397259887 | capitalism | economic system where money is invested in business ventures with goal of making a profit | 0 | |
397259888 | fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition (mussolini) | 1 | |
397259889 | imperialism | a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries | 2 | |
397259890 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | 3 | |
397259891 | paternalism | when a country governs another fatherly by providing for their needs but not giving them rights | 4 | |
397259892 | polytheism | belief in many gods | 5 | |
397259893 | socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | 6 | |
397259894 | marxism | The theory created by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels that centers on communism and its inevitability. | 7 | |
397259895 | totalitarianism | government takes control over every aspect of peoples life | 8 | |
397259896 | adolf hitler | German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) | 9 | |
397259897 | genocide | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | 10 | |
397259898 | soviets | the government of the Soviet Union | 11 | |
397259899 | joseph stalin | Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) | 12 | |
397259900 | otto von bismarck | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) | 13 | |
397259901 | bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials | 14 | |
397259902 | corporation | a business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts | 15 | |
397259903 | the great depression | a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment | 16 | |
397259904 | detente | richard nixon proposed this to lessen cold war tensions | 17 | |
397259905 | dynasty | series of rulers from a single family | 18 | |
397259906 | entrepreneur | person who organizes, manages and takes on a risk of business | 19 | |
397259907 | free enterprise | elimination of trade barriers like tarrifs between nations-open trade | 20 | |
397259908 | louis xiv | king of France from 1643 to 1715 most powerful french ruler | 21 | |
397259909 | louis xvi | King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General, but he did not grant the reforms that were demanded and revolution followed. Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793. | 22 | |
397259910 | klemens von metternich | This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression | 23 | |
397259911 | napoleon | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) - dictatorship | 24 | |
399768879 | neville chamberlain | British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940) | 25 | |
399768880 | partition | separate or apportion into sections | 26 | |
399768881 | absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 27 | |
399768882 | communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | 28 | |
399768883 | conservatism | a belief that limited government ensures order, competitive governments, and personal opportunity | 29 | |
399768884 | democracy | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 30 | |
399768885 | entente | a friendly understanding between political powers | 31 | |
399768886 | indira ghandi | daughter of ghandi, known for grain production, assassinated by sikhs | 32 | |
399768887 | isolationism | idea of united states not getting involved in world war II | 33 | |
399768888 | lenin mandate | empower workers, thought that workers would revolt, and said workers do all the work with little money | 34 | |
399768889 | patriarchal | fathers/husbands hold great authority | 35 | |
399768890 | propaganda | information to promote an idea | 36 | |
399768891 | republic | power rests with citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders | 37 | |
399768892 | robspierre | -head of committee of public safety -when he died it ended the reign or terror | 38 | |
399768893 | samurai | body gaurd or loyal warrior to each lord | 39 | |
399768894 | shogun | "supreme general of the emperors army" | 40 | |
399768895 | sufferage | -the right to vote | 41 | |
399768896 | technology | ways of applying knowledge | 42 | |
399768897 | woodrow wilson | major goal at paris peace conference was to have the league of nations | 43 | |
399768898 | peter the great | czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government | 44 | |
399768899 | frederick the great | This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects, abolished torture and made the laws simpler | 45 | |
399768900 | maria theresa | austrian/hapsburg ruler, decreased the power of the nobility | 46 | |
399768901 | monroe doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers | 47 | |
399768902 | opium war | War between Britain and the Qing Empire that was, in the British view, occasioned by the Qing government's refusal to permit the importation of opium into its territories. The victorious British imposed the one-sided Treaty of Nanking on China. | 48 | |
399768903 | sphere of influence | A foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities. | 49 | |
399768904 | meiji era | the period of Japanese history during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito...it modernized Japan and ended the military dictatorship | 50 | |
399768905 | sino japanese war | A war between China and Japan for influence, power, and territory | 51 | |
399768906 | sepoy rebellion | The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs; also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. | 52 | |
399768907 | boer war | boers tried to get british out of african land but lost | 53 | |
399768908 | who dominated northwestern africa | french | 54 | |
399768909 | napoleons reforms | 1.napoleonic code 2. calmed religious tensions 3. established a national bank 4. took out corrupt officials | 55 | |
399768910 | scientific revolution | -a new way of thinking of the natural world -questioning accepted beliefs | 56 | |
399768911 | germany got unification in what war by the help of bismark | franco-prussian war | 57 | |
399768912 | james watt | made steam engines faster and more efficient | 58 | |
399768913 | Jethro Tull | invented the seed drill | 59 | |
399768914 | storming of bastille | Destruction of the prison seen as the true start of the French Revolution. | 60 | |
399768915 | enlightened monarchy | where ruler respects the peoples rights, the monarchs who embrace the new ideas and reforms became known as enlightened despots | 61 | |
399768916 | laissez-farie | a policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as posssible i the economy | 62 | |
399768917 | who wanted to - 1.prevent future french aggression 2.restore balance of power 3. restore Europe's royal family | metternichs goal | 63 | |
399768918 | national assembly | French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. (p. 585) | 64 | |
399768919 | tennis court oath | 3rd estate wanted more representation- ended with a new constitution | 65 | |
399768920 | glorious revolution | bloodless revolution | 66 | |
399768921 | who started giving power to the people and started a constitutional monarchy | william and mary | 67 | |
399768922 | who wanted- 1.democracy 2.western ideas to china 3. 3 principles of the people | sun yixian | 68 | |
399768923 | industrialism | process of developing machine production of goods | 69 | |
399768924 | romanticism | -movement in art and ideas -nature,feelings,individuality -from reason to emotion | 70 | |
399768925 | marx theory | workers would seize all means of production | 71 | |
399768926 | liberalism | -middle class -reforms -representation | 72 | |
399768927 | conservatism | -like reforms -elite/nobility | 73 | |
399768928 | wrote leissez-faire and believed in capitalism | adam smith | 74 | |
399768929 | pasteur | germ theory of disease-to kill germs in liquids ex:milk | 75 | |
399768930 | Lister | standards of cleanliness in hospitals ex:clean wounds | 76 | |
399768931 | purges | campaign of terror that was launched by stalin that was directed to eliminate anyone who threatened his power | 77 | |
399768932 | proletariat | worker | 78 | |
399768933 | appeasment | giving into an aggressor to keep the peace | 79 | |
399768934 | atlantic charter | roosevelt and churchill met secretly and made a joint declaration that upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government | 80 | |
399768935 | believed in self government | john locke | 81 | |
399768936 | philosophes | social critics in france | 82 | |
399768937 | salons | enlightment gatherings | 83 | |
399768938 | baroque art | very embelished and emotional | 84 | |
399768939 | montesquie | believed in separation of powers | 85 | |
399768940 | francis bacon | british philosophe who promoted scientific method | 86 | |
399768941 | thomas jefferson | wrote the declaration of independence in 1776 | 87 | |
399768942 | diderot | wrote the encyclopeida | 88 | |
399768943 | rousseau | wrote the social contract "life, liberty, brotherhood" | 89 | |
399768944 | reign of terror | -led by the committee of public safety -ended when robspierre died | 90 | |
399768945 | continental system | signed by napoleon to make continental europe self-sufficient | 91 | |
399768946 | congress of vienna | -austria -followed french revolution -wanted to contain france, balance of power, restore legitamency | 92 | |
399768947 | scorched earth | used in russians by russians to eliminate napoleons resources to fight against napoleons huge army (successful) | 93 | |
399768948 | plebiscite | vote | 94 | |
399768949 | 1st business to industrialized | textiles | 95 | |
399768950 | cavour | unification of Italy | 96 | |
399768951 | liberated venezuela, colombia, ecuador | simon bolivar | 97 | |
399768952 | social darwism | reflected racism | 98 | |
399768953 | reactionary | queen/king | 99 | |
399768954 | territory between germany and france that changed hands | alsace lorraine | 100 |
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