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389154265Geneva Conferencea 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel1
389154266genocidethe systematic killing of an entire ethnic group2
389154267geocentric theorythe belief held by many before the Scientific Revolution that the earth is the center of the universe3
389154268glasnostthe 1985 policy of Mikhail Gorbachev that allowed openness of expression of ideas in the Soviet Union4
389154269Glorious Revolutionthe bloodless overthrow of English King James 1 and the placement of William and Mary on the English throne5
389154270gold standarda monetary system in which currency is backed up by a specific amount of gold6
389154271Gothic architecturearchitecture of twelfth-century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, and pointed arches7
389154272Grand Colombiathe temprary union of the northern portion of South America after the independence movements led by Simon Bolivar; ended in 18308
389154273Great Depressionthe severe worldwide economic downturn that began in the late 1920s and continued into the 1930s throughout many regions of the world9
389154274Great Leap Forwardthe disastrous economic policy introduced by Mao Zedong that proposed the implementation of small-scale industrial projects on individual peasant communes10
389154275Green Revolutiona program of improved irrigation methods and the introduction of high-yield seeds and fertilizers and pesticides to improve agricultural production; the Green Revolution was especially successful in Asia but also was used in Latin America11
389154276griotsstorytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and histories12
389154277guanobird droppings used as fertilizer; a major trade item of Peru in the late nineteenth century13
389154278guest workersworkers from North Africa and Asia who migrated to Europe during the late twentieth century in search of employment; some guest workers settled in Europe permanently14
389154279GuomindangChina's Nationalist political party founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and based on democractic principles; in 1925, the party was taken over by Jiang Jieshi, who made it into the more authoritarian party15

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