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COMMUNISM |
Economic system in which all public goods (land, businesses, railroads, among others) are owned by all the people who live in that place and shared equally.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism Book: World History: Patterns of Interaction
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SOCIETY |
An ordered group of people who share the same laws, traditions, and some values.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/society www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/society |
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CIVIL SOCIETY |
Groups or organizations in which they base their ruling on the citizens' will. They are independent from any government.
www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/civil+society http://schoolforcivilsociety.ca |
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COLD WAR |
A nonviolent conflict between the United States and the USSR after the World War II based on propaganda.
Book: World History: Patterns of Interaction. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold+war
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TOTALITARIANISM |
Form of government which takes a full control over every aspect of a public and private life and permits no freedom for any individual.
Book: World History: Patterns of Interactions http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/totalitarianism |
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WAR |
Conflict between different groups, nations or states in which arms are used and violence takes place.
www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/war http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/war |
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GUERRILLA |
Member of an irregular and organized fighting force made up of small groups which make surprise attacks to enemy bands.
Book: World History: Patterns of Interaction. www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/guerilla |
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HOLOCAUST |
Mass destruction and slaughter of Jews and other communities by Nazi groups in Germany during World War II.
Book: World History: Patterns of Interaction www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/holocaust
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GENOCIDE |
Systematic killing and use of violence against a certain group (religious, ethnical, racial) which goals consists of eliminating said group.
Book: World History: Patterns of History www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genocide |
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DIRTY WAR |
Campaign carried on by Argentina's military dictatorship and military of a regime in 1976 against suspected left-wing political opponents. This event used kidnapping, torture and murder with a mass quantity of citizens.
www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/dirty%20war http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/165129/Dirty-War
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REVOLUTION |
A forced, violent attempt from a community to end a government system and get a one.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolution www.oxforddixtionaries.com/definition/english/revolution
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DICTATORSHIP |
Autocratic form of government in which a community is ruled by a single individual which posses an absolute power without constitutional limitations.
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162240/dictatorship www.princeton.edu |
