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Apartheid

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In 1948, white South Africans began a policy of Aparthied (seperating racial groups).

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Appeasement

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British prime minister Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich and tried appeasement (granting concessions to avoid war). Chamberlain agreed to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia.

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The Aztecs settled in central mexico around 1300. They learned to grow corn and aqquired other skills from their neighbors. Over thee next two centries, they often went to war and conquered neighboring peoples. Captured warriors were sacrificed to Aztec sun god. Like the Maya, Aztecs devoloped a form of writing and an accurate calender

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Balance of Power

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The Great powers (britain, russia, austria, and prussia) restored many former rulers and borders, but also redistributed territories to establish a more stable "balance of power".

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Black Death

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In the late 1300s, rats with fleas carrying the bubonic plague (known as the black death) entered Europe from asia on trading ships. Between 1347 and 1351, one third of europe's population died in the epidemic.

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Bolsheviks

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Communist revolutionaries known as bolsheviks, led by vladimir Lenin, called for the overthrow of the new government and withdrawl from the war. The bolsheviks promised the russian people "peace, bread, and land".

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Many Chinese resented the growing foreign influence in their homeland. That same year, a chinese group known as the "boxers" arose in rebellion and attacked foreign residents in china. The boxers were secretly supported by the imperial government, but an international expeditionary force intervened and crushed the boxer rebellion.

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Buddhism

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Indian prince Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism. He believed human desire caused human suffering, and that to find inner peace one must renounce all desires. Gautama became known as Buddha, meaning "enlightened one". Buddhists followed the eightfold path, in wich they gave up wealth, meditate, and respect all other living things. Following the path allows people to escape the cycle of reincarnation, to achieve a state of peace and happiness (nirvana). It spread from india to china, japan, and southeast asia.

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Samurai warriors followed a strict code of honor known as bushido, which emphasized loyalty to nobles known as the daimyo.

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Byzantine Empire

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The western half of the roman empire collapsed in the 5th century, the eastern half, known as the byzantine empire lasted for another thousand years. The emperors ruled from the capital of constantinople with the help of a powerful army. Emperor justinian made the code of justinian and built a magnificent church calledthe Hagia Sophia. Byzantines were greatly influenced by greek and roman culture. Byzantines developed their own form of christianity, known as the eatern orthdox christianity.

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Caste System

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In traditional india, society was organized into hereditary social classes known as "castes". Hindus believe that each person isborn into a particular caste based on that person's conduct in a previous life.

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Cold War

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The cold war was two superpowers (U.S. and Ussr), that were both armed with nuclear weapons and missels, but never cronfonted one another in actual warfare.

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Collective farms

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Commercial Revolution

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Communism

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Cuban Missle Crisis

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Cuban Revolution

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Cultural Revolution

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Developing Nations

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Enlightenment

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European Union

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Feudalism

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French Revolution

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Genocide

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Glasnost

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Gorbachev introduced Glasnost (greater openness) into soviet society . Restrictions on speech and the press were lifted.

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Green Revolution

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Gulf War

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Gupta Empire

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After the mauyan empire, the gupta empire in india arose. This ushered in a golden age of hindu culture. Gupta emperors built universities and supported literature and the arts. Gupta mathematicians developed the concepts of zero and infinity, and a decimal system.

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Hinduism

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Indus River Valley Civilization

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Industrial Revolution

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Began in englandin the 1750s, it brought a basic change to the way goods were produced. Instead of people working at home making goods by hand, people now produced goods in factories with the help of large machines.

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Iranian Revolution

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In 1979, the uprising that overthrew the shah of iran and replaced his government with an islamic fundamentalists state.

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Islam

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Islamic Fundamental

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Judaism

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Kingdom of Mali

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Laissez-faire

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A policy advocated by many business owners during the industrial revolution, in which government does not interfere in the affairs of business.

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Leauge of Nations

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The treaty of versailles created a leauge of nations. Members agreed to defend each other against aggressors. However, several major powers, such as the united states and russia, refused to join.

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Mandate of Heaven

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Marshall Plan

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Mauryan Empire

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Was in northern india, and ruled by king Asoka. Converted from hinduism to buddhism. He sent missionaries throughout the empire to spread buddhism.

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Maya

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Mexican Revolution

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Middle Ages

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Ming Dynasty

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Mongols

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Monotheism

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Mughals

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NATO

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The North Atlanctic Trade Organization was formed by the U.S. and several european countries to protect western europe from communist aggression.

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Nazism

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Nuremberg Trials

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Open Door Policy

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Ottoman Empire

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Perestrovakia

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Qin Dynasty

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Qing (Manchu) Dynasty

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Qu'ran (Koran)

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Reformatiom

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Reign of Terror

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Renaissance

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Roman Empire

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Russian Revolution

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Russification

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Salt March

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Savanna

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Scientific Revolution

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Sepoy Mutiny

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Shogun

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Silk Road

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Social Darwinism

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Sung Dynasty

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Superpowers

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T'ang Dynasty

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Terrorism

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Tiananmen Square Protest

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Transalantic slave trade

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Treaty of Versailles

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Truman Doctrine

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President truman announced the truman doctrine, a plan which gave aid to greece an turkey to prevent takeovers.

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United Nations

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The victors formed a new peacekeeping organization, the united nations, as ww2 ended. Major world problems were made members of the U.N.

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Urbanization

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The movement of peoples from rural areas to cities in search of jobs and new opportunities.

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Vietnam War

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Warsaw Pact

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The U.S. and several european countries also formed NATO to protect western europe from communist aggression. The soviet union responded by forming the warsaw pact with its eastern european satellites in 1955.

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Weimar Republic

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A democratic government known as the weimar republic replaced the monarchy. The weimar republic was severly criticized for signing the treaty of versailles and forbeing forced to pay huge reparations to britain and france.

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World War 1

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World War 2

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Rise of facist dictators in italy, germany, and other places led to war. Hitler violated the treaty of versailles. Hitler took austria in 1938. British prime minister chamberlain met with hitler in munich and appeased. Hitler was granted sudetenland. In 1939 hitler demanded poland. Britain and france refused. Hitler agreed to leave the ussr out of war, but then he invaded poland starting the war. Japan attacked U.S when they threatened a naval blockade. Japan attacked pearl harbor on december, 1941.

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Young Turks

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The sultan was overthrown in 1908 by a group know as the young turks. They encouraged industrialization, public education, and better treatment of women.

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Capitalism

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An economic system characterized by the private ownership of property and wealth under capitalism, capital (wealth) is invested in the hope of creating wealth for the entrepreneur- the individual investor who risks his or her capital. Consumers are free to buy or not to buy what is produced.