HW 19: Evidence Charts
for Cold War History
Lab

 

All assignments for this course are listed on the day assigned, not the day due. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by blackboard by classtime

WORTH: 3% of semester grade

CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: no

DUE: by Bb by 12/09 by classtime

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE (5% penalty if you do not).

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 19, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_19.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 19

Banana Republic - Term for a small nation, especially in Central America, dependent on the cultivation of a single crop or the influx of foreign capital

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - A federal bureau of the United States, created in 1947, to coordinate and conduct espionage and intelligence activities

Kremlin - The historic fortified complex in Moscow that is the seat of power of the Russian government and of the former Soviet Union

Clandestine - Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose

Despotism - Absolute power or authority

Mercenary - A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Expropriate - To take property from someone, either legally for the public good, or illegally by means of theft or fraud

Intransigent - Refusing to change or consider changing a decision or attitude