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Chapter 30
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History
10th Grade
04/16/2011

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Term
Big Science
Definition
The combining of different theoretical work with engineering.
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Big Three
Definition
Russia, the United States, and England.
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Brezhnev Doctrine
Definition
Doctrine created after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Christian Democrats
Definition
Progressive Catholics and revitalized Catholic political parties that became influential.
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Cold War
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The period after World War II during which the world was politically divided.
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Common Market
Definition
The European Economic Community, created by the 6 nations of the Coal and Steel community in 1957.
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Decolonization
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The reversal of Europe's overseas expansion caused by the rising demand of Asian and African peoples.
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De-Stalinization
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The liberlization of the post-Stalin Soviet Union, led by reformer Nikita Krhrushchev.
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Detente
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The progressive piecemeal relaxation of cold war tensions.
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Misery Index
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The combined rates of inflation and unemployment.
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an anti-Soviet military alliance of Western governments.
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OPEC
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The Arab-led Organization of Petroleum exporting Countries.
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Watergate
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Scandal in which Nixon's assistants broke into the Democratic Party headquarters in July 1972.
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