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5889015180	Anti-imperialism	The idea that imperialist Europe threatened democracy and was based on racism and the US should not expand	0
5889018349	Anti-Semitism	Hatred of the Jewish populace	1
5889020710	Apartheid	Laws in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas	2
5889118559	Appeasement	Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability	3
5889123264	Application of religion to political issues	Fundamentalists movements Liberation Theology	4
5889314935	Authoritarianism	A form of government in which the ruler has absolute rule	5
5889489609	Bedouin	Nomadic Arab tribe	6
5889491579	Biafra Secessionist Movement	Is a secessionist movement with the aim of securing the resurgence of the defunct state of Biafra from Nigeria	7
5889512904	Chemically & genetically enhanced forms of agriculture	the green revolution ie disease resistant wheat	8
5889506466	Cold War	A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare between the US and Russia	9
5889507314	Collectivization	Combining small farms into large, factory-like farms run by the government	10
5889535192	Communism	five year plans great leap forward A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	11
5889538886	Consumerism	A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers	12
5889540818	Cultural Convergence	The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures	13
5889544421	Cultural Identities	our view of ourselves in relation to the cultures we belong to; Pan-Africanism, Pan-Arabism, Pan-Slavism, Negritude	14
5889672217	Pan-Africanism	Philosophy based on the belief that Africans share common bonds and are a unified people. Adopted this to break from colonial rule.	15
5889673582	Pan-Arabism	A movement that calls for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea. It is closely connected to Arab nationalism, which asserts that the Arabs constitute a single nation. Wanted to end foreign control.	16
5889676667	Pan-Slavism	A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people	17
5889678121	Negritude	Literary movement in Africa; attempted to combat racial stereotypes of African culture; celebrated the beauty of black skin and African physique; associated with origins of African nationalist movements.	18
5889553118	Decolonization	The action of changing from colonial to independent status	19
5889643688	Deforestation	Destruction of forests	20
5889645758	Desertification	The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert	21
5889647545	Dissolution	Separation into component parts	22
5889649096	Domestic	Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation	23
5889653635	Draft	Compulsory military service	24
5889655047	Economic Liberalization	Philosophy that aims to limit the power of the state and increase the power of the market and private property	25
5889660519	Exclusionary reactions	Xenophobia, race riots, citizenship restrictions	26
5889683819	Xenophobia	Fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers; an exclusionary reaction	27
5889685348	Race riots	Rioting in major US. cities due to frustration of discrimination. Riots spread to over 100 cities across the country; Migration of African Americans to northern cities increased racial tensions, which led to violence in many cities; an exclusionary reaction	28
5889687524	Citizenship Restrictions	Not allowing certain people to become citizens; not allowing certain citizens all rights; an exclusionary reaction	29
5889692614	Fascism	A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government	30
5889694906	Feminism	The movement aimed at equal rights for women	31
5889707980	Five- Year Plans	Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union	32
5889710649	Free Market Economics	An economy unregulated by the government	33
5889714852	Free Trade	International trade free of government interference	34
5889718893	Genocide	Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	35
5889731452	Glasnost	"Openness; called for increased transparency in government institutions and activities within the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev. Usually paired with "Perestroika"	36
5889733075	Global Warming	An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)	37
5889735970	Government Intervention in the economy	New Deal Fascist corporatist economy economic development	38
5889751163	Great Depression	(1929-1939) The dramatic decline in the world's economy due to the United State's stock market crash of 1929, the overproduction of goods from World War I, and decline in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations. Results in millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world. Many people were reduced to homelessness, and had to rely on government sponsored soup kitchens to eat. World trade also declined as many countries imposed protective tariffs in an attempt to restore their economies.	39
5889760872	Green environmental movements	Greenpeace Green belt in Kenya Earth Day	40
5889774409	Green Revolution	Term used to describe the transformation of agriculture in many developing nations	41
5889775936	Greenhouse Gases	Gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect	42
5889778902	Holocaust	A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.	43
5889781725	Home Countries	Imperialistic countries	44
5889785167	Human Rights	U.N. Universal Declaration of human rights Women rights end of white Australia Policy	45
5889799891	Imperial Metropoles	Home country, a base for imperialism	46
5889812141	Indian National Congress intensified conflict	A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor.	47
5889824371	League of Nations	An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace	48
5889826511	Mandates	Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants	49
5889830063	Medical Innovations	they increased the ability of humans to survive. (polio vaccine, antibiotics artificial heart)	50
5889837970	Militarized States	States that have a large number of soldiers and spend a large percentage of their GPD on weapons	51
5889843392	Mobilization of a state's resources	the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war, (Gurkha, ANZAC, conscription)	52
5889854687	Movements who challenged the war	ex. anti-nuclear movement	53
5889859247	Mujahideen/Taliban	Extremist, anti-US group in the Middle East	54
5889865064	Multinational/Transnational corporations	ex. Royal Dutch, Shell, Coca-Cola, Sonny	55
5889868811	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked	56
5889872694	New economic institutions	-International Monetary Fund -World Bank -World Trade Organization (WTO)	57
5889883756	New forms of spirituality	Believers developed new forms of spirituality and chose to emphasize particular aspect of practice within existing faiths and apply them to political issues ex: new age religions, Falun Gong	58
5889895774	Nonviolence	(Non-Aligned Movement, Anti-Apartheid movement)	59
5889904304	Nuclear Weaponry	Atomic Bomb	60
5889905883	OPEC	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply	61
5889925517	Pacific Rim	The countries that border the Pacific Ocean	62
5889932770	Perestroika	A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society	63
5889936462	Popular Culture	Dada, Socialist Realism	64
5889949289	Partition	Separate or apportion into sections	65
5889951426	Propaganda	Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause	66
5889955089	Proxy Wars	During the Cold War, local or regional wars in which the superpowers armed, trained, and financed the combatants	67
5889969234	Quebecois Separatist Movement	Huge national terrorist group called the FLQ (Front de liberation du Quebec). They firmly believed that Quebec should separate from Canada, and become it's own, French-speaking country	68
5889974000	Refugee	An exile who flees for safety	69
5890004083	Regional trade agreements or blocs	European Union NAFTA ASEAN	70
5889983848	Religious Fundamentalism	The belief that the bible does not contain any contradictions or errors, and is literally true	71
5890011007	Scientific Paradigms	theory of relativity Quantum mechanics Big Bang theory Pschology	72
5890018363	Segregation	A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups	73
5890021971	Self-Determination	The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will	74
5890024407	Soviets	Councils composed of representatives of workers and soldiers	75
5890026412	Superpowers	Nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide	76
5890029494	Tactics	trench warfare, firebombing	77
5890034411	Technological Stagnation	Low amounts of technological advancement	78
5890036973	Terrorism	The calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious in nature	79
5890039747	Third World Countries	Developing countries that lack economic opportunities	80
5890043774	Total War	The channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort	81
5890047573	Totalitarianism	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator	82
5890051605	United Nations	An organization of independent states formed to promote international peace and security	83
5890053418	Warsaw Pact	An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations	84
5890066373	Women's suffrage	the right of women to vote W/ 19th amendment in 1920	85

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9816408679	10,000 BCE	Neolithic Revolution	0
9816408680	3,500 BCE	Sumer: River Valley Civilizations	1
9816408681	800 BCE - 200 BCE	Axial Age (Some Religions/ Philosophies Created - Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism, Greek philosophy)	2
9816408682	600 BCE - 600 CE	Classical Era: Greece, Rome, Qin and Han, Mauryan and Gupta, Persia, and Maya	3
9816408683	0(ish) CE	Jesus, Beginning of Christianity	4
9816408684	476 CE	Fall of Rome, Move to Middle Ages	5
9816408685	600 CE	Beginning of Islam, Byzantine Empire Starts	6
9816408686	1095 CE	First Crusade	7
9816408687	1258 CE	Mongols Defeat Abbasids at Baghdad (Persia)	8
9816408688	1433 CE	Zheng He Called Back (by Ming)	9
9816408689	1453 CE	Ottomans Defeat Byzantine at Constantinople	10
9816408690	1492 CE	Americas Discovered (Columbus)	11
9816408691	1600 CE	Turning Point (STARJOQD) Spanish Armada (navy) defeated by British Tokugawa shogunate starts Akbar (Mughals in India) Romanovs take power in Russia (czars) - Peter the Great in 1721) Jamestown colony starts in Americas (British colonies in Americas) Ottoman decline Qing dynasty starts Great Dying in the Americas - demographic disaster	12
9816408692	1750 CE	Industrial Revolution Begins	13
9816408693	1789 CE	French Revolution Begins	14
9816408694	1825 CE	Latin America Independent (All Revolutions Done)	15
9816408695	1870 CE	Second Industrial Revolution	16
9905139663	1914 CE	World War I begins	17
9905141349	1918 CE	Treaty of Versailles (end of WWI)	18
9905142636	1939 CE	World War II starts - Germany invades Poland	19
9905143495	1945 CE	World War II ends - U.S. drops nuclear bombs on Japan, Cold War starts	20
9954714059	1989 CE	Tienanmen Square Massacre; Microsoft Windows; End of USSR; Fall of Berlin Wall	21

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10318914160	Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations	8000 BCE- 600 CE	0
10318914161	Beginnings of agriculture	8000 B.C.E.	1
10318914162	Beginnings of Bronze Age - Early Civilizations	3000 B.C.E.	2
10318914163	Iron Age	1300 B.C.E.	3
10318914164	Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies	600 BCE - 600 CE	4
10318914165	Life of Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu (beginnings of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taosim)	6th century B.C.E.	5
10318914166	Greek Golden Age - philosophers.	5th C B.C.E.	6
10318914167	Alexander the Great	323 B.C.E.	7
10318914168	Qin unified China	221 B.C.E.	8
10318914169	Beginnings of Christianity	32 C.E.	9
10318914170	end of Pax Romana	180 C.E.	10
10318914171	end of Han Dynasty	220 C.E.	11
10318914172	Roman capital moved to Constantinople	333	12
10318914173	Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes	4th century C.E.	13
10318914174	Fall of Rome	476	14
10318914175	Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire	527	15
10318914176	Period 3: Regional and Transregional Interactions	600 CE -1450	16
10318914177	Founding of Islam	622	17
10318914178	Battle of Tours (end of Muslim move into France)	732	18
10318914179	Great Schism in Christian Church (Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox)	1054	19
10318914180	1st Crusade	1095	20
10318914181	Mongols sack Baghdad	1258	21
10318914182	Marco Polo travels	1271-1295	22
10318914183	Mansa Musa's pilgrimage	1324	23
10318914184	travels of Ibn Battuta	1325-1349	24
10318914185	Bubonic plague in Europe	1347-1348	25
10318914186	end of Zheng He's voyages/Rise of Ottomans	1433	26
10318914187	Period 4: Global Interactions	1450 CE - 1750	27
10318914188	Ottomans capture Constantinople	1453	28
10318914189	Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope	1488	29
10318914190	Columbus sailed the ocean blue/ Reconquista of Spain	1492	30
10318914191	1st Slaves to Americas	1502	31
10318914192	Martin Luther/95 theses	1517	32
10318914193	Cortez conquered the Aztecs	1521	33
10318914194	Pizarro toppled the Inca	1533	34
10318914195	30 years war	1618-1648	35
10318914196	Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights	1689	36
10318914197	Period 5: Industrialization and Global Integration	1750 CE - 1900	37
10318914198	Industrial Revolution	1750-1914	38
10318914199	7 Year's War/French and Indian War	1756-1763	39
10318914200	American Revolution/Smith writes Wealth of Nations	1776	40
10318914201	French Revolution	1789	41
10318914202	Haitian independence	1804	42
10318914203	Congress of Vienna	1815	43
10318914204	Independence in Latin America	1820s	44
10318914205	1st opium war in China	1839	45
10318914206	European revolutions/Marx & Engles write Communist Manifesto	1848	46
10318914207	Commodore Perry opens Japan	1853	47
10318914208	Sepoy Mutiny	1857	48
10318914209	end of Russian serfdom/Italian unification	1861	49
10318914210	Emancipation Proclamation in US	1863	50
10318914211	German unification	1871	51
10318914212	Berlin Conference - division of Africa	1885	52
10318914213	Spanish-American War - US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico	1898	53
10318914214	Boer War-British in control of South Africa	1899	54
10318914215	Period 6: Accelerating Global Change and Realignments	1900 CE - Present	55
10318914216	Russo-Japanese war	1905	56
10318914217	Mexican Revolution	1910-1920	57
10318914218	Chinese Revolution	1911	58
10318914219	WWI	1914-1918	59
10318914220	Russian Revolution	1917	60
10318914221	Treaty of Versailles-end of WWI	1919	61
10318914222	stock market crash	1929	62
10318914223	Japanese invasion of Manchuria	1931	63
10318914224	Italian invasion of Ethiopia	1935	64
10318914225	German blitzkrieg in Poland	1939	65
10318914226	Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII	1941	66
10318914227	end of WWII	1945	67
10318914228	independence & partition of India	1947	68
10318914229	birth of Israel	1948	69
10318914230	Chinese Communist Revolution	1949	70
10318914231	Korean War	1950-1953	71
10318914232	Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu	1954	72
10318914233	de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal	1956	73
10318914234	Cuban Revolution	1959	74
10318914235	Cuban missile crisis	1962	75
10318914236	6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution	1967	76
10318914237	Yom Kippur war	1973	77
10318914238	Iranian Revolution	1979	78
10318914239	1st Palestinian Intifada	1987	79
10318914240	Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall	1989	80
10318914241	fall of USSR/1st Gulf war	1991	81
10318914242	genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa	1994	82
10318914243	9/11 Attacks	2001	83

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8779310288	Bronze Age	3000BC	0
8779310289	Iron Age	1300BC	1
8779310290	Alexander the Great	323BC	2
8779310291	Qin unified China	221BC	3
8779310292	End of the Pax Romana	180AD	4
8779310293	Fall of the Han dynasty	200AD	5
8779310294	The 1st Council of Nicea	325AD	6
8779310295	Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople	333AD	7
8779310296	The fall of western Rome	476AD	8
8779310297	The height of Justinian's rule of the Byzantine empire	527AD	9
8779310298	The death of the prophet Muhammad	632AD	10
8779310299	The battle of tours	723AD	11
8779310300	Conversion of the Rus to Christianity	988AD	12
8779310301	The great schism	1054AD	13
8779310302	Norman conquest of England	1066AD	14
8779310303	The Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks)	1071AD	15
8779310304	1st crusade	1095AD	16
8779310305	Magna Carta	1215AD	17
8779310306	Death of Genghis khan	1227AD	18
8779310307	Mongols sack Baghdad	1258AD	19
8779310308	Marco Polo begins his travels	1271AD	20
8779310309	Mansa Musa's pilgrimage	1324AD	21
8779310310	Ibn Battuta begins his travels	1325AD	22
8779310311	The bubonic plague hits Europe	1347AD	23
8779310312	Portugal begins to explore coast of Africa	1415AD	24
8779310313	Zheng He's famous treasure fleet explores the Indian Ocean	1421AD	25
8779310314	Beginning of the transatlantic slave trade	1440AD	26
8779310315	The Ottomans conquer Constantinople	1453AD	27
8779310316	Spanish Inquisition	1478AD	28
8779310317	Vasco da Gama established Indian ocean trading	1497AD	29
8779310318	Treaty of Tordesillas (dividing line set by the catholic church between Spain and Portugal)	1494AD	30
8779310319	The 95 theses	1517AD	31
8779310320	Spanish conquer the city of Tenochtitlan	1519AD	32
8779310321	Mughal empire established	1526AD	33
8779310322	Ottoman siege of Vienna	1529AD	34
8779310323	Pizarro and the battle of Cajamarca (battle between the Spanish and Incas in Guns Germs and Steel)	1530AD	35
8779310324	Discovery of Pitosí (South American silver mine)	1540AD	36
8779310325	Tokogawa Shogunate established in Japan	1603AD	37
8779310326	Jamestown is established	1607AD	38
8779310327	30 years war (catholic vs. protestant war involving the Holy Roman Empire)	1618AD	39
8779310328	The birth of Isaac Newton	1642AD	40
8779310329	Fall of Ming / Rise of Qing	1644AD	41
8779310330	Start of the enlightenment	1650AD	42
8779310331	Dutch settle South Africa	1652AD	43
8779310332	British take over India	1755AD	44
8779310333	Industrial revolution begins	1780AD	45
8779310334	French revolution / Establishment of the United States of America	1789AD	46
8779310335	Haitian Revolution	1791AD	47
8779310336	Rise of Napoleon	1799AD	48
8779310337	Gran Columbia	1810AD	49
8779310338	Battle of Waterloo	1814AD	50
8779310339	Tanzimat reforms	1839AD	51
8779310340	The Treaty of Nanjing	1842AD	52
8779310341	Communist Manifesto	1848AD	53
8779310342	Liberia Established	1847AD	54
8779310343	Revolutions of 1848	1848AD	55
8779310344	Taiping rebelion	1850AD	56
8779310345	Crimean war	1853 AD	57
8779310346	Treaty of Kanagawa	1854 AD	58
8779310347	Emancipation of Serfs in Russia	1861 AD	59
8779310348	Suez Canal	1869 AD	60
8779310349	Berlin Conference	1884 AD	61
8779310350	Unification of Germany and Italy (Franco Prussian war)	1870 AD	62
8779310351	Boer Wars	1899 AD	63
8779310352	Russo Japanese War	1904 AD	64
9822443159	Mexican Revolution	1910-1920	65
9822443160	Chinese Revolution	1911	66
9822443161	World War I begins	1914	67
9822443162	Russian Revolution	1917	68
9822443163	Treaty of Versailles/End of World War I	1919	69
9822443164	Stock market crash	1929	70
9822443165	Japanese invasion of Manchuria	1931	71
9822443166	Italian invasion of Ethiopia	1935	72
9822443167	German blitzkrieg in Poland	1939	73
9822443168	Pearl Harbor/Entry of US into World War II	1941	74
9822443169	End of World War II/Start of Cold War	1945	75
9822443170	Independence and partition of India	1947	76
9822443171	Birth of Israel	1948	77
9822443172	Chinese Communist Revolution	1949	78
9822443173	Korean War	1950-1953	79
9822443174	Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu	1954	80
9822443175	De-Stalinization/Nationalization of Suez Canal	1956	81
9822443176	Cuban Revolutions	1959	82
9822443177	Cuban Missile Crisis	1962	83
9822443178	6-day war/Chinese Cultural Revolution	1967	84
9822443179	Yom Kippur War	1973	85
9822443180	Iranian Revolution	1979	86
9822443181	1st Palestinian Intifada	1987	87
9822443182	Tiananmen Square/fall of Berlin Wall	1989	88
9822443183	Fall of USSR/1st Gulf War/end of Iranian-Iraq War	1991	89
9822443184	Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S. Africa	1994	90
9822443185	9/11 Attacks	2001	91

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10430472128	Absolutism	a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)	0
10430472129	Anarchism	a political theory favoring the abolition of governments	1
10430472130	Anti-Semitism	policies, views, or actions that harm or discriminate against Jews	2
10430472131	Chartism	the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people	3
10430472176	Colonialism	-The practice of having and running colonies.	4
10430472177	Cubism-	the most influential artistic movement of the 20th century "Pablo Piccasso" typifies the form. Multi-veiw-point and three dimensional representations of objects, sometimes disassembled and reassembled in abstract ways.	5
10430472178	Dadaism	a nonsensical form of mostly visual arts that became popular beginning around 1916 as a response to the horrors of WWI.	6
10430472132	New Imperialism	Historians' term for the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wave of conquests by European powers and the United States, which were followed by the development and exploitation of the newly conquered territories.	7
10430472133	Owensim	Utopian socialist philosophy of 19th century social reformer ______ ________ and his followers and successors. Aimed for radical reform of society and is considered a forerunner of the cooperative movement.	8
10430472134	Pan-Slavism	A movement to promote the independence of Slav people. Roughly started with the Congress in Prague; supported by Russia. Led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.	9
10430472135	Positivism	the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)	10
10430472136	Communism	a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.	11
10430472137	Conservatism	a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes	12
10430472138	Racism	discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race	13
10430472139	Corporatism	a political system in which interest groups become an institutionalized part of the state or dominant political party;public policy is typically the result of negotiations among representatives of the state and key interest groups	14
10430472140	Realism	This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion	15
10430472141	Revisionism	Socialist thought that disagreed with Marx's formulation; believed that social and economic progress could be achieved through existing political institutions.	16
10430472142	Deism	The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.	17
10430472143	Empiricism	the view that (a) knowledge comes from experience via the senses, and (b) science flourishes through observation and experiment.	18
10430472144	Existentialism	A philosophy that values human freedom and personal responsibility. A few well known _______ writers are Jean-Paul Satre, Soren Kierkegaard ("the father of _______"), Albert Camus, Freidrich Nietzche, Franz Kafka, and Simone de Beauvoir.	19
10430472145	Romanticism	An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.	20
10430472146	Social Darwinism	The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.	21
10430472147	Socialism	a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.	22
10430472148	Utilitarianism	The theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700s, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people.	23
10430472149	Zionism	A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel.	24
10430472150	Fabianism	a British intellectual socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of Social democracy via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World War I. The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the decolonisation of the British Empire, especially India.	25
10430472151	Fascism	A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini.	26
10430472152	Feminism	the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men	27
10430472153	Fourierism	founded by Charles Fourier. he believed that the industrial order ignored the passionate side of human nature. Social discipline ignored all the pleasures of human being naturally seek. He advocated phalanxes in which agrarian labor dominated and people could rotate tasks throughout the day	28
10430472154	Humanism	an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics	29
10430472155	Imperialism	A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.	30
10430472179	Isolationism	a policy of non-involvement in foreign affairs	31
10430472156	Impressionism	Major Western artistic style that gained prominence in the second half of the 1800s and into the 1900s.Against Realism, visual impression of a moment, style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience, often very colorful.	32
10430472157	Jansenism	A branch of Catholicism which resembled Protestantism. Emphasized need for God's grace in achieving salvation and the importance of original sin. Louis XIV took special actions to restrict the rights of this group and force them underground.	33
10430472158	Liberalism	A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.	34
10430472159	Mannerism	Artistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art. Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space.	35
10430472160	Marxism	the economic and political theories of ______ __________and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded	36
10430472161	Mercantilism	an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests	37
10430472162	Militarism	a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggresively to defend or promote national interests	38
10430472163	Modernism	practices typical of contemporary life or thought	39
10430472164	Nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it	40
10430472165	Nazism	a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism, The doctrines of nationalism, racial purity, anti-Communism, and the all-powerful role of the State. The National Socialist German Workers Party encouraged this and it was advocated by Adolf Hitler in Germany.	41
10430472166	Daoism	Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns	42
10430472167	Confucianism	the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct	43
10430472168	Legalism	In China, a political philosophy that emphasized the unruliness of human nature and justified state coercion and control. The Qin ruling class invoked it to validate the authoritarian nature of their regime	44
10430472169	Animism	Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.	45
10430472170	Zoroastrianism	A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity-Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil	46
10430472171	Federalism	A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments	47
10430472172	Centralism	denotes the concentration of a government's power into a centralized government. This takes away some of the powers of the states and puts more power into the hands of the executive leader	48
10430472173	Feudalism	A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land	49
10430472180	Protectionism-	government policy of insulating domestic industries from the world market through import tariffs and taxes.	50
10430472174	Manorialism	An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production.	51
10430472175	Radicalism	a political philosophy that emphasizes the need to find and eliminate the basic injustices of society; seek what they consider the roots of the economic, political, and social wrongs of society and demand immediate and sweeping changes to wipe them out; a belief that rapid, dramatic changes need to be made to existing society, usually think current system cannot be saved and must be overturned	52
10430472181	Protestantism	- religions born of protests to the practices of Catholicism	53

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6376412215	European Economic Community	The EEC (also known as the Common Market) was an alliance formed by Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg in 1957 and dedicated to developing common trade policies and reduced tariffs.	0
6376413285	flappers	A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.	1
6376415027	Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)	A conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.	2
6376416162	Archduke Franz Ferdinand	Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914, was the spark that ignited World War I.	3
6376418403	Great Depression	Worldwide economic depression that began in 1929 with the New York stock market crash and continued in many areas until the outbreak of World War II.	4
6376420939	blitzkrieg	German term meaning "lightning war," used to describe Germany's military tactics in WWII, which involved the rapid movement of infantry, tanks, and airpower over large areas.	5
6376421700	Nuremberg Laws	Laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology	6
6376422778	Kristallnacht	Night of Broken Glass (11/9/1938) when the Nazis killed or injured many jews & destroyed many jewish properties.	7
6376427129	Marshall Plan	Huge U.S. government initiative to aid in post-WWII restoration of Europe, giving $12 billion, put into effect in 1947, intended to prevent another depression or communism and to create a market for U.S. goods.	8
6376428895	Benito Mussolini	Charismatic leader of the Italian fascist party (1883-1945) who came to power in 1922.	9
6376429466	fascism	The political ideology marked by its intense nationalism and authoritarianism; its name is derived from the fasces that were the symbol of magistrates in ancient Rome.	10
6376430694	Rape of Nanjing	The Japanese army's systematic killing, mutilation, and rape of the Chinese civilian population of Nanjing in 1937-1938	11
6376434516	NATO	The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military and political alliance founded in 1949 that committed the United States to the defense of Europe in the event of Soviet aggression.	12
6376436203	Nazi Germany	Germany as ruled by Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945, a fascist state dedicated to extreme nationalism, territorial expansion, and the purification of the German state.	13
6376436546	Adolf Hitler	Leader of the German Nazi Party (1889-1945) and Germany's head of state from 1933 until his death.	14
6376440548	New Deal	A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.	15
6376441520	Revolutionary Right (Japan)	Also known as Radical Nationalism, this was a movement in Japanese political life ca. 1930-1945 that was marked by extreme nationalism, a commitment to elite leadership focused around the emperor, and dedication to foreign expansion.	16
6376442819	total war	War that requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy.	17
6376443336	Treaty of Versailles	1919 treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II.	18
6376445059	Triple Alliance	An alliance consisting of Germany, Austria, and Italy that was one of the two rival European alliances on the eve of World War I.	19
6376446508	Triple Entente	An alliance consisting of Russia, France, and Britain that was one of the two rival European alliances on the eve of World War I.	20
6376448940	League of Nations	International peacekeeping organization created after World War I; first proposed by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points.	21
6376450792	United Nations	International peacekeeping organization and forum for international opinion, established in 1945.	22
6376451980	Weimar Republic	The weak government that replaced the German imperial state at the end of World War I; its failure to take strong action against war reparations and the Great Depression provided an opportunity for the Nazi Party's rise to power.	23
6376452669	Woodrow Wilson	President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 who was especially noted for his idealistic approach to the end of World War I, which included advocacy of his Fourteen Points intended to regulate future international dealings and a League of Nations to enforce a new international order. Although his vision largely failed, Wilson was widely respected for his views.	24
6376455405	Fourteen Points	Plan of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson to establish lasting peace at the end of World War I	25
6376457548	WW1 ("Great War")	The "Great War" (1914-1918), in essence a European civil war with global implications that was marked by massive casualties, the expansion of offensive military technology beyond tactics and means of defense, and a great deal of disillusionment with the whole idea of "progress".	26
6376460862	WW2 in Asia	A struggle essentially to halt Japanese imperial expansion in Asia, fought by the Japanese against primarily Chinese and American foes.	27
6376463684	WW2 in Europe	A struggle essentially to halt German imperial expansion in Europe, fought by a coalition of allies that included Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States.	28
6376464924	zaibatsu	The huge industrial enterprises that dominated the Japanese economy in the period leading up to World War II.	29
6376465590	Holocaust	Name commonly used for the Nazi genocide of Jews and other "undesirables" in German society; Jews themselves prefer the term Shoah, which means "catastrophe", rather than Holocaust ("offering" or "sacrifice")	30
6376467061	European Union	A political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.	31
6524938291	African National Congress	The political organization in South Africa created in 1912 by educated Africans who desired at first to gain representation and a voice in the government of South Africa. Their motives evolved to desiring to gain control of the state government in 1994.	32
6524956012	Mustafa Kemal Ataturk	The political leader of Turkey following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after WW1. He sought to make Turkey a modern and secular nation and undertook significant westernization efforts in Turkey that were often harshly opposed by people in Turkey.	33
6524970256	Black Consciousness	The movement in South Africa that worked to create pride, unification, and greater political mindfulness among the black South African population. They often undertook violent actions against the politically powerful whites in protest.	34
6524971977	Boers	The alternate term (Afrikaners) for the descendants of the Dutch settlers that initially came to South Africa in the 17th century. This population exercised the greatest measure of political power, and were harshly opposed to the British.	35
6524975855	decolonization	The term for the process undertaken in African and Asian colonies to gain self-rule and independence from Europeans.	36
6524980610	Democracy in Africa	The process describing Africa's initial rejection of Western democracy, as these governments proved too weak to be effective in an increasingly globalized world and were subsequently replaced by authoritarian governments. However, the inability of these instituted authoritarian government regimes enabled their effective replacement and the reinstitution of democratic governments in Africa.	37
6524999284	economic development	The process undertaken by emerging independent nations to build themselves up to the scale and power of the Global Northern powers.	38
6525006445	Mohandas K. Gandhi	The political and spiritual leader of the Indian struggle for independence from British colonizers. He desired to return India to a state of self-sufficiency following their emergence of India as independent.	39
6525011805	Indian National Congress	The political organization created in 1885 by Western-educated Indians that sought greater involvement in the government of India. Eventually, they evolved into a strong and immense popular movement advocating Indian independence.	40
6525019902	Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini	The Shi'ite religious leader that came to power in Iran following Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's abdication. He is notorious for his thorough Islamization of Iranian society as well as actively working to spread this Islamization, with the most recognized result of these efforts seen in a conflict against secular Iraq under the leadership of Saddam Hussein.	41
6525033861	Nelson Mandela	The leader of the African National Congress and a passionate black African nationalist. He became president of South Africa in 1994 following the overthrow of the white-run South African government.	42
6525041694	Muslim League	The organization comprised of Indian Muslims that sought further institution into Indian political life in response to the INC	43
6525044541	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	The leader of the Muslim League that contested that areas in India with a Muslim majority should be their own separate state, necessitating the emergence of Pakistan.	44
6525051005	Jawaharlal Nehru	The first prime minister of the newly independent Indian state.	45
6525056320	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	The last Shah of Iran who undertook great efforts to modernize Iran. However, his repressive and cruel government regime was thoroughly opposed by the Iranian public and escalated to full-blown revolution, thus forcing him to abdicate as the shah of Iran in 1979.	46
6525060445	satyagraha	The political philosophy of Gandhi that promoted engagement and confrontation, but under only nonviolent means.	47
6525062361	Soweto	A poor neighborhood of black Africans just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa that developed into the location of a large scale uprising against the current South African political scene. This uprising motivated further strikes and rebellions throughout the state of South Africa.	48
6756940674	al-Qaeda	The organization organized by Osama bin Laden to channel fighters and funds into communist-ruled Afghanistan.	49
6756944817	Osama bin Laden	The wealthy leader of the al-Qaeda movement that declared war on the United States and was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.	50
6756949424	antiglobalization	The process of being opposed to the growing of global value and influence of transnational corporations.	51
6756950562	globalization	The process of transnational corporations achieving greater prominence and prestige all around the world.	52
6756951700	Bretton Woods system	The economic regime that created rules and terms for commercial and financial interactions between capitalist nations.	53
6756954810	environmentalism	The movement seeking to protect the environment that has achieved a greater worldwide following and participation.	54
6756955795	fundamentalism	The form of belief in which an individual upholds beliefs, especially within major universal religions, that endorses belief in a strict interpretation of their teachings.	55
6756957513	global warming	The continuing ascension of the Earth's overall atmospheric temperature as a result of the greenhouse effect on the Earth.	56
6756959052	Che Guevara	An Argentine Marxist revolutionary that occupied a major role in the Cuban War.	57
6756960119	Islamic renewal	The term for the desire of individuals to undertake efforts to govern the Islamic world following traditional Islamic practices, rather than give in to secular modernity.	58
6756962928	Kyoto protocol on global warming	An international agreement within industrialized nations that puts mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.	59
6756965532	neo-liberalism	An altered form of liberalism that tended to opt for free-market capitalism.	60
6756967753	North/South gap	The socio-economic and political divide between the prestigious and powerful Global North in comparison to the South.	61
6756969783	Prague Spring	A time of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that resulted in an invasion from the Soviet Union.	62
6756971160	reglobalization	The process in which countries around the world have been united through intense communications, transport, and trade.	63
6756972267	religious right	A term used to refer to conservative Christian right-swinging individuals.	64
6756984270	second-wave feminism	A revival of the feminist movement in the 1960s to vy for an equal societal position rather than primarily suffrage earlier.	65
6756985888	World Trade Organization (WTO)	An international organization that controls and regulates global trade.	66

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9915797116	Early Civilizations	1. Long term expansion of Assyrian Empire that drove out Jewish people; led to Jewish diaspora and continued to Israel until 1948. 2. Jews sometimes allowed back into homeland if they were not apart of a revolt. --Connection w environment --Saul is 1st king of Israel	0
9915797117	Buddhism vs Hinduism Gender roles	Buddhism: had women roles Hinduism: No women roles	1
9915797118	Maurayan Society	-Patriarchy govt (mostly) -Ruled most of India subcontinent 1. Ashoka was ruler of Maurya Dynasty 2. Ashoka promoted peace; son was Gupta	2
9915797119	Xunji	1. Chinese philosopher (Confucius)	3
9915797120	Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism	Daoism: nature based Legalism: govt functions/everything is for the state Confucianism: Mostly philosophical	4
9915797121	Chinese vs Indian society	1. Chinas religions: Daoism, Legalism, Confucianism 2. Indias religions: Hinduism, Buddhism 3. China: ruled by dynasties (emperors) 4. India: ruled by empires (princes) 5. China: Trade by Silk Road 6. India: Trade by sea and camel caravans	5
9915797122	B.C.E. and C.E.	BCE: Before common era CE: Common era Before Common Era and Common Era Example: 10,000 B.C.E. --- 0 --- 10,000 C.E. ^ ^ Subtract years Add Years 0 is not a year	6
9915797123	Byzantine Empire (AKA Western Roman Empire)	-400-500 C.E. villagers depopulated Western Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) -Byzantines = Romans	7
9915797124	Holy Roman Empire	1. Pope was leader 2. Roman Religion: Christianity 3. Fell from invaders; gave rise to Byzantine Empire.	8
9915797125	Germanic + Asian tribes	1. Could not stop Western and Eastern tribes 2. Large tribes	9
9915797126	China	1. Tang Dynasty period (C.E.) 2. Coinage circulation = more trade 3. Geographic spread of monetary coinage.	10
9915797127	Vikings	1. Sailed the Baltic sea 2. Very advanced in navigation 3. Originated in Norway and throughout other Slovakian Countries.	11
9915797128	French Revolution	1. 1300s French Society 2. Surf- Slavery 3. Epidemics wipe out people	12
9915797129	Omani Merchants	1. had advanced knowledge of the ocean 2. Knew currents and seasons	13
9915797130	Maritime Innovations	1. Specific sails 2. Astrolab	14
9915797131	Diaspora of Muslims	1. Same time of omani traders in South East Asia.	15
9915797132	Global Networks	1. Everyone wanted goods from China and India 2. Traded silver 3. Join stock companies	16
9915797133	Dynasties	1. Ming to Ching 2. Economy was persistent to see the dynasties come and go.	17
9915797134	Artists	1. Hired by the upper class 2. Historical evidence	18
9915797135	Ethiopia	1. Claim to have arc of the covenant (Judaism) 2. Arc was made in the desert (unknown where it currently is) 3. Adopted a lot of belief systems but didn't want the people.	19
9915797136	Columbian exchange vs Hawaii	1. described the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492.	20
9915797137	India	1. Under British Rule 2. Power of industrializing	21
9915797138	Adam Smith	1. wealth of nations	22
9915797139	Nationalism	1. Cant have colonial empire without it.	23
9915797140	Inferior Races	1. Nazis vs Jews 2. Make new identities 3. Not native; Now Spanish 4. Wanted pure faith	24
9915797141	Coerst	indentured servitude	25
9915797142	British vs India	1. British want to be superior 2. India gained independence in 1947 from Britain 3. employed Indians to fight for them	26
9915797143	Muslim vs Hindu	1. The Muslims make Pakistan 2. Did not like each other 3. Divided by faith	27
9915797144	Cold War	1. implemented new economic policies 2. Space Race	28
9915797145	South Africa	1. Apartheid (Segregation) 2. Social Darwinism = one race is above another (inferiority)	29
9915797146	Germany in WW2	1. Hitler ruled 2. Nazi Germany Propaganda 3. Hated Jewish people; resulted in forced labor camps and shunned from pubic eye 4. Wanted to annul treaty of Versailles to assist in attacking western enemies	30
9915797147	USSR ww2	1. Communist rule 2. Taken over from Lenin by Stalin 3. Germany and USSR were teamed if France tried to invade either one of them	31
9915797148	Italy ww2	1. Ruled by Mussolini and his Fascists 2. Apart of League of Nations 3. Fascism was nationalistic, against democratic views, eliminated opposing groups, and unquestioned rule	32
9915797149	Japan ww2	1. Did not like Western countries 2. Bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii; caused America to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki 3. Worked collectively to support emperor 4. Overseas empire to Mongolia and Taiwan.	33

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