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| 11826267633 | Politburo | Executive committee of the Soviet Communist party; 20 members. | 0 | |
| 11826267634 | Helsinki Accords | A 1975 political and human rights agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland, by Western European countries and the Soviet Union. | 1 | |
| 11826267635 | Reggae | Style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's dominant music. By the 1970s it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed. | 2 | |
| 11826267636 | Greenpeace | Founded in 1971, it is one of the most successful and well-known international environmental groups. Raising awareness of important environmental issues, the group generally uses peaceful protest methods to illustrate its point. However, it has come under fire throughout its history for unorthodox and controversial approaches, as well. | 3 | |
| 11826267637 | Global warming | When carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth's surface. Normally, this radiation would escape into space—but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet to get hotter. | 4 | |
| 11826267638 | Earth Day | Annual worldwide event celebrated each year on April 22 in which various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. | 5 | |
| 11826267639 | Bollywood | Indian movie-making industry that began in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930s and developed into an enormous film empire. The industry typically produces over 1,000 feature films annually and has grown in popularity with international audiences in the United Kingdom and in the United States. | 6 | |
| 11826267640 | Balfour Declaration | British minister Lord Balfour's promise of support for the establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine issued in 1917. | 7 | |
| 11826267641 | Twenty One Demands | Instrument by which Japan secured temporary hegemony over China. Japan secretly presented (1915) President Yüan Shih-kai with an ultimatum comprising demands divided into five sections. | 8 | |
| 11826267642 | Mass consumerism | Trade in products designed to appeal to a global market. | 9 | |
| 11826267643 | National Organization of Women | U.S. organization founded in 1969 to campaign for women's rights. | 10 | |
| 11826267644 | New Deal | U.S. President Roosevelt's program to relieve the economic problems of the Great Depression; it increased government involvement in the society of the United States | 11 | |
| 11826267645 | Neocolonialism | The continuation of the economic model of colonialism after a colonized territory has achieved formal political independence. This concept was applied most commonly to Africa in the latter half of the twentieth century. | 12 | |
| 11826267646 | Welfare state | A nation in which the government plays an active role in providing services such as social security and housing to its citizens. | 13 | |
| 11826267647 | Green Revolution | A program of improved irrigation methods and the introduction of high-yield seeds and fertilizers and pesticides to improve agricultural production; it was especially successful in Asia but also was used in Latin America. | 14 | |
| 11826267648 | Guest workers | Workers form North Africa and Asia who migrated to Europe during the late twentieth century in search of employment; some guest workers settled in Europe permanently. | 15 | |
| 11826267649 | Ozone depletion | The thinning of the layer of the gas ozone high in the earth's atmosphere; ozone serves as a protection against the sun's ultraviolet rays. | 16 | |
| 11826267650 | Coup d'état | Sudden overthrow of a government. | 17 | |
| 11826267651 | Liberation Theology | A combination of Catholic theology and socialism, promoted (but not employed) in Latin America by some clergy and fewer politicians. It was indication of an increased concern for social justice by the Catholic Church. | 18 | |
| 11826267652 | Weimar Republic | The republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933. | 19 | |
| 11826267653 | Viet Minh | Communist-dominated Vietnamese nationalist movement; operated out of base in southern China during WW II; employed guerilla tactics similar to Maoists in China. | 20 | |
| 11826267654 | Propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause. | 21 | |
| 11826267655 | European Union | (began as European Economic Community - or Common Market) An alliance of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands that created a single economic entity across national boundaries in 1958; later joined by other nations for further European economic integration. 19 of 28 members have adopted the Euro as their official currency. | 22 | |
| 11826267656 | Viet Cong | Name given by the Diem regime to the communist guerilla movement in southern Vietnam; reorganized with northern Vietnamese assistance as the National Liberation Front in 1958. | 23 | |
| 11826267657 | African National Congress | Black political organization within South Africa; pressed for end to policies of apartheid; sought open democracy leading to black majority rule; until 1990s declared illegal. | 24 | |
| 11826267658 | Free Officers Movement | Military nationalist movement in Egypt founded in the 1930s; often allied with the Muslim Brotherhood; led a coup to seize the Egyptian government from khedive in July 1952. | 25 | |
| 11826267659 | Dien Bien Phu | Most significant victory of the Viet Minh over French colonial forces in 1954; gave the Viet Minh control of northern Vietnam. | 26 | |
| 11826267660 | National Liberation Front | Radical nationalist movement in Algeria; launched sustained guerilla war against France in the 1950s; success of tactics led to independence of Algeria in 1958. | 27 | |
| 11826267661 | Afrikaner National Party | Emerged as the majority party in the all-white South African legislature after 1948; advocated complete independence from Britain; favored a rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid. | 28 | |
| 11826267662 | Muslim League | Founded in 1906 to better support demands of Muslims for separate electorates and legislative seats in Hindu-dominated India; represented division within Indian nationalist movement. | 29 | |
| 11826267663 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | International document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 it includes civil and political rights, like the right to life, liberty, free speech and privacy. It also includes economic, social and cultural rights, like the right to social security, health and education. | 30 | |
| 11826267664 | Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. | 31 | |
| 11826267665 | U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Landmark civil rights and U.S. labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. | 32 | |
| 11826267666 | Diabetes | Group of diseases characterized by high blood glucose or sugar levels that result from defects in the body's ability to produce and/or use insulin. The vast majority of patients with the disease are overweight and have a combination of insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. The prevalence of this form of diabetes has been increasing dramatically, particularly in the past three to four decades, resulting in a worldwide epidemic that has made it one of the most common and most serious medical conditions humankind has had to face. | 33 | |
| 11826267667 | 1918 Influenza Epidemic | The deadliest pandemic in modern history; it infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide-about one-third of the planet's population at the time-and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims. | 34 |
