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Threat of Communism/ Asia and Pacific 448-457
You are history. Literally.
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Undergraduate 1
04/26/2017

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Dmitri Medvedev
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Vladimir Putin's protege
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Deng Xiaoping
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Aimed at improvements in industry, military, ect. through Four Modernizations
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Kim Jong Il
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Made North Korea the only Communist dynasty
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Ruth Perry
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Became leader of Liberia and the first woman head of state in Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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A Marxist agitator and the first black president of South Africa
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
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Defeated Communist Sandinista leader Daniel Ortiga in the election for Nicaragua
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Guatemala
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The location of the longest war against Communist guerrillas
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NAFTA
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The North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico, U. S., and Canada
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Pierre Trudeau
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Made socialism prevalent in Canada
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Kim Campbell
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Canada's first woman prime minister
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Jean Bertrand Aristide
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A ruthless dictator of Haiti supported by the UN
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Madeline Albright
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Chosen by the Clinton administration to be secretary of state for the U. S.
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APEC Group
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Group who accounted for 45% of the world's trade
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Mutsuhito
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Japan entered the modern age under him
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Lee Teng-hui
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The first democratically elected leader in Chinese history
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Kim Young Sam
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Became the first civilian president of South Korea
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July 4, 1946
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The Republic of the Philippines was formed
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Achmed Sukarno
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Indonesia's first president
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Suharto
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General of the Indonesian army who put down the Communist revolt and replaced Sukarno as president
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Thailand
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The only Southeast Asian country never to have been ruled by a western power
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Manhoman Singh
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Prime minister of India who helped his country have economic growth
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