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| a major national political party in India, also known as Indian national congress |
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| an organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India's muslims |
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| a division into parts (1947 division of British colony of India into Pakistan & India) |
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| a movement to celebrate traditional African culture |
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| Palestine Liberation Organization,dedicated to establishing an independent state of Palestine and elimination israel |
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| the first signed agreement between israel and an arab country, leading to a 1979 peace treaty |
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| 'shaking off' or, Palestinian violent and nonviolent campaign of resistance against israel |
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| agreement in 1993 where the israeli prime minister granted Palestine self rule over the Gaza strip and the west bank |
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| Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Thethree nations in the Caucasus mountains |
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| nations of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstang |
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| conservative islamic group thattook control of Afghanistan afterthe soviet union withdrew its troops |
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| a redistribution of farmland by breaking up large estates and distributing them to peasants |
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| quality of life of a person or population indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to them |
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| slowdown in a nations economy |
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| institutional revolutionary party-- mexico's main political party |
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| system of government where power is divided between a central authority and smaller state authorities |
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| temporary rule by military authorities over a civilian population |
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| opponent of the government |
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| south african policy of complete legal separation of theraces |
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| ruling committee of communist party in the soviet union |
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| Soviet policy of openness to thefree flow of ideas and information |
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| restructuring of the soviet economy to permit more local decision making |
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| commonwealth of independent states-- a loose association of former soviet republics formed after the soviet union broke up |
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| economic program implemented in russia by boris yeltsin involving an abrupt shift from command economy to free market economy |
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| a polish labor union that became the main force of opposition to communist rule in poland in the 1980s |
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| bringing together again of things that have been separated, for example east and west germany |
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| a policy of murder and other acts of violence by which serbs hoped to eliminate bosnias muslim population |
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| set of goals adopted in china involving agriculture, industry, defense, and science & technology |
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| british colony on chinas southern coast |
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| a huge public space in beijing china. site of a student uprising in support of democratic reforms |
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| International Space Station |
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| cooperative venture sponsored by the u.s and russia and 14 other nations to establish and maintain a working lab for science in space |
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| linkage of computer networks that enables people around the world to exchange information |
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| transferring of genes from one organism to another to produce an organism with new traits |
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| creation of plants or animals that are genetically identical to an existing one |
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| a 20th century attempt to inrease food resources worldwide, involving the use of fertilizers and pesticides |
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| economic development that meets peoples needs but preserves the environment and conserves resources for future generations |
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| a nation with all the faculties needed for advanced production of goods |
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| a nation where the process of industrialization is incomplete |
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| all the financial interactions that cross international boundaries |
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| commerce between nations without restrictions or barriers such as tariffs |
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| layer of the earth's atmosphere's upper layer that shields from harmful ultraviolet rays |
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| a growth or spread, especially the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that dont have them |
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| universal declaration of human rights |
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| statement in which the united nations declared that all humans have the right to life liberty and security |
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| difference of opinion over political issues |
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| the difference between men & women in terms of wealth & status |
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| acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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| a person who leaves their country to go to anotherto find safety |
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| use of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change their policies |
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| politically motivated attacks on information systems |
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| department of homeland security |
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| u.s federal agency created in 2002 to coordinate national efforts against terrorism |
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| antiterrorism bill of 2001 that strengthened governmental rights to detain foreigners suspected of terrorism and prosecute terrorist crimes |
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| the cultural elements that reflect a group's common background and changing interests |
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| placing high value on acquiring material posessions |
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