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US/Great Britian- Devolution
The United States gained independence from Great Britain, because it was costing too much for Great Britain to maintain control over the distant territory and allow it Independence. Becoming trading partners with the new country was also a contributing factor in this split. (Economic) -
Triple Entente
Britain, France, and Russia formed this military alliance in 1907 to keep Germany from conquering europe. (Military) -
Central Powers Of WWI
A Political/Military group, The Central powers,being Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy was formed as a protective measure if France attacked them. (military) -
Formation of United Nations
The UN was created to replace the League of Nations after WWII to foster international security and cooperation, attempt at stop war between nations, and provide a ways to communicate between warring countries. Member countries include: the United States, United Kingdom, France and 191 other countries. This is a political/military type group. -
East and West Germany
After WWII an "iron curtain" was put down the middle of Europe, splitting them into Democratic West Europe, & Communist East Europe. This "curtain" stayed up through most of the cold war. (Political Split) -
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
OPEC was formed by oil-producing countries to control the supply and price of oil. Some major particapants in this are Saudi Arabi, Qatar, and Kuwait. (Economic) -
Islamic Conference Organization (ICO)
Aims at promoting Islamic solidarity by coordinating social, economic, scientific, and cultural activities. (Cultural) -
Soviet Union
When the Soviet Union split it seperated into: Armani, Azerbajan, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine. The Soviet Union had many economic problems and a failing political structure and ontop of that many people had religous differences.
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Czech Republic & Slovakia
Czech Republic and Slovakia used to be Czechoslovakia. But when the north and south began being influenced by seperate regions of Europe, the north was more industrialized than the south. This forced them to seperate so they would not interfere with each others economies. (Econmic) -
Quebec & Canada
Canada gave Quebec autonomy, because Quebec wanted to seperate from Canada. Religious conflict is spread between the two regions because Quebec is mainly Catholic and Canada is mainly Protestant. (Cultural)
