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22 Cards in this Set
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global south
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the majority of the worlds poorest countries are located south of the equator |
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first world
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rich. developed countries of the west (US Canada western Europe, japan) |
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second world |
former countries of the soviet block (soviet union, central and eastern European countries) |
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third world
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mostly poor developing countries, former colonies of European powers |
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imperialism |
the practice, theory, and the attitudes of the dominating metropolitan center ruling a distant territory |
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lenin |
imperialism as the "highest state of capitalism" |
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colonialism |
a consequence of imperialism that means implanting of settlements on a distant territory |
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ja hobson
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capitalism creates excess capital that compels investors, bankers, speculators to look beyond the borders of the state to utilize the surplus capital |
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VI Lenin
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capitalism growing contradiction lead to the domination of the financial capital over the "productive capital" which leads to exportation of capital rather than goods |
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AT Mahan |
imperialism as the result of the strategic military concerns |
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political explanation
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colonies confer great power status |
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cultural explanation |
the "civilizing mission" Kiplings "white men's burdens" moral justification for Christian missionaries |
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DR Headrick
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imperialism as the result of the emerging military, technological, and economic domination of Europe over the rest of the world |
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Monroe Doctrine
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establishment of the us hegemony in Latin America |
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Platt Amendment
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limits Cuba's sovereignty on favor of the US |
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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beginning of the gun diplomacy |
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picot agreement
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to split the Arab areas of the Ottoman Empire |
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Balfour Declaration
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the promise of a Jewish state
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paris peace conference |
seizing of German colonies in Africa by the allied powers |
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league of nations
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to prevent future wars |
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cario conference |
Sharif Hussein son, Faisal is made king of Iraq |
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