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6828924636Mughal Empire0
6828924637SyncretismMixing of some religion's beliefs and systems with another religion1
6828931488Ottoman EmpireMuslim empire that had a very strong military, central government, and active trading2
6828936091IndustrializationBegan in western Europe, 18th century, factories and machines became very popular. Effects: - Much bigger economies - Women can work - A lot more people in cities3
6828949810Capitalism자본주의 - You work harder, you get more money - Factory owners become very rich while workers are poor - Money earned is used to invest more4
6828960618EnlightenmentIdeas: - Freedom of speech - Everyone should participate in the government - Freedom of religion5
6828967044Marxism (communism)- Everyone should have the same amount of money - No rich no poor people - The government should be in charge of all companies - No private property - Opposite of capitalism6
6828983345NationalismIdea that one's own country should be #1 and fuk other countries7
6828996060Age of RevolutionsInspired by Enlightenment - People realized they deserve rights so they were pissed at the king and overthrew them - Happened in France and in Latin America8
6829009117ImperialismBelief that best political system is to colonize as many countries as possible9
6829016131Social darwinismIdea that stronger people are better - European countries thought they were better than Asians and Africans because they conquered10
6829025032Meiji RestorationJapan tried to become more like the Western powers politically and socially so they can become more powerful - Made the government more centralized and ended feudalism11
682905347719th Century MigrationBecause of industrialization, a lot of poor people in Europe and Asia moved to America so they become richer12
6829055281Indentured servitudePoor people in Asia went to Caribbean and America to work for "x" amount of years in exchange for free ship ride13
6829089527Open Door PolicyChina used to block all trading activities, but the US forced them to open up for trade14
6829102658"Second" Industrial RevolutionNow cars, airplanes, electricity, telephone, chemical, and steel become popular15
6829123294The World Wars16
6829147111The Great DepressionAfter World War 1 ended, America no longer sold weapons to Europe = no money. 2. Stock market crashes. Result = a lot of people lose their jobs, become homeless. The international economy also suffers.17
6829195788AuthoritarianismAfter World War 1, a lot of European countries like Germany and Italy became 1-man government18
6829217087DecolonizationStopped colonizing and a lot of colonizes gained their independence - Result: These countries struggle a lot19
6829228776PartitionWhen India got its independence, it divided into two countries: India (Hindus) and Pakistan (Muslims)20
6829264110Cold WarUS vs Soviet Union - US was symbol of democracy and Soviet Union was symbol of communism - It wasn't actually a fight - Built a lot of nuclear weapons, tried send people to space first, etc.21
6829273929MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)If country A and country B both have nuclear weapons, then they will stop each other from using it22
6829281798Multinational, Transnational CorporationAfter World War 2, a lot of companies became so big that they have businesses in many countries23
6829300820Pacific RimAll the Asian countries that became economically strong after World War 2 - Korea - Japan - China - Singapore24
6829318082Chinese Revolution (cultural revolution)Mao Zedong turned China into communism and closed off to other countries. Made social revolutions -- everyone had to be loyal to Mao, and nationalism.25
6829335649ApartheidIn Africa, whites were the minority but they controlled and discriminated blacks.26
6829353906FeminismFighting for women's rights27
6829358231Globalization글로벌화시대28
6829361980HistoriographyAnalyzing the past29

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