AP World History Unit 6 Test Review – Flashcards
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Outcomes of revolution in Guatemala
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violence, political instability, military repression, foreign intervention, failure
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Economy of Communist Cuba
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dependent on financial support of Soviets, failed industrialization & sugar production
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Liberation theology
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Catholic theology& socialist principles, stressed social equality
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Characteristics of military regimes in Latin America
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more organized, philosophy of being above political parties (ended in 1980's), authoritarian
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Good Neighbor Policy
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promised to stop direct interventions and deal fairly with L. America --by Franklin Roosevelt
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US involvement with Panama
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1989-90 - toppled authoritarian govt, replaced w/ cooperative regime by US troops (US wants Panama Canal)
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Women in L. America
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political exclusion, hard to find jobs, lower salaries than men
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Population characteristics in L. America
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large immigration into L. America, too many people = not enough jobs, declining mortality, increasing fertility, rich and poor gap, little middle class
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US involvement in L. America post-World War II
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no direct control, US companies, fruit companies, take out communists (Cold War vision)
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Communist Revolution of Cuba
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Castro exiled at first, learns from Che, takes over Cuba, supports the poor
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Opposition to military rule in Argentina
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1980 - economic problems, too much pressure to control opposition leaders, US is gone
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Problems faced by decolonized nations as they gained independence
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unequal distribution of goods/services, inadequate resources, communalism = ethnic fighting, political instability, civil war
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Ethnic and community violence in decolonized states in Africa
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Rwanda genocide, commie Ghana under Kwame, apartheid in S. Africa
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Population growth in Africa
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extended families lives together, poor education, better hygiene
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Causes of birth rates in Third World nations
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high death rate, no birth control, need working family
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Effects of high population rate in Third World nations
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hurts environment, high migration, govt corruption, big class gap
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Neocolonialism
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global economy dominated by industrialized markets
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Kwame Nkrumah's rule of Ghana
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social reform, economic uplift, became dictator (commie)
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Commonalities of Asian and African govts since decolonization
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military govt, attracted Western help, no civil liberties
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Reasons for military takeover of Third World nations
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easier to rule, put down rebellions, end corruption
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End of Khedive power in Egypt
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Nasser & military takeover
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Similarities of decolonization in India and Egypt
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lack of resources, low living standards, high class gap
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Iranian revolution
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theocracy, Ayatollah Khamenei, Islamic fundamentalist
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South African politics
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apartheid = segregation, homelands = only black, whites dominated politics
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Nelson Mandela
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1st freely elected president, leader of ANC, jail for 27 years
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China and Vietnam vs other Third World nations
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preserved own culture despite colonization, revolutions, turned commie
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US occupation in Japan
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no military, end shintoism, democracy, new construction, women's suffrage, MacAurthor
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Korea politically after WWII
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divided north = commie, south = authoritarian, Korean War - MacAurthor
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Syngman Rhee
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ruled S. Korea, developed parliament, forced out, replaced by other authoritarians
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Hong Kong
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British colony until 1997, increasing autonomy, bridge b/n China/rest of world
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Japanese women in the late 20th century
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education, birth rate decrease, housewives, no feminism
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Economic growth in Korea after 1950
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industry created by govt, consumer goods, international marketing (Hyundai + Kia)
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Chinese domestic policies in the 1950's and 1960's
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Great Leap Forward: 5 year plans, industry Cultural Revolution: land distribution, get rid of fourolds
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Gang of Four
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tried to seize control, anti-pragmatists (anti-less commie)
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Similarities b/n Vietnamese nationalist organization and other Third World nations
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West education, all worked, get rid of Europe
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Viet Minh
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Commie Viets, nationalist movement, guerilla tactics, Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen, anti-French/Japanese
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Chinese politics in the 1980's
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opened economy to world, less commie economy, strict govt = Tiananmen Square
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Working class men and women role in global network
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consumer culture, poor countries in factories
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Demise of Communism
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end of Cold War, Gorbi opens up USSR, eastern bloc breaks away, non-Russian USSR breaks away
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US response to Russian invasion of Afghanistan
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US sends money/weapons
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Gorbachev's reforms
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glasnost: opened USSR to world economy perestroika: economic reconstruction, people can make money (small businesses)
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Trends of end of 20th century
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democracy, terrorism, globalization (tech, internet, consumerism)
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Causes of Soviet economy stagnation
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collectivization = limited resource = starvation
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Terrorism in late 20th/early 21st centuries
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targeted civilians
