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4345233566Anti- imperialismThe idea that imperialist Europe threathened democracy and was based on racism and the US should not expand0
4345233567Anti-semitismHatred of the Jewish populace1
4345233568ApartheidLaws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas2
4345233569AppeasementSatisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability3
4345233570AuthoritarianismA form of government in which the ruler has absolute rule4
4345233571BedouinNomadic Arab tribe5
4345233572Biafra Secessionist MovementIs a secessionist movement with the aim of securing the resurgence of the defunct state of Biafra from Nigeria6
4345233573Cold WarA state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare between the US and Russia7
4345233574CollectivizationCombining small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government8
4345233575CommunismA form of socialism that abolishes private ownership9
4345233576ConsumerismA movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers10
4345233577Cultural ConvergenceThe tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures11
4345233578DecolonizationThe action of changing from colonial to independent status12
4345233579DeforestationDestruction of forests13
4345233580DesertificationThe gradual transformation of habitable land into desert14
4345233581DissolutionSeparation into component parts15
4345233582DomesticOf concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation16
4345233583DraftCompulsory military service17
4345233584Economic LiberalizationPhilosophy that aims to limit the power of the state and increase the power of the market and private property18
4345233585FascismA political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government19
4345233586FeminismThe movement aimed at equal rights for women20
4345233587Five- Year PlansPlans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union21
4345233588Free Market EconomicsAn economy unregulated by the government22
4345233589Free TradeInternational trade free of government interference23
4345233590GenocideSystematic killing of a racial or cultural group24
4345233591GlasnostA policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems25
4345233592Global WarmingA rise in average global temperatures26
4345233593Great DepressionA severe, world wide economic crisis starting with the Stock Market crash27
4345233594Green RevolutionTerm used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations28
4345233595Greenhouse GasesGases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect29
4345233596HolocaustAn act of great destruction and loss of life, specifically the Nazi movement30
4345233597Home CountriesImperialistic countries31
4345233598Imperial MetropolesHome country, a base for imperialism32
4345233599League of NationsAn organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace33
4345233600MandatesTerms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants34
4345233601Militarized StatesStates that have a large number of soldiers and spend a large percentage of their GPD on weapons35
4345233602Mujahideen/TalibanExteremist, anti-US group in the Middle East36
4345233603NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked37
4345233604Nuclear Weaponryi.e. Atomic Bomb38
4345233605OPECOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply39
4345233606Pacific RimThe countries that border the Pacific Ocean40
4345233607PerestroikaA policy that moved Russia into a more market based economy41
4345233608PartitionSeparate or apportion into sections42
4345233609PropagandaInformation that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause43
4345233610Proxy WarsDuring the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants44
4345233611Quebecois 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 country45
4345233612RefugeeAn exile who flees for safety46
4345233613Religious FundametalismThe belief that the bible does not contain any contradictions or errors, and is literally true47
4345233614SegregationA social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups48
4345233615Self-DeterminationThe ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will49
4345233616SovietsCouncils composed of representatives of workers and soldiers50
4345233617SuperpowersNations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide51
4345233618Technological StagnationLow amounts of technological advancement52
4345233619TerrorismThe calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious in nature53
4345233620Third World CountriesDeveloping countries that lack economic opportunities54
4345233621Total WarThe channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort55
4345233622TotalitarianismA form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator56
4345233623United NationsAn organization of independent states formed to promote international peace and security57
4345233624Warsaw PactAn alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations58

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