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| 21960371 | zaibatsu | huge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890s as part of the process of industrialization | 0 | |
| 21960372 | triple alliance | alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to WWI | 1 | |
| 21960373 | triple entente | alliance among Britain, Russia and France at the outset of the 20th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to WWI | 2 | |
| 21960374 | Dinshawai Incident | clash between British soldiers and Egyptian villagers in 1906; arose over hunting accident along the Nile river where the wife of a prayer leader of a mosque was accidently shot by army officers hunting pigeons; led to Egyptian protest movement | 3 | |
| 21960375 | satyagraha | "truth force"; strategy of nonviolent protest developed by Mohandas Gandi and his followers in India; later deployed throughout the colonized world and in the United States | 4 | |
| 21960376 | pan-african | organization that brought together intellectuals and political leaders from areas of Africa and African diaspora before and after WWI | 5 | |
| 21960377 | 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 movement | 6 | |
| 21960378 | league of nations | international diplomatic and peace organization created in the Treaty of Versailles that ended in WWI; one of the chief goals of president Woodrow Wilson of the US in the peace negotiations; the US was never a member | 7 | |
| 21960379 | zemstvoes | local political councils created as part of reforms of Tsar Alexander; gave some Russians, particularly middle class professionals, some experience in government; councils had not impact on national policy | 8 | |
| 21960380 | bolsheviks | the majority party; the most radical branch of the Russian Marxist movement; led by Lenin and dedicated to his concept of social revolution; a minority of the Russian Marxist political scheme until its triumph in the 1917 revolution | 9 | |
| 21960381 | crimean war | fought between 1854 and 1856; began as Russian attempt to attack Ottoman Empire; Russia opposed by France and Britain as well; resulted in Russian defeat in the face of western industrial technology; led to Russian reforms under Tsar Alexander II | 10 | |
| 21960382 | russo-japanese war | war between Japan and Russia(1904-1905) over territory in Manchuria; Japan defeated the Russians, largely because of its naval power; Japan annexed Korea in 1910 as a result of military dominance | 11 | |
| 21960383 | duma | national parliament created in russia in the aftermath of the revolution of 1905; progressively stripped of power during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II; failed to forestall further revolution | 12 | |
| 21960384 | collectivization | creation of large state-run farms rather than individual holdings; allowed more efficient control over peasants; though often lowered food production; part of Stalin's economic and political planning; often adopted in other communist regimes | 13 | |
| 21960385 | supreme soviet | parliament of union of soviet socialist republic; elected by universal suffrage; actually controlled by communist party; served to ratify party decisions | 14 |
