5889015180 | Anti-imperialism | The idea that imperialist Europe threatened democracy and was based on racism and the US should not expand | 0 | |
5889018349 | Anti-Semitism | Hatred of the Jewish populace | 1 | |
5889020710 | Apartheid | Laws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas | 2 | |
5889118559 | Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability | 3 | |
5889123264 | Application of religion to political issues | Fundamentalists movements Liberation Theology | 4 | |
5889314935 | Authoritarianism | A form of government in which the ruler has absolute rule | 5 | |
5889489609 | Bedouin | Nomadic Arab tribe | 6 | |
5889491579 | Biafra Secessionist Movement | Is a secessionist movement with the aim of securing the resurgence of the defunct state of Biafra from Nigeria | 7 | |
5889512904 | Chemically & genetically enhanced forms of agriculture | the green revolution ie disease resistant wheat | 8 | |
5889506466 | Cold War | A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare between the US and Russia | 9 | |
5889507314 | Collectivization | Combining small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government | 10 | |
5889535192 | Communism | five year plans great leap forward A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 11 | |
5889538886 | Consumerism | A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | 12 | |
5889540818 | Cultural Convergence | The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures | 13 | |
5889544421 | Cultural Identities | our view of ourselves in relation to the cultures we belong to; Pan-Africanism, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Slavism, Negritude | 14 | |
5889672217 | Pan-Africanism | Philosophy based on the belief that Africans share common bonds and are a unified people. Adopted this to break from colonial rule. | 15 | |
5889673582 | Pan-Arabism | A 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 | |
5889676667 | Pan-Slavism | A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people | 17 | |
5889678121 | Negritude | Literary 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 | |
5889553118 | Decolonization | The action of changing from colonial to independent status | 19 | |
5889643688 | Deforestation | Destruction of forests | 20 | |
5889645758 | Desertification | The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert | 21 | |
5889647545 | Dissolution | Separation into component parts | 22 | |
5889649096 | Domestic | Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | 23 | |
5889653635 | Draft | Compulsory military service | 24 | |
5889655047 | Economic Liberalization | Philosophy that aims to limit the power of the state and increase the power of the market and private property | 25 | |
5889660519 | Exclusionary reactions | Xenophobia, race riots, citizenship restrictions | 26 | |
5889683819 | Xenophobia | Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers; an exclusionary reaction | 27 | |
5889685348 | Race riots | Rioting 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 reaction | 28 | |
5889687524 | Citizenship Restrictions | Not allowing certain people to become citizens; not allowing certain citizens all rights; an exclusionary reaction | 29 | |
5889692614 | Fascism | A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government | 30 | |
5889694906 | Feminism | The movement aimed at equal rights for women | 31 | |
5889707980 | Five- Year Plans | Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union | 32 | |
5889710649 | Free Market Economics | An economy unregulated by the government | 33 | |
5889714852 | Free Trade | International trade free of government interference | 34 | |
5889718893 | Genocide | Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | 35 | |
5889731452 | Glasnost | "Openness; called for increased transparency in government institutions and activities within the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev. Usually paired with "Perestroika" | 36 | |
5889733075 | Global Warming | An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) | 37 | |
5889735970 | Government Intervention in the economy | New Deal Fascist corporatist economy economic development | 38 | |
5889751163 | Great 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 | |
5889760872 | Green environmental movements | Greenpeace Green belt in Kenya Earth Day | 40 | |
5889774409 | Green Revolution | Term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations | 41 | |
5889775936 | Greenhouse Gases | Gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect | 42 | |
5889778902 | Holocaust | A 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 | |
5889781725 | Home Countries | Imperialistic countries | 44 | |
5889785167 | Human Rights | U.N. Universal Declaration of human rights Women rights end of white Australia Policy | 45 | |
5889799891 | Imperial Metropoles | Home country, a base for imperialism | 46 | |
5889812141 | Indian National Congress intensified conflict | A 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 | |
5889824371 | League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace | 48 | |
5889826511 | Mandates | Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants | 49 | |
5889830063 | Medical Innovations | they increased the ability of humans to survive. (polio vaccine, antibiotics artificial heart) | 50 | |
5889837970 | Militarized States | States that have a large number of soldiers and spend a large percentage of their GPD on weapons | 51 | |
5889843392 | Mobilization of a state's resources | the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war, (Gurkha, ANZAC, conscription) | 52 | |
5889854687 | Movements who challenged the war | ex. anti-nuclear movement | 53 | |
5889859247 | Mujahideen/Taliban | Extremist, anti-US group in the Middle East | 54 | |
5889865064 | Multinational/Transnational corporations | ex. Royal Dutch, Shell, Coca-Cola, Sonny | 55 | |
5889868811 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked | 56 | |
5889872694 | New economic institutions | -International Monetary Fund -World Bank -World Trade Organization (WTO) | 57 | |
5889883756 | New forms of spirituality | Believers 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 Gong | 58 | |
5889895774 | Nonviolence | (Non-Aligned Movement, Anti-Apartheid movement) | 59 | |
5889904304 | Nuclear Weaponry | Atomic Bomb | 60 | |
5889905883 | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply | 61 | |
5889925517 | Pacific Rim | The countries that border the Pacific Ocean | 62 | |
5889932770 | Perestroika | A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society | 63 | |
5889936462 | Popular Culture | Dada, Socialist Realism | 64 | |
5889949289 | Partition | Separate or apportion into sections | 65 | |
5889951426 | Propaganda | Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | 66 | |
5889955089 | Proxy Wars | During the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants | 67 | |
5889969234 | Quebecois Separatist Movement | Huge 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 country | 68 | |
5889974000 | Refugee | An exile who flees for safety | 69 | |
5890004083 | Regional trade agreements or blocs | European Union NAFTA ASEAN | 70 | |
5889983848 | Religious Fundamentalism | The belief that the bible does not contain any contradictions or errors, and is literally true | 71 | |
5890011007 | Scientific Paradigms | theory of relativity Quantum mechanics Big Bang theory Pschology | 72 | |
5890018363 | Segregation | A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups | 73 | |
5890021971 | Self-Determination | The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 74 | |
5890024407 | Soviets | Councils composed of representatives of workers and soldiers | 75 | |
5890026412 | Superpowers | Nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide | 76 | |
5890029494 | Tactics | trench warfare, firebombing | 77 | |
5890034411 | Technological Stagnation | Low amounts of technological advancement | 78 | |
5890036973 | Terrorism | The calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious in nature | 79 | |
5890039747 | Third World Countries | Developing countries that lack economic opportunities | 80 | |
5890043774 | Total War | The channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 81 | |
5890047573 | Totalitarianism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 82 | |
5890051605 | United Nations | An organization of independent states formed to promote international peace and security | 83 | |
5890053418 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations | 84 | |
5890066373 | Women's suffrage | the right of women to vote W/ 19th amendment in 1920 | 85 |
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