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World History Exam Review
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History
10th Grade
12/16/2010

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Aachen
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the capitol of Otto the firsts empire
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Abu Bakr
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Muhammad's first successor and father in law
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Alcuin
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determined the largest number that could be used with roman numerals was 9000
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Alfred the Great
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freed England of the Danes
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Anasazi
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native American tribe that resided in southwest America
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Augustine of Hippo
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wrote City of God and attempted to keep the Romans Christian
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Aztec
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native American group that rose up in northern mexico that became very powerful
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bedoin
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merchants who roamed the deserts with camels and such
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Black Death
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plague that included the bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plagues
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Buddhism
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belief of not too much and not too little but just right amount of pain and joy
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Charlemagne
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King of the Franks and first Holy Roman Emperor
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Clovis
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the King of France that converted France to Christianity
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Common Law
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the law throughout the land that everybody abided by
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Confucianism
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the belief of many Asians that reflects filial piety and respect to your elders
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Cyrillic alphabet
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the alphabet created Cyril and Methodius in an effort to convert the Slavs to Christianity
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Czar
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an absolute monarch of Russia that lasted until the Bolshevik revolution
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danelaw
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the area of England given to the Danes
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Dome of the Rock
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Islamic shrine around the foundation stone

Jewish tradition views it as the spiritual centerpoint of heaven and earth and Jews, currently and historically, traditionally face it while praying.
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Doomsday Book
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the census book made by albert the great of england
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Edward IV
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last lancastrian king
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Edward the Confessor
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King before William the conqueror
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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wife of Henry II (england) and Louis VII
gave lands to Henry II
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Electors
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people who picked the holy roman emperor
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Elizabeth
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eldest daughter of Henry the VIII
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Erasmus
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the "prince of humanists" during the renaissance, wrote many books, was a theologian and catholic priest
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excommunication
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the pope's power to refuse someone from getting the sacraments basically making them go to hell
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feudalism
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the system of loyalty and obligations that developed in medieval europe
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5 pillars of faith, Islam
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(1) the shahadah (creed), (2) daily prayers (salat), (3) almsgiving (zakah), (4) fasting during Ramadan and (5) the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime
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France
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the country in Europe that originated from Clovis of the Franks and the gauls
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Free towns
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towns chartered by merchants
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French Monarchs
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had no boundaries, had absolute power
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Gavelkind
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the act of splitting up land between children
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Genghis Khan
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ruler of Mongolia that developed the largest empire in history
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Great Zimbabwe
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civilization in Africa that existed from 1100 to 1450 AD and no one knows what happened it seems as if they disappeared
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Griots
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storytellers of ancient africa
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glyph
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picture writing
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Hanseatic league
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the league of Germanic Merchants that had a lot of power aka- their own army and navy
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Hegira
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the migration of Muhammad and his fathers to Medina
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Henry II of England
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king of england in the middle ages and was married to eleanor of aquitaine
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Hinduism
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belief in south asia sanskrit comes from Vedic traditions
they believe in Karma, Dharma, Moksha
polytheistic
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Holy Roman Empire
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founded by Otto I in 962 A.D.
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Hugh Capet
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founder of the capetian dynasty in france
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Humanism
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the honoring of human accomplishments in the Renaissance
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John Hus
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Czech teacher who was killed by the church due to his teaching of non-church sanctioned things
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Iconoclastic Controversy
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controversy between the eastern and western church Greek Orthodox and Byzantine church

about using idols and pictures in the Byzantine church
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Inca
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civilization that resided in modern day chile that lasted for about 100 years until it was conquered by Francisco Pizarro
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Inquisition
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branch of the church that dealt with hereitcs
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interdict
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excommunication of a country
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Iroquois League
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league created by the indians residing in the eastern seaboard of north america, woman held power
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isabella
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queen of Castile
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Jerusalem
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Holy Land
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Jesuits
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religious order of men called Jesuits
order of Jesus
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Jihad
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Holy war
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John of England
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was the King that ended the absolute power of the monarchs by signing the magna carta
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Justinian
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emperor of Byzantium who tried to rebuild the western Roman empire,but failed, and built the Hagia Sophia
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Kiva
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room used for worship by the pueblo people
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lay investiture
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appointing of church officials by kings and nobles
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liege lord
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person who gives land to a vassal
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magna carta
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the great charter signed by King John ending absolute power and giving people more rights
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manorialism
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economic system that revolved around the manor
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maya
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ancient american civilization that lived in the Yucatan peninsula. very complex system of writing that has recently been deciphered
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mecca
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the holy city of islam that Muhammad traveled to Medina from that all Muslims pray toward
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Middle Class
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usually wealthy merchants and artisans that had no titles of nobility but had as much prestige
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monasticism
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the system of monasteries that were inhabited by an abbot, monks, and nuns
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mound builders
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lived near Mississippi and they built Cahokia, a city that exceeded the population of London at the time
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Hopewell and Mississippians
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lived in the southeastern united states

lived in Mississippi and built the great snake mound
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Muhammad
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the leader of the faith of Islam when he was alive, a prophet
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Olmec
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flourished in the meso-American area that dated from 1500-400 B.C. big heads- heads they made that had a specific purpose
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Otto the Great
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crowned as the second holy roman emperor in 962 A.D.
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Parliament
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supreme legislative body of Britain in 1707 A.D.
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Pax Mongolia
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the period of mongolian peace that originated because the mongols conquered the rest of the world and nobody cared because all they did was tax them a little bit. 1200-1300 A.D.
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Primogeniture
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the act of passing down land to the first born son and no one else
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Qur'an
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holy book of Islam that reflects Muhammad's revelations in the cave
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Reconquista
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when the spanish retook their country from the muslims
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Renaissance
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period of rebirth. learning, art, music. from 1400- 1800's
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Sacrament
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baptism
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Savannah
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wide grassy plains in africa
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scholasticism
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brought about by Thomas Aquinas
thinking logically about religion
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siddhartha
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buddha; born in Nepal
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Silk Road
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trade routes from the Asia all the way to Rome
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Richard the Lion Heart
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great military leader and chief military leader of the third crusade, scored several victories against saladin, but had to return to england after failing the war
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King John
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succeeded Richard the Lion Heart and signed the Magna Carta
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Sunni
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largest branch of muslims that comes from the word Sunnah meaning actions, they try to follow Muhammad's example
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Urban II
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Pope, issued the call for the first crusade and partially was responsible for the great schism
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Vladimir I
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the leader of the Kievan Rus who converted the Russians to Eastern orthodox
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William the Conqueror
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duke of Normandy that took England for himself after Harold of Wessex took it for himself
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Globalization
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process in which trade and culture link together countries around the world
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interdependence
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dependence between countries
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free trade
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trading between nations without tariffs or taxes
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popular culture
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culture followed by the mainstream population
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cultural diffusion
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the mixing of cultures
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NGO
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non governmental organization
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Terrorism
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the act of making war against another country through terror
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weapons of mass destruction
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nukes, biological weapons, and chemical weapons
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sanctions
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a ban on trade limited to select things
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