Unit V Flashcards

65245974	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	0
65245975	social darwinism	The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.	1
65245976	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	2
65245977	populism	the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite	3
65245978	capitalism	an economic system based on private ownership of capital	4
65245979	facism	political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator	5
65245980	embargo	a government order imposing a trade barrier	6
65246856	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	7
65246857	al queada	terrorist	8
65246858	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	9
65246859	nelson mandela	South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)	10
65246860	reparations	payment for damages after a war	11
65246861	kulaks	Rich peasants in the Russian Empire who owned larger farms and used hired labour. They were their own class.	12
65246862	great depression	long period of unempoyments	13
65246863	cuban missile crisis	the 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba	14
65400827	purges	state of being	15
65400828	brinkmanship	the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)	16
65400829	embargo	a government order imposing a trade barrier	17
65400830	berlin wall	a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West	18
65400831	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	19
65400832	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	20
65400833	collectivization	the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism	21
65400834	five year plans	Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly, beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel, electricity, machinery, and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state. (781)	22
65400835	berlin wall	a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West	23
65400836	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	24
65400837	adolf hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	25
65400838	plague	an annoyance	26
65400839	six day war	tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967	27
65400840	water	a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants	28
65400841	cold war	A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted eachother on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.	29
65400842	third war	Egypt instigates, Israel wins tons of land, six days war	30
65400843	albert einstien	Einstien was a Jew who escaped Germany because of the threat of the Holocaust. He was a scientest who told America that he could help build an atomic bomb, but Germany was alson in this process.	31
65400844	liberal democrats	created in the late 1800s. The last prime minister was in the 1920s. Historically, this was the opposition party to the conservatives. The Conservatives were on the right center and the liberals were pure center. Politically, not much of a difference between the two, could live with each of them. The Liberals have declined throughout the 20th century, down to only holding 20 seats. They are around 50-55 seats today.	32
65400845	bread	food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked	33
65400846	jam	deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems	34
65400847	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	35
65400848	jews	followers of judaism	36
65400849	lo hsun	one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century	37
65400850	bay of pigs	In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.	38
65400851	rape of nanking	the act of rape	39
65400852	gulf war	a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution	40
65400853	water	a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants	41
65400854	horse	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	42
65426193	embargo	a government order imposing a trade barrier	43
65426194	bay of pigs	In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.	44
65426195	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	45
65426196	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	46
65426197	germans	Anti-slavery immigrants who contributed the Conestoga wagon and the Kentucky rifle to the American Culture	47
65426198	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	48
65426199	world war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	49
65426200	world war II	a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl	50
65426201	united nations	an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security	51
65426202	treaty	a written agreement between two states or sovereigns	52
65426203	chile	very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency	53
65426204	migration	the movement of persons from one country or locality to another	54
65426205	urban culture	ghettos	55
65426206	urbanization	the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban	56
65426207	colonization	the act of colonizing	57
65426208	al quaeda	LEADER O. BIN LADEN. MEANS "THE BASE", ISLAMIST RESISTANCE MOVEMENT CAME ON SCENCE DURING THE SOVIET-AFGHAN CONFLICT. STARTED IN 1988 AS TRAINING CAMPS FOR TERRORISTS TO TRAIN AND FIGHT A SUPERIOR FORCE WITH INFERIOR RESOURCES.	58
65426209	islam	the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life	59
65426210	iraq	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia	60
65426211	embargo	a government order imposing a trade barrier	61
65426212	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	62
65426213	world war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	63
65426214	World war II	a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl	64
65426215	yugoslavia	a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe	65
65426216	enslavement	the act of making slaves of your captives	66
65426217	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	67
65426218	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	68
65426219	north america	the nations of the North American continent collectively	69
65426220	south america	the nations of the South American continent collectively	70
65426221	europe	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia)	71
65426222	colonization	the act of colonizing	72
65426223	africa	the second largest continent	73
65426224	asia	the nations of the Asian continent collectively	74
65426225	southeast asia	a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore	75
65426226	pacific	the largest ocean in the world	76
65426227	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	77
65426228	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	78
65426229	world war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	79
65426230	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	80
65426231	lo hsun	one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century	81
65426232	purges	state of being	82
65426233	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	83
65426234	nelson mandela	South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)	84
65426235	social darwinism	The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.	85
65426236	kulaks	Rich peasants in the Russian Empire who owned larger farms and used hired labour. They were their own class.	86
65426237	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	87
65426238	liberal democrats	created in the late 1800s. The last prime minister was in the 1920s. Historically, this was the opposition party to the conservatives. The Conservatives were on the right center and the liberals were pure center. Politically, not much of a difference between the two, could live with each of them. The Liberals have declined throughout the 20th century, down to only holding 20 seats. They are around 50-55 seats today.	88
65426239	cuban missile crisis	the 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba	89
65454268	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	90
65454269	liberalism	an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard	91
65454270	democracy	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	92
65454271	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	93
65454272	cuban missile crisis	the 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba	94
65454273	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	95
65454274	colonization	the act of colonizing	96
65454275	urbanization	the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban	97
65454276	world war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	98
65454277	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	99
65454278	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	100
65454279	al quaeda	LEADER O. BIN LADEN. MEANS "THE BASE", ISLAMIST RESISTANCE MOVEMENT CAME ON SCENCE DURING THE SOVIET-AFGHAN CONFLICT. STARTED IN 1988 AS TRAINING CAMPS FOR TERRORISTS TO TRAIN AND FIGHT A SUPERIOR FORCE WITH INFERIOR RESOURCES.	101
65454280	islam	the religion of Muslims collectively which governs their civilization and way of life	102
65454281	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	103
65454282	liberalism	an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard	104
65454283	nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it	105
65454284	democracy	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	106
65454285	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	107
65454286	fascism	a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)	108
65454287	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	109
65454288	stalin	Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)	110
65454289	lenin	Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)	111
65454290	social doctrine	The body of Church teachings which relate to our economic and political interactions within the world.	112
65454291	NATO	an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security	113
65454292	ethnic rivalries	Hatred and violence between different tribal groups.	114
65454293	globalization	growth to a global or worldwide scale	115
65454294	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	116
65454295	world war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	117
65454296	europeans	brought measles, flu, and smallpox to the New World. These were not so good.	118
65454297	mexican revolution	1910-1911, >Diaz was president for more than 30 years >Madero wins over Diaz in 1910 election (democrat) >Huerta seizes control in 1913, killing Madero >Wilson refuses to recognize Huerta as a leader	119
65454298	bubonic plaque	a deadly disease that spread across Asia and Europe in the mid-14th century, killing millions of people.	120
65454299	the digital divide	underdeveloped countries have no access to technology so the divide between is increased	121
65454300	national interest	What is best for a particular country	122
65454301	the asian century	century of the asians	123
65454302	human rights	the rights that all people possesses	124
65454303	religion	a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	125
65454304	technology	the practical application of science to commerce or industry	126
65454305	civilizations	a group that forms a city	127
65454306	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	128
65454307	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	129
65454308	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	130
65454309	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	131
65454310	north korea	a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula	132
65454311	japan	lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient	133
65454312	china	dishware made of china	134
65454313	Asia	the nations of the Asian continent collectively	135
65454314	indonesia	a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands	136
65454315	bosnia	a mountainous republic of south-central Europe	137
65454316	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	138
65454317	water	a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants	139
65454318	North america	the nations of the North American continent collectively	140
65454319	africa	the second largest continent	141
65454320	south korea	a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula	142
65454321	muslims	Followers of Islam	143
65454322	Tito	Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)	144
65454323	jews	followers of judaism	145
65454324	muslims	Followers of Islam	146
65454325	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	147
65454326	national interest	What is best for a particular country	148
65454327	colonization	the act of colonizing, the act of colonizing	149
65454328	silk route	1) A caravan trade route from eastern China to the West 2) Carried silk, jade, paper, and porcelain from China to Greek and Roman traders 3) Traders brought glass, amber, wool, and linen back to China from the West	150
65454329	cotton	fabric woven from cotton fibers	151
65454330	wheat	grains of common wheat	152
65454331	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	153
65454332	international law enforcement	the law that was enforced in early days	154
65454333	china	dishware made of china	155
65454334	cuban missile crisis	the 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba	156
65454335	communist	a socialist who advocates communism	157
65454336	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	158
65454337	al queada	terrorist	159
65454338	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	160
65454339	World war I	a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918	161
65454340	World war II	a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl	162
65454341	religion	a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	163
65454342	germany	a republic in central Europe	164
65454343	new york	a Mid-Atlantic state	165
65454344	russia	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital	166
65454345	stalin	Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)	167
65454346	russian revolution	the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917	168
65454347	urbanization	the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban	169
65454348	colonization	the act of colonizing	170
65454349	demography	the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations	171
65454350	world history	世界史	172
65454351	believes	what you think	173
65454352	colonization	the act of colonizing	174
65454353	geography	study of the earth's surface	175
65454354	incas	Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru	176
65454355	aztecs	(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor.	177
65454356	mayans	Central America, biggest cities were in modern day Guatemala (south of Mexico), most powerful from	178
65454357	pacific	the largest ocean in the world	179
65454358	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	180
65454359	germany	a republic in central Europe	181
65454360	russia	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital	182
65454361	york	the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485	183
65454362	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	184
65454363	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	185
65454364	jews	followers of judaism	186
65454365	tito	Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980)	187
65454366	adolf hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	188
65454367	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	189
65454368	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	190
65454369	germany	a republic in central Europe	191
65454370	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	192
65454371	urbanization	the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban	193
65454372	womens right movement	woman gained more rights	194
65454373	gender relations	the relationship between men and woman, male dominated	195
65454374	colonization	the act of colonizing	196
65454375	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	197
65454376	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	198
65454377	liberalism	an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard	199
65454378	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	200
65454379	nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it	201
65454380	fascism	a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)	202
65454381	cold war	a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare	203
65454382	russia	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital	204
65454383	united nations	an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security	205
65454384	diplomatic	able to take a broad view of negotiations between states	206
65454385	ideologies	systems of thought and belief	207
65454386	democracy	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	208
65454387	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	209
65454388	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	210
65454389	hitler	German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)	211
65454390	holocaust	an act of great destruction and loss of life	212
65454391	water	a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants	213
65454392	genocide	systematic killing of a racial or cultural group	214
65454393	communism	a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership	215
65454394	liberalism	an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard	216
65454395	democracy	a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them	217
65454396	japan	lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient	218
65454397	china	dishware made of china	219
65454398	russia	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital	220
65454399	united nations	an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security	221
65454400	free states	states that prohibited the institution of slavery	222
65454401	liberals	supporters of the democratic party	223
65454402	imperialists	describes the policy of a country in maintaining colonies and dominance over distant lands. "Sphere of influence" commercially and militarily	224
65454403	communists	people who favor the equal distribution of wealth and the end of all forms of private property	225
65454404	russia	a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital	226