occupation (military)
The control of one country by another through the stationing of military troops and military government.
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Human Rights
nuclear weapons
Weapons in which the explosive potential is controlled by nuclear fission or fusion.
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New Economic Policy
An economic policy of Vladimir Leninﾒs in the Soviet Union where government controlled most banks and industry, but did allow some private ownership.
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Nazi
Name of German National Socialist Party, which gained control of Germany in 1933 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.
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natural rights
Concept of John Lockeﾒs that states all people have the right to life, liberty, and property.
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international defense alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and others formed in 1949 as a response to the spread of communism.
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Native Americans & Slaves
In colonial Latin America, lowest social class. They had no rights and were often treated poorly and used as a labor source by the plantation owning Creoles.
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mulattoes
In colonial Latin America, Spanish/African who were denied basic political, economic, and social rights due to their mixed heritage.
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minority
A small group of people from a larger group.
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Milosevic, Slobodan
(1941- ) Former Yugoslavian President. He fought to keep non-Serbs from breaking away from Yugoslavia. During the 1990s, he used his army to terrorize ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, who were asking for self rule. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) finally put a stop to this violence, and Milosevic has since been arrested and awaits trial for war crimes.
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