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Chapter 24 (AP World History) Flashcards

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9283288738Abstract paintinga painting that avoids concrete shapes and instead focuses on lines and colors0
9283292249Anti-SemitismA mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races1
9283295480AnticlericalismOpposition to church leaders for their alleged influence in political and social affairs2
9283295481CubismA style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed by geometric forms, especially cubes3
9283297435Economic imperialismOne country controls key aspects of another country's economy4
9283300065Impressionisma style of art where painters try to catch visual impressions made by color, light, and shadows5
9283302196ModernismA trend that emphasized science and secular values over traditional ideas about religion6
9283304234New imperialismThe late-nineteenth-century drive by European countries to create vast political empires abroad.7
9283307176PogromsOrganized acts of persecution or massacre of a specific group of people, particularly the Jews8
9283312353PsychoanalysisA method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders; developed by Sigmund Freud9
9283314258Relativity theoryAccording to relativity theory, neither time nor space is absolute but relative to the observer.10
9283318236SamuraiClass of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.11
9283320043ShogunA general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name12
9283322661Social DarwinismThe belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.13
9283331834TransformismThe theory that societies evolve gradually14
9283335232Volkish thoughtA combination of folklore, occultism, romanticism, and ethnic nationalism; could be considered the cornerstone of​ the ideological foundation of the National Socialist German Workers' Party under Adolf Hitler15
9283347737ZionismA policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine.16

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