2468755945 | Anti-Imperialism | The political science in which people are opposed to colonialism and desire to secede from a larger entity. Opposition to Imperialism | 0 | |
2468771898 | Anti-Semitism | Hostility or Prejudice against Jews | 1 | |
2468782833 | Apartheid | The segregation and separation on races into different societal areas where people were treated differently and with less equality | 2 | |
2468788822 | Appeasement | The Systematic permission of certain military or political action to avoid war conflict by giving what a ruler wants (Hitler) | 3 | |
2468793607 | Fundamentalist movements | A conservative movement in theology among nineteenth- and twentieth-century Christians. Fundamentalists believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true. | 4 | |
2468803794 | Liberation Theology | Liberation theology refers to forms of local or contextual theology that proposes that knowledge of God based on revelation leads necessarily to a Christian theological praxis that opposes unjust social and political structures (further research needed) | 5 | |
2468806402 | Authoritarian | Headed by a single leader with all power and say | 6 | |
2468808024 | Regimes | Military authoritarian political governments | 7 | |
2468810273 | Bedouin | Nomadic Arab of the Desert | 8 | |
2468818435 | Biafra Secessionist Movement | The country of Biafra which seceded from the country of Nigeria | 9 | |
2468821131 | Chemically and Genetically Enhanced forms of Agriculture | Genetically modified agriculture with genes that may be removed or added which allows for higher crop yields and the lowered use of insecticide and pesticides | 10 | |
2468825481 | Cold War | The ideological struggle between communism and capitalism for world influence | 11 | |
2468835935 | Collectivization | Russian form of economic reform where small private farms were consolidated into vast collectives where food was to be "mass produced" for the people and any leftover was left the workers | 12 | |
2468841509 | Communism | Karl Marx ideology where society had no class structure and all property publicly owned allowing for equal pay no matter what ability level | 13 | |
2468851000 | 5 Year Plan | Stalin's plan to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly beginning in 1928. Goals on steel output, electricity, machinery, and most other products. All was enforced by the Police allowing for them to become a world power by WWII | 14 | |
2468864876 | Great Leap Forward | Chinese ideology by Mao Zedong which planned to propel china into world ranking by maximizing small scale village industries and instituting mass collectivism farms | 15 | |
2468869470 | Consumerism | Protection and promotion of interest of consumers promoting acquisition of good and services at accelerated and greater amounts | 16 | |
2468873944 | Containment | The US policy of stopping the permeation and spread of communism to countries which were deciding or turning | 17 | |
2468876559 | Cultural Convergance | A world culture fusing and interacting based on new technologies and world interactions thus making cultures similar to each other | 18 | |
2468880784 | Pan-Africanism | Ideology and movement that encourages solidarity of africans worldwide | 19 | |
2468902699 | Pan-Arabianism | Ideology in unification of people and countries within the north african and arabian peninsula area | 20 | |
2468919406 | Pan-Slavism | Movement of russian intellectuals within the second half of the 19th century to identify culturally and politically with the eastern euro slav people | 21 | |
2468923834 | Négritude | Literary and ideological movement by black intellectuals in France | 22 | |
2468927497 | Decolonization | leaving the colonized area to let the country be independent | 23 | |
2468928829 | Deforestation | The mass removal of forest to clear for farming or urban development | 24 | |
2468930754 | Desertification | The transformation of a dry land region that becomes more arid losing bodies of water | 25 | |
2468937660 | Dissolution | The closing down or dismissal of an assembly or official body | 26 | |
2468938665 | Domestic | A countries personal problems within its borders | 27 | |
2468941540 | Draft | US compulsory military service during war time | 28 | |
2468944126 | Economic liberalization | lessening the government regulation on an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities | 29 | |
2468949300 | Xenophobia | An exclusionary reaction based on the intense or irrational dislike of people from other countries | 30 | |
2468955214 | Race Riots | An exclusionary reaction where people will riot about new races within the area which people are threatened by | 31 | |
2468960499 | Citizenship restrictions | An exclusionary reaction where countries will not allow citizenship because of racial differences | 32 | |
2468963097 | Feminism | Advocacy of women's rights on grounds of political, social and economic equality to men | 33 | |
2468968393 | Fascism | Authoritarian and nationalistic right winged system of government and social organization | 34 | |
2468971605 | Free market economies and policies | Policies and economies where the government has very little to no say in the economic doings and institutions of a country | 35 | |
2468975737 | Free trade | trade left to course with no tariffs, quotas or other restrictions | 36 | |
2468978907 | Genocide | The mass murder of a group | 37 | |
2468979900 | Glasnost | Russian policy that called for increased transparency in government institution and activities | 38 | |
2468984375 | Global Warming | Term used to describe the gradual increase of greenhouse gasses increasing the overall temperature of Earth | 39 | |
2468987339 | New Deal | Economic policy to Stimulate the american economy after the Great Depression | 40 | |
2468990756 | Great depression | The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. | 41 | |
2468993615 | Green environment movements | Movements by protesters and others alike to start saving and bringing awareness to the earth and its condition | 42 | |
2469001299 | Greenhouse Gasses | Carbon dioxide and carbon emissions by new technologies | 43 | |
2469003937 | Holocaust | The systematic mass murder of jews during WWII | 44 | |
2469006301 | Home countries | The country in which a person is usually born and raised | 45 | |
2469009763 | Human rights | Basic rights that are believed to belong justifiably to every person (UN declaration on human rights important document) | 46 | |
2469013237 | Imperial Metropoles | Imperialist nations which contained a large metropolis strong influence draws power | 47 | |
2469023980 | Indian NAtional Congress | A movement and national political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. | 48 | |
2469027771 | Intensified conflict | Higher heated conflict between nations where the eminent threat of mass destruction was evident | 49 | |
2469031455 | League of Nations | The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. | 50 | |
2469032454 | Mandates | League of nations Official orders and commissions to do something | 51 | |
2469035465 | Medical Innocations | With new breakthroughs in science it allows for worldwide vaccines and antibiotics to be distributed elongating estimated ages | 52 | |
2469039079 | Militarized states | States where Military organization is evident with regimes or states where military governs the state | 53 | |
2469043292 | Mobilization of state resources | sociological theory which stresses acquisition of resources and mobilization of people toward accomplishing movement goals | 54 | |
2469049880 | Anti-Nuclear Movement | The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies | 55 | |
2469049881 | Self Immolation | Self-immolation refers to killing oneself as a sacrifice to bring light to a movement or ideal | 56 | |
2469055187 | Mujahideen/Taliban | Mujahideen refers to the guerrilla type military outfits led by the Muslim Afghan warriors in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. | 57 | |
2469063411 | Multinational/Transnational Corporations | An organization that owns or controls productions of goods or services in one or more countries other than the home country | 58 | |
2469068763 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Constitutes a system of collective defence where the member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party | 59 | |
2469074500 | New Economic Institutions | World bank and trade organization. The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. | 60 | |
2469080621 | Krishna | Derivation of Hinduism which recognizes the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu | 61 | |
2469080622 | Falun Gong | Chinese spiritual practice for mind and body | 62 | |
2469087839 | Non-Violence | The racial movements of Apartheid and Segregation as well as Indian Independence where protest was done by peaceful means | 63 | |
2469091730 | Nuclear Weaponry | Weapons of mass destruction using the splitting of Uranium (and later hydrogen) atoms to create a chain reaction explosion of mass proportions | 64 | |
2469096982 | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. An organization of countries which meets to promote collective interest and generating revenue for oil | 65 | |
2469108386 | Pacific Rim | Term coined to describe nations bordering the Pacific Ocean | 66 | |
2469120445 | Perestroika | political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s (1986), widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev | 67 | |
2469124252 | Popular Culture | (Pop culture) the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture | 68 | |
2469130629 | Population resettlement and Partition | Population transfer or resettlement is the movement of a large group of people from one region to another as well as the division of peoples in an area | 69 | |
2469132800 | Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. | 70 | |
2469140807 | Proxy Wars | During Cold War, local and regional wars in which superpowers armed, trained and finances the combatants | 71 | |
2469167296 | Québécois Separatist Movement | Political movement as well as an ideology of values, concepts and ideas that advocates for sovereignty for the Canadian province of Québec. | 72 | |
2469169608 | Redistribute Land and Resources | In developing and reforming nations. Land is Redistributed and developed to promote economic growth | 73 | |
2469172183 | Refugee | A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. | 74 | |
2469175656 | Populations/Displacement of peoples | With decolonizations it leaves countries either divided where peoples are pitted against one another for land or the immigration of large amounts of peoples displaces or threatens the native population | 75 | |
2469185230 | Regional trade agreements or Blocs | Reciprocal trade agreements between 2 partners where free trade or agreed trade is promoted and agreed upon by Terms (EU, NAFTA, ASEAN) | 76 | |
2469194055 | Religious Fundementalism | Strict adherence to religious doctorine | 77 | |
2469201583 | Scientific Paradigms | distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field. (Relativity, Quantum Theory, Psychology) | 78 | |
2469205064 | Segregation | The separation of humans into racial groups in daily life | 79 | |
2469208891 | Self-determination | the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government. | 80 | |
2469218243 | Superpowers | A superpower is a state with a dominant position in international relations and is characterised by its unparalleled ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale | 81 | |
2469234953 | Trench Warfare | Military tactic where trenches were dig and soldiers would shoot and battle within adjacent and parallel trenches (WWI) | 82 | |
2469241600 | Firebombing | Military tactic used to target and destroy strategic and large cities to weaken the enemy (WWII) | 83 | |
2469248277 | Technological Stagnation | Technological period of no grown of very slow growth (think depression) | 84 | |
2469252250 | Terrorism | Use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims | 85 | |
2469255770 | "Third World" Developing Nations | These nations recently decolonized and are building political identity and world influence within political and population structure. The economy is developing and is still goring in population with standard of living still low | 86 | |
2469260805 | World Wars | WWI and WWII were wars fought on the European, and European and Asian continents respectively where the fighting over ideals and land was an international conflict between nations which took powerful sides to fend of the other side. | 87 | |
2469270205 | Totalitarianism | Political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible | 88 | |
2469272250 | United Nations | intergovernmental organization established to promote international co-operation. Effective replacement for League of Nations | 89 | |
2469280031 | Warsaw Pact | Collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. | 90 | |
2469285986 | Womens Emancipation/Suffrage | The woman's rights which were fought for and eventually granted to women in the Us and in certain countries around the world allowing womens basic rights such as voting. | 91 |
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