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100
Yeltsin wanted to quickly install this type of economy in the new Russia.
What is free market economy?
100
This group was put on trial for past actions of spying on their neighbors and colleagues in East Germany.
What is the Stasi (secret police)?
100
Cause of the warming of the earth due to a buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
100
This sovereign state involved in the Persian Gulf War caused the involvement of the United States to liberate it.
What is Kuwait?
100
This man traveled around the world to help strengthen the Catholic Church throughout the non-Western world.
What is Pope John Paul II?
200
A reduction of this by Bill Clinton helped to restore confidence in the U.S. economy.
What is Budget Deficit?
200
Term used to describe the "openness" that Gorbachev refers to in his process of perestroika.
What is glasnost?
200
A company that has divisions in more than two countries.
What is Multinational Corporation or Transnational Corporation?
200
Nickname for Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group run by Osama bin Laden.
What is "The Base"?
200
A return to traditional Islamic values, especially in opposition to a perceived weakening of moral values due to the corrupting Western ideas.
What is Fundamentalism?
300
East German workers salaries were raised when this ratio of East to West German marks was created.
What is 1:1 ratio?
300
This playwright replaced Gustav Husak after helping bring the Communist government down.
What is Vaclav Havel?
300
These are represented at the United Nations and include foundations, youth and women's organizations, and research institutes.
What are NGOs?
300
Terrorist group responsible for deaths of 2000 people in Northern Ireland.
What is the Irish Republican Army?
300
Artist who created works based on German history, and especially the horrors of Nazism.
What is Anselm Kiefer?
400
This group provides grants, loans, and advice for economic developments.
What is the World Bank?
400
Margaret Thatcher's popularity fell to an all time low after these type of riots broke out.
What are Anti-Tax Riots?
400
Pollution along this body of water by factories caused heated disputes among European nations.
What is the Rhine River?
400
The three major groups in Iraqi society.
What are the ethnic Kurds, Shi'ite Muslims, and Sunni Muslims?
400
This U.S. government agency gave financial aid to artists Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe, causing heated debate.
What is the National Endowment for the Arts?
500
Banks in New York sold these to banks in Europe to spread wealth and investment risks.
What are CDOs (collateralized debt obligations)?
500
The Treaty on European Union was also called this after the city in the Netherlands where it was reached.
What is the Maastrict Treaty?
500
The World Trade Organization replaced this organization about free trade in 1995.
What is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade?
500
The New Order in Italy and the Charles Martel Club in France used bombings in order to bring about this type of government.
What are authoritarian regimes?
500
Genre of music in which artists like Nirvana and Sonic Youth sang of disillusion or angst.
What is Grunge music?
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