AP World History Test 2- World Religions Flashcards
AP World History Test 2- World Religions
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| 15153177066 | Buddha | "Enlightened One" |  | 0 |
| 15153177067 | Buddhism | A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. |  | 1 |
| 15153177068 | Caste System | A social structure in which classes are determined by heredity |  | 2 |
| 15153177069 | Christianity | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior. |  | 3 |
| 15153177070 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties |  | 4 |
| 15153177071 | Eightfold Path | In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end of suffering |  | 5 |
| 15153177072 | Fasting | Nothing to eat or drink for at least 12 hours. |  | 6 |
| 15153177073 | Five Pillars | Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage |  | 7 |
| 15153177074 | Four Noble Truths | 1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path |  | 8 |
| 15153177075 | Golden Rule | "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you." |  | 9 |
| 15153177076 | Hinduism | A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms |  | 10 |
| 15153177077 | Islam | A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in 7th century, means "submission to the will of Allah" |  | 11 |
| 15153177078 | Israel | A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora. |  | 12 |
| 15153177079 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation |  | 13 |
| 15153177080 | Meditation | A family of mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a nonanalytical way. |  | 14 |
| 15153177081 | Messiah | A savior figure to be sent by God, awaited by the Judaism. |  | 15 |
| 15153177082 | Moksha | Becoming liberated for the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism. |  | 16 |
| 15153177083 | Monotheism | Belief in a single God |  | 17 |
| 15153177084 | New Testament | Christian Scriptures |  | 18 |
| 15153177085 | Nirvana | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation |  | 19 |
| 15153177086 | Palestine | A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Disputed with Israel. |  | 20 |
| 15153177087 | Polytheistic | Belief in many gods. |  | 21 |
| 15153177088 | Prophet | A person who expresses and explains the will of god. |  | 22 |
| 15153177089 | Rabbi | A teacher or ordained leader in the Jewish faith. |  | 23 |
| 15153177090 | Reincarnation | In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding |  | 24 |
| 15153177091 | Roman Catholicism | A branch of Christianity that developed in the western Roman Empire and that recognized the Pope as its supreme head |  | 25 |
| 15153177092 | Siddhartha Gautama | a prince who realized pain and suffering and went out on a spiritual journey looking for the cause and cure for suffering. He sat down for 48 days and meditated, and when he stopped was enlightened, and the 1st Buddha | | 26 |
| 15153177093 | Synagogue | A Jewish house of worship |  | 27 |
| 15153177094 | Ten Commandments | A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. |  | 28 |
| 15153177095 | Torah | "the law" of the Jewish faith; first five books of the Hebrew Bible |  | 29 |
| 15153177096 | Untouchables | LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult |  | 30 |
| 15153177097 | Vedas | A Hindu holy book which is a collection of Aryan hymns that were transmitted orally before being written down in the 6th century BCE. |  | 31 |
| 15153177098 | Yahweh | Hebrew name for God |  | 32 |
| 15153177099 | Allah | Arabic word for God | 33 | |
| 15153177100 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. |  | 34 |
| 15153177101 | Haaj | One who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca | 35 | |
| 15153177102 | Koran | The holy book of Islam | 36 | |
| 15153177103 | Samasara | repeating cycle of birth, life, death, and reincarnation | 37 | |
| 15153217444 | Jewish Diaspora | A "scattering" of the Jewish people | 38 | |
| 15153228013 | Jesus of Nazareth | Modified and Expanded the religion- Christianity | 39 | |
| 15153260204 | Reason for Jesus' execution | popularity and message of no man could be god OFFENDED conservative Jews and Romans | 40 | |
| 15153312101 | Levels of the Caste System | Levels of the Caste system. (from lowest to highest) Untouchables (the poor beggars), Sudras (farm workers, servants), Vaisyas (herders, farmers, merchants, crafts people), Kshatriyas (warriors), and Brahmins (Priest). | 41 | |
| 15153381620 | Confucianism | - Writings and lessons are written by Confucius (analects) - Sought to promote social harmony - Led to the creation of the civil service exam | 42 | |
| 15153397618 | Confucius | - Founder of Confucianism - ideas had ENORMOUS impact on China and East Asia | 43 | |
| 15153414699 | Legalism | the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled | 44 | |
| 15153425173 | Daoism | A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature. | 45 | |
| 15153444295 | Socrates | Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth | 46 | |
| 15153447465 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection. | 47 | |
| 15153452858 | Aristotle | A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato | 48 | |
| 15153478198 | Quarm | record of revelations received during visions | 49 | |
| 15153496075 | Islam | - easy to learn and practice - *easily "portable" - nomads and trade routes* | 50 | |
| 15153517486 | Ashoka | gave up violence and converted to Buddhism. | 51 | |
| 15153572795 | Sharia | body of law | 52 | |
| 15153788742 | Oldest known practicing religion known to human beings | Hinduism | 53 | |
| 15153801400 | Hinduism's one god | Brahman- Creator (Vishnu- protector) (Shiva- destroyer) | 54 | |
| 15153828042 | Zoroastrianism | Persian religion founded by Zarathustra | 55 | |
| 15153886140 | Dualism | Ahura Mazda is at war with Angra Mainyu | 56 | |
| 15153910441 | Who practiced Zoroastrianism | Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids | 57 | |
| 15153918004 | Parsis | Zoroastrians who fled to India for religious freedom | 58 | |
| 15153929861 | Influence of Christianity from Zoroastrianism | concept of a savior, paradise, and a final judgment | 59 | |
| 15153957658 | Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church and the top-ranking churchman of European Christianity | 60 | |
| 15153980500 | The greatest spreader of Christianity in its formative period | Paul stressed that the new faith was meant for Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews) | 61 |
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AP Psych Chapter 11? Flashcards
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| 15312462343 | the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition | Fundamental attribution error |  | 0 |
| 15312462344 | the process of explaining one's own behavior and the behavior of others | Attribution | 1 | |
| 15312462345 | the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them | Mere-exposure effect | 2 | |
| 15312462346 | Inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions | Cognitive dissonance |  | 3 |
| 15312512747 | Basic things one can do to reduce cognitive dissonance (1) | change conflicting behavior to match their attitude | 4 | |
| 15312523023 | Basic things one can do to reduce cognitive dissonance (2) | change their current conflicting cognition to justify their behavior | 5 | |
| 15312531563 | Basic things one can do to reduce cognitive dissonance (3) | form new cognitions to justify their behavior | 6 | |
| 15312462347 | the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives | Groupthink | 7 | |
| 15312462348 | the tendency to favor one's own group | In-group bias |  | 8 |
| 15312462349 | the tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request | Foot in the door | 9 | |
| 15312462350 | the tendency to agree to do things requested by others | Compliance | 10 | |
| 15312595483 | the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present | Bystander effect | 11 | |
| 15312462351 | Bystander effect - what increases/decreases the likelihood of helping | as the number of bystanders increases, the likelihood of helping decreases | 12 | |
| 15312462352 | experiment that demonstrated that social roles and other situational pressures can exert tremendous influence over social behavior | Stanford prison simulation | 13 | |
| 15312462354 | attitude change path in which interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts | Central route persuasion | 14 | |
| 15312462353 | Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. | Conformity | 15 | |
| 15312462355 | tendency of group members to take a more extreme position and suggest riskier actions after discussing an issue as a group than an individual would | Group polarization | 16 | |
| 15312462356 | a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. | Stereotype | 17 | |
| 15312462357 | A phenomenon that occurs when immersion in a group causes people to become less aware of their individual values | Deindividuation | 18 | |
| 15312462358 | claim that our attributions and behaviors are shaped by a deep-seated assumption that the world is fair and all things happen for a reason | Just-world hypothesis | 19 | |
| 15312462359 | A form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands, usually from someone in a position of authority | Obedience | 20 | |
| 15312462360 | the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined | Companionate love | 21 | |
| 15312462361 | misleading participants about the true purpose of a study or the events that will actually transpire | Deception | 22 | |
| 15312462362 | (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5) Self Actualization | Maslow's hierarchy of needs | 23 | |
| 15312462363 | the group that does not receive the experimental treatment. | control group | 24 | |
| 15312462364 | a statement of the procedures used to define research variables | operational definition | 25 | |
| 15312462365 | A testable prediction, often implied by a theory | hypothesis | 26 | |
| 15312462366 | the post-experimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants | debriefing | 27 |
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AP US History: Chapter 5 Flashcards
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| 11310743078 | Ohio River Valley | Fertile and strategic point of interest, became the center of many conflicts between the French and the British; significant for fur trade and transportation | 0 | |
| 11310743079 | Albany Congress | (1754) Intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to foster greater colonial unity and assure Iroquois support in the escalating war against the French. First attempt to unite the colonies; failed due to colonies not wanting to give up their tax powers | 1 | |
| 11310743080 | George Washington | ordered by British to move into Ohio River Valley to force the French to leave | 2 | |
| 11310743081 | William Pitt | The Prime Minister of England during the French and Indian War. He increased the British troops and military supplies in the colonies | 3 | |
| 11310743082 | Treaty of Paris of 1763 | end of the French and Indian war; Britain won all of North America except for New Orleans. | 4 | |
| 11310743083 | Acadians | French residents of Nova Scotia, many of whom were uprooted by the British in 1755 and scattered as far south as Louisiana, where their descendants became known as "Cajuns". | 5 | |
| 11310743084 | Seven Years' War | Known in America as French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions. | 6 | |
| 11310743085 | Pontiac's War | A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area | 7 | |
| 11310743086 | Proclamation of 1763 | A proclamation from the British government which forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | 8 | |
| 11310743087 | Writs of Assistance | It was part of the Townshend Acts. It said that the customs officers could inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason. Colonists protested that the Writs violated their rights as British citizens. | 9 | |
| 11310743088 | Sugar Act | British deeply in debt due to French & Indian War. Designed to raise revenue; Parliament placed a modest tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors. | 10 | |
| 11310743089 | Navigation Acts | A series of British regulations which taxed goods imported by the colonies from places other than Britain, or otherwise sought to control and regulate colonial trade. Increased British-colonial trade and tax revenues. The Navigation Acts were reinstated after the French and Indian War because Britain needed to pay off debts incurred during the war, and to pay the costs of maintaining a standing army in the colonies. | 11 | |
| 11310743090 | Vice-Admiralty Courts | military tribunals composed only of a judge, not local common-law jury; Sugar Act required that offenders be tried in these courts rather than local courts, provoking opposition from smugglers accustomed to acquittal before sympathetic local juries | 12 | |
| 11310743091 | Stamp Act | 1765, A tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies; an internal tax | 13 | |
| 11310743092 | virtual representation | The British argument that the American colonies were represented in Parliament, since the members of Parliament represented all Englishmen in the empire. | 14 | |
| 11310743093 | Sons of Liberty | A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept. | 15 | |
| 11310743094 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament, and it showed signs of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 16 | |
| 11310743095 | John Dickinson | Drafted a declaration of colonial rights and grievances, and also wrote the series of "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" in 1767 to protest the Townshend Acts. | 17 | |
| 11310743096 | Declaratory Act | Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases. | 18 | |
| 11310743097 | Quartering Act | 1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies. | 19 | |
| 11310743098 | Non-importation Agreement | an agreement that pledged not to import or use goods imported from England | 20 | |
| 11310743099 | Daughters of Liberty | supported the boycott of British goods. They urged Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods that were previously available only from Britain. | 21 | |
| 11310743100 | Mercy Otis Warren | American writer and playwright and was known as the "Conscience of the American Revolution". | 22 | |
| 11310743101 | Boston Massacre | 1770, Dockworkers threw rocks and snowballs at customs sentries; British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed | 23 | |
| 11310743102 | Committees of Correspondence | Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies | 24 | |
| 11310743103 | Paxton Boys | a group of Scots-Irish men living in the Appalachian hills that wanted protection from Indian attacks; protested the lenient way that the Quakers treated the Indians; slaughtered a group of peaceful Conestoga Indians in Lancaster County | 25 | |
| 11310743104 | Regulators of North Carolina | Groups from the Carolinas who wanted to restore law and order after governmental changes in the 1760s | 26 | |
| 11310743105 | Tea Act | 1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party. | 27 | |
| 11310743106 | Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor | 28 | |
| 11310743107 | Lord Dunmore's Proclamation | An offer by the British governor and military commander in Virginia for freedom to any slave who escaped to his lines and fought for the British. | 29 | |
| 11310743108 | Intolerable Acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British; also known as the Coercive Acts | 30 | |
| 11310743109 | Quebec Act | Extended boundaries of Quebec and granted equal rights to Catholics and recognized legality Catholic Church in the territory | 31 | |
| 11310743110 | Continental Congress | A body of representatives from the British North American colonies who met to respond to England's Intolerable Acts. They declared independence in July 1776 and later drafted the Articles of Confederation. | 32 | |
| 11310743111 | Suffolk Resolves | Agreed to by delegates from Suffolk county, Massachusetts, and approved by the First Continental Congress on October 8, 1774. Nullified the Coercive Acts, closed royal courts, ordered taxes to be paid to colonial governments instead of the royal government, and prepared local militias. | 33 | |
| 11310743112 | Olive Branch Petition | A document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain | 34 | |
| 11310743113 | Bunker Hill | (June 17, 1775) Site of a battle early in the Revolutionary War. This battle contested control of two hills (Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill) overlooking Boston Harbor. The British captured the hills after the Americans ran-out of ammunition. Battle implied that Americans could fight the British if they had sufficient supplies. | 35 | |
| 11310743114 | Thomas Paine | Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. | 36 | |
| 11310743115 | Fort Ticonderoga | American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775; moved the cannon from the fort to Boston to force the British to evacuate the city | 37 | |
| 11310743116 | Declaration of Independence | 1776 document written by Thomas Jefferson outlining reasons for the colonies to break the ties with England; declared the colonists' grievances against the King | 38 |
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Chapter 17 Vocabulary - AP World History (Strayer) Flashcards
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| 13492356288 | Enclosure (movement) | A confederation of individuals coming together to form a group of citizens with common interests/purposes; formed together by the governing of rights and interest of wages (occupations include coal miners, steel workers, factory workers, etc.). |  | 0 |
| 13492356289 | Liberalism | The holding of liberal views. |  | 1 |
| 13492356290 | Unions (laborers/workers/trade) | A group of people with something in common. Ex.: occupations, political parties, etc. |  | 2 |
| 13492356291 | Strikes | The refusal to work as a form of organized protest, typically in an attempt to obtain a particular concession or concessions from their employer. |  | 3 |
| 13492356292 | British Royal Society | A granted royal charter by King Charles II in 1660. |  | 4 |
| 13492356293 | "Friendly societies" | A mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking. | 5 | |
| 13492356294 | Luddites | A person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology. |  | 6 |
| 13492356295 | The "middle class" | The middle of the upper and lower classes; not languishing in poverty, but not basking in riches. Ex.: those who work in (16th/17th century) medical, teachers, bankers, etc. | 7 | |
| 13492356296 | Industrial working/laboring class | The lower class, has little to no education, paid very little, occupations include farmers, industrial workers, factory workers, coal miners, etc. |  | 8 |
| 13492356297 | Reform Bill of 1832 | Part of the *Great Reform Act* (1832, 1867, 1884): a bill passed by the parliament that increased the number of voters during elections of the House of Commons. |  | 9 |
| 13492356298 | Settler colonies | 1450-1750 : Colonies in which the colonizing people settled in large numbers, rater than simply spending relatively small numbers to exploit the religion. Particularly noteworthy in the case of the British colonies in North America. |  | 10 |
| 13492356299 | (Industrial) Capitalism | An economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. |  | 11 |
| 13492356300 | Socialism | Minimizing the gap between the upper and lower classes. |  | 12 |
| 13492356301 | Robert Owen and utopian socialism | Robert Owen: (1771 - 1858) A Welsh manufacturer, philosopher, and social reformer. He is known for founding utopian socialism and the cooperative movement (late 1700s). Utopian socialism: a philosophy introduced by the Frenchman Charles Fourier in the early 19th century. These socialists hoped to create humane alternatives to industrial capitalism by building self-sustaining communities whose inhabitants would work cooperatively. |  | 13 |
| 13492356302 | British Labour Party and democratic socialism | The Labour Party is considered to be left of centre. It was initially formed as a means for the trade union movement to establish political representation for itself at Westminster. It only gained a "socialist" commitment with the original party constitution of 1918. | 14 | |
| 13492356303 | Karl Marx | A German philosopher, author and economist (1818 - 1883) known for his theories relating to capitalism and communism. Co-writer for the Communist Manifesto (pub. 1848). |  | 15 |
| 13492356304 | Frederich Engels | A German political philosopher and socialist leader (1820 - 1895) in England until 1849. Co-writer for the Communist Manifesto (pub. 1848). |  | 16 |
| 13492356305 | Revolutionary socialism (communism/Marxism) | The political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism. | 17 | |
| 13492356306 | "The Communist Manifesto" | A political pamphlet written by philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. |  | 18 |
| 13492356307 | Bourgeoisie | Known as the middle class; they are perceived as materialistic and have conventional attitudes. In Marxist view, they are the capitalist class who are the wealthiest. | 19 | |
| 13492356308 | Proletariat | The working class; they are disregarded and discredited most of the time, especially by the wealthy people and Marxists. |  | 20 |
| 13492356309 | Monopolies | The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. |  | 21 |
| 13492356310 | Mass production/marketing | Production of large quantities of (a standardized article) by an automated mechanical process. | 22 | |
| 13492356311 | Consumer culture | When demand weighs out supply; when people buy products (things you don't necessarily need, or buying things that are new or updated when it isn't really necessary). |  | 23 |
| 13492356312 | Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward | Any of a very large group of US department stores (= large shops where many types of goods are sold in different departments) selling a wide range of products for the family. The company was begun in 1886 in Minneapolis by Richard Sears. He was then joined by Alvah Roebuck when he moved the company to Chicago in 1887. *Richard Sears*: (1863 - 1914) an American manager, businessman, and founder of Sears. *Alvah Roebuck*: (1864 - 1948) co-founder of Sears with Richard Sears. | 24 | |
| 13492356313 | Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller | *Henry Ford*: (1863 - 1947) an American captain of industry, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. He is known for developing the first automobile the middle-class Americans could afford and for the Model T automobile. *Andrew Carnegie*: (1835 - 1919) a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist known for his major expansion of the steel industry in the late 19th century and identification as one of the richest people of the modern era, becoming a leading philanthropist in the US and British Empire. *John D. Rockefeller*: (1839 - 1937) an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is known as the "wealthiest American of all time" and the richest person in modern history. |  | 25 |
| 13492356314 | American Federation of Labor (AFL) | American Federation of autonomous labor unions formed in 1955 by the merger of the AFL (founded 1886), which originally organized workers in craft unions, and the CIO (founded 1935), which organized workers by industries. |  | 26 |
| 13492356315 | Populists and Progressives | The 1890s and early 1900s saw the establishment of the Populist and Progressive movements. Both were based on the people's dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal effectively in addressing the problems of the day. | 27 | |
| 13492356316 | Czar Peter the Great | A Russian czar of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries who tried to transform Russia from a backward nation into a progressive one by introducing customs and ideas from western European countries. |  | 28 |
| 13492356317 | Russo-Japanese War | A war fought in 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan over rival territorial claims. In winning the war, Japan emerged as a world power. Note: President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States was largely responsible for bringing the two sides together and working out a treaty. |  | 29 |
| 13492356318 | Soviets | A citizen of the former Soviet Union (1922 - 1991). |  | 30 |
| 13492356319 | Duma | A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics of the former Soviet Union. |  | 31 |
| 13492356320 | Bolsheviks | A member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917. |  | 32 |
| 13492356321 | Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov (Lenin) | (1870 - 1924) The founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the architect, builder, and first head of the Soviet Union. |  | 33 |
| 13492356322 | Caudillos | A type of personalist leader yielding military and political power (essentially a military dictator). | 34 | |
| 13492356323 | Mexican Revolution | A revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (1910-1911). | 35 | |
| 13492356324 | "Dependent development" | A central concept of dependency theory. Dependent development has typically involved the exporting of primary resources. This pattern is in contrast to Latin American dependent development, which places a heavy emphasis on direct foreign investment. |  | 36 |
| 13492356325 | "Banana republic" | A small nation, especially in Central America, dependent on one crop or the influx of foreign capital. |  | 37 |
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