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5889015180Anti-imperialismThe idea that imperialist Europe threatened democracy and was based on racism and the US should not expand0
5889018349Anti-SemitismHatred of the Jewish populace1
5889020710ApartheidLaws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas2
5889118559AppeasementSatisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability3
5889123264Application of religion to political issuesFundamentalists movements Liberation Theology4
5889314935AuthoritarianismA form of government in which the ruler has absolute rule5
5889489609BedouinNomadic Arab tribe6
5889491579Biafra Secessionist MovementIs a secessionist movement with the aim of securing the resurgence of the defunct state of Biafra from Nigeria7
5889512904Chemically & genetically enhanced forms of agriculturethe green revolution ie disease resistant wheat8
5889506466Cold WarA state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare between the US and Russia9
5889507314CollectivizationCombining small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government10
5889535192Communismfive year plans great leap forward A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership11
5889538886ConsumerismA movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers12
5889540818Cultural ConvergenceThe tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures13
5889544421Cultural Identitiesour view of ourselves in relation to the cultures we belong to; Pan-Africanism, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Slavism, Negritude14
5889672217Pan-AfricanismPhilosophy based on the belief that Africans share common bonds and are a unified people. Adopted this to break from colonial rule.15
5889673582Pan-ArabismA movement that calls for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea. It is closely connected to Arab nationalism, which asserts that the Arabs constitute a single nation. Wanted to end foreign control.16
5889676667Pan-SlavismA movement to create a nation state of Slavic people17
5889678121NegritudeLiterary movement in Africa; attempted to combat racial stereotypes of African culture; celebrated the beauty of black skin and African physique; associated with origins of African nationalist movements.18
5889553118DecolonizationThe action of changing from colonial to independent status19
5889643688DeforestationDestruction of forests20
5889645758DesertificationThe gradual transformation of habitable land into desert21
5889647545DissolutionSeparation into component parts22
5889649096DomesticOf concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation23
5889653635DraftCompulsory military service24
5889655047Economic LiberalizationPhilosophy that aims to limit the power of the state and increase the power of the market and private property25
5889660519Exclusionary reactionsXenophobia, race riots, citizenship restrictions26
5889683819XenophobiaFear or hatred of foreigners or strangers; an exclusionary reaction27
5889685348Race riotsRioting in major US. cities due to frustration of discrimination. Riots spread to over 100 cities across the country; Migration of African Americans to northern cities increased racial tensions, which led to violence in many cities; an exclusionary reaction28
5889687524Citizenship RestrictionsNot allowing certain people to become citizens; not allowing certain citizens all rights; an exclusionary reaction29
5889692614FascismA political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government30
5889694906FeminismThe movement aimed at equal rights for women31
5889707980Five- Year PlansPlans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union32
5889710649Free Market EconomicsAn economy unregulated by the government33
5889714852Free TradeInternational trade free of government interference34
5889718893GenocideSystematic killing of a racial or cultural group35
5889731452Glasnost"Openness; called for increased transparency in government institutions and activities within the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev. Usually paired with "Perestroika"36
5889733075Global WarmingAn increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)37
5889735970Government Intervention in the economyNew Deal Fascist corporatist economy economic development38
5889751163Great Depression(1929-1939) The dramatic decline in the world's economy due to the United State's stock market crash of 1929, the overproduction of goods from World War I, and decline in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations. Results in millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world. Many people were reduced to homelessness, and had to rely on government sponsored soup kitchens to eat. World trade also declined as many countries imposed protective tariffs in an attempt to restore their economies.39
5889760872Green environmental movementsGreenpeace Green belt in Kenya Earth Day40
5889774409Green RevolutionTerm used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations41
5889775936Greenhouse GasesGases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect42
5889778902HolocaustA methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.43
5889781725Home CountriesImperialistic countries44
5889785167Human RightsU.N. Universal Declaration of human rights Women rights end of white Australia Policy45
5889799891Imperial MetropolesHome country, a base for imperialism46
5889812141Indian National Congress intensified conflictA movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor.47
5889824371League of NationsAn organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace48
5889826511MandatesTerms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants49
5889830063Medical Innovationsthey increased the ability of humans to survive. (polio vaccine, antibiotics artificial heart)50
5889837970Militarized StatesStates that have a large number of soldiers and spend a large percentage of their GPD on weapons51
5889843392Mobilization of a state's resourcesthe act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war, (Gurkha, ANZAC, conscription)52
5889854687Movements who challenged the warex. anti-nuclear movement53
5889859247Mujahideen/TalibanExtremist, anti-US group in the Middle East54
5889865064Multinational/Transnational corporationsex. Royal Dutch, Shell, Coca-Cola, Sonny55
5889868811NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked56
5889872694New economic institutions-International Monetary Fund -World Bank -World Trade Organization (WTO)57
5889883756New forms of spiritualityBelievers developed new forms of spirituality and chose to emphasize particular aspect of practice within existing faiths and apply them to political issues ex: new age religions, Falun Gong58
5889895774Nonviolence(Non-Aligned Movement, Anti-Apartheid movement)59
5889904304Nuclear WeaponryAtomic Bomb60
5889905883OPECOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply61
5889925517Pacific RimThe countries that border the Pacific Ocean62
5889932770PerestroikaA policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society63
5889936462Popular CultureDada, Socialist Realism64
5889949289PartitionSeparate or apportion into sections65
5889951426PropagandaInformation that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause66
5889955089Proxy WarsDuring the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants67
5889969234Quebecois Separatist MovementHuge national terrorist group called the FLQ (Front de liberation du Quebec). They firmly believed that Quebec should separate from Canada, and become it's own, French-speaking country68
5889974000RefugeeAn exile who flees for safety69
5890004083Regional trade agreements or blocsEuropean Union NAFTA ASEAN70
5889983848Religious FundamentalismThe belief that the bible does not contain any contradictions or errors, and is literally true71
5890011007Scientific Paradigmstheory of relativity Quantum mechanics Big Bang theory Pschology72
5890018363SegregationA social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups73
5890021971Self-DeterminationThe ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will74
5890024407SovietsCouncils composed of representatives of workers and soldiers75
5890026412SuperpowersNations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide76
5890029494Tacticstrench warfare, firebombing77
5890034411Technological StagnationLow amounts of technological advancement78
5890036973TerrorismThe calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious in nature79
5890039747Third World CountriesDeveloping countries that lack economic opportunities80
5890043774Total WarThe channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort81
5890047573TotalitarianismA form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator82
5890051605United NationsAn organization of independent states formed to promote international peace and security83
5890053418Warsaw PactAn alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations84
5890066373Women's suffragethe right of women to vote W/ 19th amendment in 192085

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