invasion
The entry of forces into a territory through hostile means.
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Imperialism
industrialization
The change to industrial methods of production such as the use of factories.
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Industrial Revolution
In the second half of the 19th century, it was the fundamental change in the way goods were produced through the use of machines, capital, and the centralization of work forces in factories. It completely altered the social, economic, and political structure of most of Europe, Japan, and the United States.
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Imperialism
The complete control of a weaker nationﾒs social, economic, and political life by a stronger nation.
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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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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
A imperialistic system founded by Japan consisting of other Asian countries during the early 20th century. Japan reduced its members to puppet nations, taking their raw materials and using them as new markets.
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French Indochina
Area of southeast Asia controlled by France during Imperialism. Includes Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
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foreign policy
A nationﾒs actions regarding how they treat other nations.
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Feudalism
A social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval European life.
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famine
Widespread hunger caused by the near complete lack of food.
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