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Ch 26 Section 2
The World in Transition
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History
12th Grade
03/11/2009

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[image] Karol Wojtyla
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polish roman catholic church leader
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[image]Pope John Paul II
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a staunch anti communist, inspired confidence among the largely catholic poles

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[image]Lech Walesa
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an electrical worker at the lenin shipyard in Gdansk, was founder and leader of solidarity

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[image]Erich Honecker
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was a German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989
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[image]Nicolae Ceausescu
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was the communist dictator of Romania from 1965 until December 1989
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[image]Vaclav Havel
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dissident playwright who had been in jail only months before
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[image]Helmut Kohl
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is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998
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[image]Aleksander Kwasniewski
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defeated lech Walesa for polands presidency
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Warren Christopher
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is an American diplomat, lawyer, and public servant
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Gdanskh
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organized a trade union
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Brezhnev Doctrine

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was a Soviet foreign policy, first and most clearly outlined by S. Kovalev
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Brandenburg Gate
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is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin and Germany
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Slovakia
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a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia

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Croatia

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a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia
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Macedonia

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a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia
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Slovenia

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a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945–92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia

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Serbia

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a former kingdom in S Europe
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Montenegro

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is a country located in Southeastern Europe
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Slbodan Milosevic

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became president of Serbia in 1989 in that country's first democratic elections since World War I
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Macedonia

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is a landlocked country on the Balkan peninsula
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Dayton, Ohio
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leaders of bosnia-herzegovina, Yugoslavia, and Croatia met here and agreed to set up a Bosnian state
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Solidarity
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union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc
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Nobel Peace Prize

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is one of Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel
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Berlin Wall
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was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin
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Albania

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is a country in South Eastern Europe
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Autonomy
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self rule
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NATO

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an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
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Yugoslavia
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a federal republic in S Europe
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