Global Warmings SINCE 1989

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. Proponents of a post-Cold War 'peace dividend' hoped that the money not needed for _______ could be channeled into other, positive uses.

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. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez grounded and spilled millions of tons of oil in which US state?

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. The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997, was an international response to _______.

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. By the 1980s, the Communist Chinese government mostly commanded obedience by appeals to _______.

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. Members of the European Union must have _______.

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. One of the biggest struggles of European unification has been _______.

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. The intergovernmental organization founded in 1995 to promote international trade is the _______

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. Are the populations of Europe and the US growing or stagnating?

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. Slobodan Milosevic led the _______ in a campaign to create a nation-state and purge it of all other ethnic groups.

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. Critics accused European countries of not supporting the Chechen independence movement because of their _______.

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. Were the greatest number of terrorist attacks made by domestic or foreign enemies in the 1990s?

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. ETA, a Basque separatist organization, sought independence from _______.

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. The two political parties that represent the Palestinians are _______.

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. The Arab Spring began with a spontaneous protest in _______.

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. The focus of women's rights activists from the non-Western world generally focused on _______ by the 1990s.

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. Women do not have the same opportunities to advance economically in the Arab world because of _______.

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. The 2008 financial crisis was caused by _______.

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. The factors that increased the US national debt under the Bush administration were _______.

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. The idea of redistributive taxation is that taxes should _______.

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. True or False: Liberal economists think that wealth should be redistributed in equal measure to all members of a society.

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. In the 21st century, Arab countries are becoming more _______.

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. Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss Muslim, argues that _______.

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Based on Map 29.1, which of the following regions of the former USSR experienced violent ethnic conflict?

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Based on Map 29.7, in which of these countries were Arab Spring protests successful in toppling existing regimes?

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The people in this photo are fleeing civil wars resulting from the _______ in North Africa

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