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Unit 4 review
government and US/SW Asia
Term | Definition |
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Al Qaeda | terrorists that attacked World Trade Center |
unitary | system with Central government holding all the power |
Persian gulf War | war to free Kuwait from attack by Iraq |
Taliban | a group that controlled Afghanistan and had ties to terrorists |
Osama bin Laden | leader of Al Qaeda |
prime minister | leader of a parliamentary government |
oligarchy | government ruled by a few people |
autocracy | government like a monarchy or dictatorship |
confederation | government with power held by the states or local government |
federal | power is shared by state and central government |
theocracy | rule by religious leaders |
presidential democracy | leader is picked through direct elections of its citizens |
Operation Iraqi Freedom | war to stop Iraq from building nuclear weapons and helping terrorism |