AP WORLD HISTORY UNIT VI VOCABULARY Flashcards

9516078653	Anti-Imperialism	Argument that imperialism violates the principle of liberty for all, being against U.S. building an empire. Against controlling another group of people	0
9516078654	Anti-Semitism	Prejudice against Jews	1
9516078655	Apartheid	a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race (South Africa)	2
9516078656	Appeasement	Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict	3
9516078657	Authoritarianism	the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom	4
9516078658	Cold War	the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II	5
9516078659	Collectivization	a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government	6
9516078660	Comintern	a communist group whose purpose was to encourage worldwide revolution	7
9516078661	Containment Policy	US policy to stop expansion of Soviet Union and Communism	8
9516099500	Coup d'etat	A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group	9
9516099501	Decolonization	the action of changing from colonial to independent status	10
9516099502	Ethnic cleaning	Systematic effort to purge an area of society of an ethnic group through murder or deportation	11
9516099503	Euro	the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999)	12
9516099504	Fascism	an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.	13
9516099505	Fundamentalism	Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion	14
9516099506	Genocide	Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group	15
9516099507	Glasnost	a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems	16
9516099508	Globalization	Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope	17
9516099512	Guomintang	Chinese Nationalist party. Headed by Sun Yat-sen and then Chiang Kai-Shek.	18
9516099509	Inflation	A general and progressive increase in prices	19
9516099510	Intifada	"The Uprising" against Israel by some Palestinians	20
9757327046	Iron Curtain	The term popularized by Churchill describing the Eastern Bloc nation's division from Western Europe	21
9757329192	Jingoism	Aggressive nationalism	22
9757329193	Liberation Theology	combination of Roman Catholic and socialist principles aiming to improve the lives of the poor, Latin America	23
9757331272	Mandates	Territories administered by western powers	24
9757334487	"Military-Industrial Complex"	industrial complex is an informal alliance between a nation's military and the defense industry which supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy	25
9757338318	Mujahideen	Afghan rebels, who the Soviets failed to attack with rockets, US then aided them, Islamic guerrilla fighters	26
9757338319	Négritude movement	Movement in which writers and artists of African descent expressed pride in their African heritage	27
9757352190	New World Order	period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world politics effecting the balance of power	28
9757352191	Perestroika	the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system, @ Soviet Union	29
9757355162	Politburo	the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party	30
9757355163	Pop culture	Aspects of culture that are driven by the media	31
9757359887	Propaganda	False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause	32
9757363369	Proxy war	A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate	33
9757366027	Québécois	a native or inhabitant of Quebec, typically one who is French Canadian.	34
9757370605	Recession	A period of declining real GDP, accompanied by lower real income and higher unemployment.	35
9757370606	Refugee	Person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster	36
9757382218	Reparations	Payment for war damages	37
9757386688	Separatist movement	Campaigns to break away from the national government and form independent countries	38
9757389397	Satyagraha	"truth force"; Gandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to British rule	39
9757392980	Self-determination	The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will	40
9757392981	Socialist Realism	realistic style of art and literature that glorified Soviet ideals and goals	41
9757396261	Soviets	A Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers.	42
9757404391	Superpower	a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world	43
9757407152	Terrorism	the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims	44
9757409242	Totalitarianism	A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.	45
9757409243	Transnational Corporation	A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries	46
9757418771	Total War	A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort	47
9757421790	Welfare state	A system in which the government takes responsibility for its citizen's social and economic needs.	48
9757422110	Xenophobia	a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers	49