 2 page 758 |
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| african national congress |
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