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91 Cards in this Set
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Commune
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People who live and work together and hold property in common
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Conquistador
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"conqueror"
certain explorers of the 1500s and 1600s |
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Common Law
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Uniform justice system based on court descisions
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Contras
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Counterrevolutionary group in Nicaragua- opposed Sandinistas
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Council of Clermont
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Council of the Christian Church in 1095 that sparked the CRUSADES
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Crusades
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Series of religious wars fought between Christians & Muslims
late 1000s- mid 1200s |
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Cultural Revolution
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1966
Mao Zedong Attempt to renew Communism & purge non-revolutionaries |
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Mao Zedong
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Responsible for Cultural Revolution in China, 1966, and Great Leap Forward
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Feudal Japan- 3 Castes
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SHOGUN- military commander
DAIMYO-warrior lords SAMURAI-warrior class |
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Desaparecidos
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thousands who dissappeared during the Argentinian "Dirty War"
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Diaspora
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Scattering of people
--Jews being forced to leave the Palestine |
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Dirty War
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1970s:
Argentinian military terrorizes thousands (Desaperecidos) |
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Dynamo
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Electricity generator
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Encomienda System
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System created by Spanish government in the Americas
--Allows colonists to demand labor or crops from Native Americans |
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European Community/ Common Market
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Group of nations
-Est 1957 Expansion of free trade in Europe |
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European Union
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Expansion of European Community
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Great Leap Forward
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1958 Agricultural Plan
Attempt to industrialize causes massive famine |
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Guomindang
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Chinese nationalist party
Sun Yixian |
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Hanseatic League
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1300s
Trade association of N German towns |
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Hellenistic
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Andrew The Great
Blend of East and West influences |
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Holy Land
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Palestine
Holy to -Jews -Christians -Muslims |
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Indian National Congress
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Late 1800s
Hindu nationalist leaders --> Greater democracy --> Eventual self rule |
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International Monetary Fund
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1980s- stepped in to work out afreements to help debtor nations
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Interpol
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International Criminal Police System
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Intifada
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1987 Palestinian uprising in Isreal
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Islamic Fundamentalism
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Muslim reforms
Oppose westernization Islamic principles in politics |
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Janissaries
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members of an elite force in the army of the Ottoman Empire
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Justinian code
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Law code
Byzantine Empire Emperor Justinian 500s |
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Kabuki
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1600s
from of Japanese drama |
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Laws of the 12 tables
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Ancient Rome
displayed in Marketplace |
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Long March
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1934 retreat by Mao Zedong and Gouomindang followers
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Mandate
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after WWI
Territory administered by a foreign power |
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Meiji Dynasty
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"restoration"
modernization industrialization |
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Middle Passage
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Voyage from Africa to America on slave ships
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Millet
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Non- Muslims in Ottoman Empire
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Mixed Economy
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Both private & State- run enterprises
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Muslim League
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Muslims in India- 1900s
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National Assembly
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1789 FRANCE
mostly 3rd estate, aim: to write a new constitution |
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New Economic Policy (NEP)
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1921, Lenin
Privatized SOME industries |
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Oligarchy
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Government run by a FEW
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Opium War
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1839
BRITAIN vs CHINA (over opium trade) |
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Organization of African Unity
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Kwane Nkrumah- 1963
Calls for Pan-Africanism & End of colonialism |
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Pacific Rim
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Group of nations in Asia & The Americas on the Pacific Ocean
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Palestine Liberation Organization
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1964
organization of Palestinian nationalism groups |
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Patriarch
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Highest church official in Orthodox Christian Church
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Patrician
Plebian |
Ancient Rome:
-Upper class -Lower class |
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Pax Mongolia
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Peace in much of Asia under Mongol rule
1200s-1300s |
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Pax Romana
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Peace in Rome, started with Augustus
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Persian Gulf War
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1991
Prompted by Iraqi invasion of Kuwait -> Europe & Arabs drive Iraq out |
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Polis
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City state in Ancient Greece
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Quipus
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Knotted strings used by INcan officials for records
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Reconquista
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700s
Campaign by christians to recapture SPAIN from the muslims |
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Red Guards
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Radical students in China during cultural revolution
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Russification
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All groups controlled by Russia should feel nationalistic pride
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Russo-Japanese War
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1904-1905
Japan vs. Russia |
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Senate
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Government body of ancient Rome
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Sepoy
Sepoy Mutiny |
-Indian soldiars in British or French East Indian Companies
-Rebel against British rule in India |
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Sharia
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System of Islamic Law
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Shintoism
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Traditional Japanese Religion
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Sino-Japanese War
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Japan vs. China
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Solidarity
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Polish independant trade union
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Stupa
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Large dome shaped Buddhist shrine
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Sultan
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Muslim ruler
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Surrogate
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Represented US & Soviet interests
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Swahili
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A mix of ARAB and AFRICAN words
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Taiping Rebellion
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Peasant Rebellion in China
1800s |
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Trade Fair
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MEDIEVAL EUROPE
site of trading |
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Upanishads
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Philisophical dialogues about Hinduism
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Young Turks
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Reform of the Ottomon Empire
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Zaibatsu
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Powerfull Japanese Families
--> ( Wealthy from Banking Industry) |
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African National Congress
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SOUTH AFRICA
Opponents to Aparthied Encouraged political activism by blacks |
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Allied Powers
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WWI alliance:
Britain France Russia +Italy +US +Others |
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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formed in 1967, group of 9 Southeast Asian countries
Coordinate policies (trade/agriculture/etc) |
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Astrolabe
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determines lattitude by position of the stars
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Baatan Death March
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Forced March of the Allied prisoners by the Japanese during WWII
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Boer War
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1899-1902
BRITISH vs BOERS (dutch farmers) Becan after British tried to annex the Boer republics |
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Boxer Rebellion
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1900
Boxers assault foreign communities across China |
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Bushido
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Code of conduct for Samurai in Feudal Japan
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Caliph
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Leader of Muslims
(successes Muhammed) |
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Cartel
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association of bussinesspeople
SLANG: criminal gangs that produce & smuggle drugs internationally |
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CARTOGRAPHY
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map-making
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Caudillo
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Military dictator in Latin America
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Central Powers
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WWI
Germany Austria Hungary Ottoman Empire +Bulgaria |
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Chador
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Cloak worn by some Muslim women
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Civil Disobedience
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defying UNJUST laws
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Collective
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Large farm owned & operated by workers as a group
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Command Economy
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Gov. officials make all basic economic desicions
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Ho Chi Min
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Organized the Vietnamese Communist Party (under France) cause WAR
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Tiananmen Square Demonstrations
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Anti-Communism
Chinese students seeking DEMOCRATIC reform shoot at Tiananmen Square; 100s-1000s killed |
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Mercantilism
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Government regulation of economy
wealth measures nation's status |
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Hammurabi Law Code
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Relativley liberal law code, Babylon- MESOPATAMIA
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