human rights
The rights that are considered by most societies to belong automatically to all people, including the rights to justice, freedom, and equality.
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human and physical geography
The study of the environment, people, and the resources they use to live.
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Hubble Space Telescope
Large space telescope able to see farther than any other telescope at the end of the 20th century.
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Holy Trinity
Formed by the Creator (Father), Redeemer (Son), and Sustainer (Holy Spirit). Christians believe that these three entities are all part of a single higher power.
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Holy Land
Term given to lands in present day Israel that is significant to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Holocaust
The attempted genocide of European Jews, Gypsies, mentally retarded, homosexuals, and others by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
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Hobbes, Thomas
(1588-1679) English philosopher and political theorist. Wrote Leviathan, where he favored an absolute government as the only means of balancing human interests and desires with their rights of life and property.
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Ho Chi Minh
(1890-1969) Vietnamese leader who is responsible for ousting first the French, then the United States from his country. Supported by both communist China and the Soviet Union, he guided Vietnam through decades long warfare to emerge as a communist nation.
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Hitler, Adolf
(1889-1945) Austrian-born leader of Germany. He co-founded the Nazi Party in Germany, and gained control of the country as chancellor in 1933. Hitler started World War II with the invasion of Poland. He was responsible for the Holocaust.
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Hiroshima
Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Aug 6th, 1945.
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