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World History Review-alvarado
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History
10th Grade
01/10/2011

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Alphabet
Definition
__________ was created by the Phoenicians to make writing easier.
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Greeks
Definition
The ________ belived in many gods.
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
Pronouncement by President Truman in 1947 in which he called for immediate economic and military aid to Greece.
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Fatah
Definition
A palestinian terrorist organization, founded in 1956.
Term
Instituional Revolutiionary Party (IRP)
Definition
Established in 1929 as the National Revolutionary party.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
Definition
An unseccessful attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba.
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G-8
Definition
Group of Eight which is an international forum for the governments of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
Definition
An agreement signed in Moscow officially entitled the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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OPEC
Definition
Originaztion of Petroleum-Exporting Countries.
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Manhattan Project
Definition
The project to develop the first nuclear weapon during WWII by the United States, The United Kingdom, and Canada.
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