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TOTALITARIANISM

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A person that practices totalitarian polices

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WAR

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A conflict between nations

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GUERRILLA

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A band unofficial that attacks small groups.

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HOLOCAUST

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Complete destruction

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GENOCIDE

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Violent crimes committed against groups with the goal of destroying the group.

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DIRTY WAR

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A period of terrorism in Argentina against people who were against the law and guerrillas from 1974 to 1983.

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REVOLUTION

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An overthrow and replacement of a government or system by the governed people.

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DICTATORSHIP

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A type in which an individual rules.

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COMMUNISM

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Economic and social system in which all (or nearly all) property and resources are collectively owned by a classless society and not by individual citizens.

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COLD WAR

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Growing out of post-World War II tensions between the two nations, the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted for much of the second half of the 20th century resulted in mutual suspicions, heightened tensions and a series of international incidents that brought the world’s superpowers to the brink of disaster.

History.com

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SOCIETY

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Term that's increasingly popular with government ministers, academics, diplomats, aid-workers, international agencies, teachers and a host of other professions.

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CIVIL SOCIETY

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People in general thought of as living together organized communities with shared laws, traditions, and values.

MERRIAN WEBSTER DICTIONARY

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Militarism

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The principle of maintaining a large military establishment.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/militarism

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Self-determination

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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the right of a nation or people to determine its own form of government withoutinfluence from outside

league of nations.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Self+determination

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Triple Alliance

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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the secret alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in 1882and lasting until 1914

nationalism.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Triple+Alliance

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Propaganda

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The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of thoseadvocating such a doctrine or cause.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/propaganda

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Imperialism

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The extension of a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and politicaldominance over other nations.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/imperialism

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Treaty of Versailles

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The Treaty of Versailles, presented for German leaders to sign on May 7, 1919, forced Germany to concede territories to Belgium (Eupen-Malmédy), Czechoslovakia (the Hultschin district), and Poland, West Prussia and Upper Silesia).

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425

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Brest-litousky Treaty

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918. The German were reminded of the harshness of Brest-Litovsk when they complained about the severity of theTreaty of Versailles signed in June 1919.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_brest-litovsk.htm

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Treaty Trianon

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Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920), Hungary ceded Transylvania to Romania; Slovakia and Transcarpathian Rus to the newly formed Czechoslovakia; and other Hungarian crown lands to the future Yugoslavia.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425

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Treaty Sévres

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The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Sèvres on August 10, 1920, ending hostilities with the Allied Powers; but shortly thereafter a Turkish War of Independence began.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425

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Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of September 10, 1919, established the Republic of Austria, consisting of the truncated, German-speaking regions of the Habsburg state.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005425

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Conservatism

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A general preference for the existing order of society,and an opposition to efforts to bring about sharp change.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conservatism

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Social- Democracy

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Social democracy,political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition ofsociety from capitalism to socialism using established political processes.Based on 19th-century socialism and the tenets of Karl Marx and FriedrichEngels, social democracy shares common ideological roots with communism buteschews its militancy and totalitarianism. Social democracy was originallyknown as revisionism because it represented a change in basic Marxist doctrine,primarily.

http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551073/social-democracy

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Christian Democracy

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Christiandemocracy, political movement that has a close association with RomanCatholicism and its philosophy of social and economic justice. It incorporatesboth traditional church and family values and progressive values such as socialwelfare. For this reason, Christian democracy does not fit squarely in theideological categories of left and right. It rejects the individualistworldview that underlies both political liberalism and laissez-faire economics,and it recognizes the need for the state to intervene in the economy to supportcommunities and defend human dignity.

http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/115089/Christian-democracy

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Centre-left

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Thecentre-left or moderate left is an adherence to views leaning to the left butcloser to the centre on the left-right political spectrum than other left-wingvariants. Centre leftists, such as social democrats or social liberals, believein working within the established systems to improve social justice.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre-left

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Bipolarity

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Bipolarity is a distribution ofpower in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and culturalinfluence internationally or regionally. Often, spheres of influence woulddevelop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_(international_relations)

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Mirrow policy

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Every act that the other country do theopponent will try to imitate.

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MAD

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(Mutual Assured Destruction) Militarytheory of nuclear deterrence holding that neither side will attack the other ifboth sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed in the conflict.

http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/glossary/g/glmad.htm

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Satellites countries

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A SatelliteState is a political term that refers to a country or nation that was formallyindependent, but is now politically and economically influenced by anothercountry. The term is often used to reference the Soviet Empire, SovietSatellite States, or Eastern Bloc.

https://elginhistory12.wikispaces.com/The+Satellite+States?responseToken=0736e51f44c9c9d50e6630c935d602074

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Western Block

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The Sovietswanted to over take each one of the nations that they had helped. Some smallEuropean countries did not agree with this and they became what is known asNATO. The United States and the countries of NATO joined together and formedwhat is known as the Western Bloc.

http://thewesternbloc.wikispaces.com/The+Western+Bloc%27s+Position+on+the+Cold+War

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Soviet Block

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The communist nations closely allied with the SovietUnion, including Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland,and Romania, whose foreign policies depended on those of the former SovietUnion.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soviet+bloc