4345233566 | Anti- imperialism | The idea that imperialist Europe threathened democracy and was based on racism and the US should not expand | 0 | |
4345233567 | Anti-semitism | Hatred of the Jewish populace | 1 | |
4345233568 | Apartheid | Laws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas | 2 | |
4345233569 | Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability | 3 | |
4345233570 | Authoritarianism | A form of government in which the ruler has absolute rule | 4 | |
4345233571 | Bedouin | Nomadic Arab tribe | 5 | |
4345233572 | Biafra Secessionist Movement | Is a secessionist movement with the aim of securing the resurgence of the defunct state of Biafra from Nigeria | 6 | |
4345233573 | Cold War | A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare between the US and Russia | 7 | |
4345233574 | Collectivization | Combining small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government | 8 | |
4345233575 | Communism | A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 9 | |
4345233576 | Consumerism | A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers | 10 | |
4345233577 | Cultural Convergence | The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures | 11 | |
4345233578 | Decolonization | The action of changing from colonial to independent status | 12 | |
4345233579 | Deforestation | Destruction of forests | 13 | |
4345233580 | Desertification | The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert | 14 | |
4345233581 | Dissolution | Separation into component parts | 15 | |
4345233582 | Domestic | Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | 16 | |
4345233583 | Draft | Compulsory military service | 17 | |
4345233584 | Economic Liberalization | Philosophy that aims to limit the power of the state and increase the power of the market and private property | 18 | |
4345233585 | Fascism | A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government | 19 | |
4345233586 | Feminism | The movement aimed at equal rights for women | 20 | |
4345233587 | Five- Year Plans | Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union | 21 | |
4345233588 | Free Market Economics | An economy unregulated by the government | 22 | |
4345233589 | Free Trade | International trade free of government interference | 23 | |
4345233590 | Genocide | Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | 24 | |
4345233591 | Glasnost | A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | 25 | |
4345233592 | Global Warming | A rise in average global temperatures | 26 | |
4345233593 | Great Depression | A severe, world wide economic crisis starting with the Stock Market crash | 27 | |
4345233594 | Green Revolution | Term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations | 28 | |
4345233595 | Greenhouse Gases | Gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect | 29 | |
4345233596 | Holocaust | An act of great destruction and loss of life, specifically the Nazi movement | 30 | |
4345233597 | Home Countries | Imperialistic countries | 31 | |
4345233598 | Imperial Metropoles | Home country, a base for imperialism | 32 | |
4345233599 | League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace | 33 | |
4345233600 | Mandates | Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants | 34 | |
4345233601 | Militarized States | States that have a large number of soldiers and spend a large percentage of their GPD on weapons | 35 | |
4345233602 | Mujahideen/Taliban | Exteremist, anti-US group in the Middle East | 36 | |
4345233603 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked | 37 | |
4345233604 | Nuclear Weaponry | i.e. Atomic Bomb | 38 | |
4345233605 | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply | 39 | |
4345233606 | Pacific Rim | The countries that border the Pacific Ocean | 40 | |
4345233607 | Perestroika | A policy that moved Russia into a more market based economy | 41 | |
4345233608 | Partition | Separate or apportion into sections | 42 | |
4345233609 | Propaganda | Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause | 43 | |
4345233610 | Proxy Wars | During the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants | 44 | |
4345233611 | 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 | 45 | |
4345233612 | Refugee | An exile who flees for safety | 46 | |
4345233613 | Religious Fundametalism | The belief that the bible does not contain any contradictions or errors, and is literally true | 47 | |
4345233614 | Segregation | A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups | 48 | |
4345233615 | Self-Determination | The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will | 49 | |
4345233616 | Soviets | Councils composed of representatives of workers and soldiers | 50 | |
4345233617 | Superpowers | Nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide | 51 | |
4345233618 | Technological Stagnation | Low amounts of technological advancement | 52 | |
4345233619 | Terrorism | The calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious in nature | 53 | |
4345233620 | Third World Countries | Developing countries that lack economic opportunities | 54 | |
4345233621 | Total War | The channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort | 55 | |
4345233622 | Totalitarianism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 56 | |
4345233623 | United Nations | An organization of independent states formed to promote international peace and security | 57 | |
4345233624 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations | 58 |
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