Change and Continuity in the World

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Change and Continuity in the World

• 1960s through present day

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Fall of the Soviet Union

• Fell in 1991
• 15 countries were created
• Collectively known as the CIS (Commonwealth of
  Independent States)

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CIS
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Terrorism

• What is terrorism?
• Using violence to obtain political or other
  ideological goals.

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Terroristic Groups

• Shining Path
• Red Brigade
• Hamas
• PLO
• Al Qaeda

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Shining Path

• Peruvian revolutionary organization that endorsed
  Maoism and employed guerrilla tactics and violent
  terrorism.
• (Marxism-Leninism will open the shining path to
  revolution)

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Red Brigade

• Formed in 1970, the Marxist-Leninist Red Brigades
  sought to create a revolutionary state through
  armed struggle and to separate Italy from the
  Western Alliance (NATO).

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PLO and Hamas

• Palestine Liberation Organization
• Egypt President Nasser and Palestinian leader
  Yasser Arafat wanted to take land back from the
  Israeli Jews.
• Hamas exerted force after Arafat died in 2005.
• Also want Israel destroyed.

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Al Qaeda

• Wants to end U.S. influence from the Persian Gulf
• Think Christian-Judaism created an alliance to
  end Islam. Jihad is acceptable.

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Rise of Women as Political Leaders

• Golda Meir
• Indira Gandhi
• Margaret Thatcher

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Golda Meir

• Israels fourth Prime Minister
• Worlds third woman Prime Minister
• David Ben-Gurion said she was the only man in his
  cabinet. (Iron Lady)

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Indira Gandhi

• Indias 3rd and 6th Prime Minister
• Not related to Mohandas Gandhi (This is a common
  name in India)

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Margaret Thatcher

• British Prime Minister from 1979-1990
• Only woman to be P.M. of Britain
• Had longest tenure as P.M. for the last 150 years.

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Technology

• smaller world
• Effect on economy
• Television, satellites, computers

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Multinational Corporations

• United Nations
• OPEC
• World Trade Organization

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United Nations

• Organization created to keep peace following WWII
• There are currently 192 nations that are members
  out of 194 countries in the world.

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OPEC

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Controls the amount of oil production in the world

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World Trade Organization

• An organization that monitors world trade and
  tries to restrict barriers of trade.