Concepts/Policies Flashcards
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| 310322955 | Social Stratification | separtion of society into classes | 0 | |
| 310322956 | Pastoralism | raising of animals | 1 | |
| 310322957 | Feudalism | class system of Middle Age Europe King->Lords/Nobles-Knights->Merchants->serfs | 2 | |
| 310322958 | Cultural Diffusion | the spread of ideas,knowledge,and customs; most commonly through war and trade | 3 | |
| 310322959 | Humanism | focus on the idividual self worth; quality of life improves; begin to question things | 4 | |
| 310322960 | Secularism | focus on worldly things, material possessions | 5 | |
| 310322961 | Classicalism | renewed interest in Greek&Roman culture | 6 | |
| 310322962 | Columbian Exchange | New World--->Europe:corn,cotton,potatoes,root crops,tobacco,wood/lumber Europe--->New World:disease(smallpox),horses,cows | 7 | |
| 310322963 | Merchantalism | New World--->Old World raw materials Old World--->finished goods+protection | 8 | |
| 310322964 | Enlightenment | people start questioning how government works and about rights | 9 | |
| 310322965 | Triangle Trade | colony--->raw materials to Mother Country--->finished products to colony; gold and guns to Africa--->slaves to colony | 10 | |
| 310322966 | Estate System (France) | 1st estate-Nobles 1% 2nd estate-Clergy 1% 3rd estate-All others 98% *1st+2nd=95% of wealth | 11 | |
| 310322967 | Crop Rotation | 4 fields: 1=wheat;1=corn,1=rye;1=none | 12 | |
| 310322968 | Urbanization | the movement of people to cities | 13 | |
| 310322969 | Domestic System | production by hand | 14 | |
| 310322970 | Factory System | mass production by machine | 15 | |
| 310322971 | Laissez Faire | government not involved in social disputes | 16 | |
| 310322972 | Communism | everybody is equal, no real government | 17 | |
| 310322973 | Socialism | government runs affairs | 18 | |
| 310322974 | Capitalism | spending tons of $$$ | 19 | |
| 310322975 | Social Darwinsim | evolution idea of natural selection; "survival of the fittest" | 20 | |
| 310322976 | Imperialism | a stronger nation taking over a weaker nation | 21 | |
| 310322977 | Nationalism | pride in ones country; love for ones country | 22 | |
| 310322978 | Anti-Semitism | hatred of Jews | 23 | |
| 310322979 | Zionism | the return of Jews to Palestine(homeland) | 24 | |
| 310322980 | Total Warfare | men,women,and children(innocent people) are all targets; all aspects of country focused on war | 25 | |
| 310322981 | Militarism | build-up of army and military | 26 | |
| 310322982 | Industrialization | emergence of factories and mass production in a country | 27 | |
| 310322983 | Fascism | strong sense of Nationalism, Dictator, keeps a class system | 28 | |
| 310322984 | Democracy | people run the government | 29 | |
| 310322985 | Propaganda | advertising | 30 | |
| 310322986 | Appeasement | to please someone(to avoid confrontation) *DOES NOT WORK | 31 | |
| 310322987 | Blitzkeige warfare | lightning warfare, fast, used by Hitler | 32 | |
| 311197080 | Karma | belief that a persons actions determines a future life | 33 | |
| 311197081 | Dharma | ones moral duty | 34 | |
| 311197082 | Moksha | becoming one with Brahman-Hindu | 35 | |
| 311197083 | Caste System | social class system of India(Hindus) Priest(Brahmins)->Warriors and rulers(Kshatriyas)->Farmers and artists(Vaishyas)->Servants and serfs(Shudras)->Untouchables | 36 | |
| 315196433 | Enlightenment | the cleansing of the soul in order to reach Nirvana(Buddhist) | 37 | |
| 389479282 | Containment | US efforts to 'contain' communism | 38 | |
| 389485183 | Satyagraha | Gandhi's civil disobedience | 39 | |
| 389502651 | Space Race | US vs Soviets-space exploration N.A.S.A Soviet=satellite Sputnik | 40 | |
| 389502652 | Arms Race | US vs Soviets-new technology to destroy the other side ex) atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb | 41 | |
| 389502653 | Educational Race | in US 1950-1960, focus on math and science | 42 | |
| 389502654 | M.A.D | Mutually Assured Destruction: "if you launch we launch" "if you destroy us, we destroy you" nobody gets anything | 43 |