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48 Cards in this Set
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Allies |
-Nations united against the Axis during WWII -USA, England, France, and eventually Russia |
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Apartheid |
-Former South African policy legally separating races |
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Axis |
-Nations against the Allies during WWII -Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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Balfour Declaration |
-Great Britain’s 1917 proclamation of a separate homeland for the Jews in Palestine |
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Blitzkrieg |
-“Lightening war”—surprise attacks from aircrafts, then attacks by ground forces ie Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland |
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Bougeoisie |
-The middle class, according to Marx and Engels -a portion of the 3rd Estate in prerevolutionary France -artisans and merchants |
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Code of Hammurabi |
-Babylonian legal code -established governmental responsibility for criminal justice |
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Cold War |
-Poor relations between the US and the Soviet Bloc -post WWII-early 90’s |
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Colony |
Territory under direct control of another country |
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Communism |
-economic system -workers (proletariat) control production |
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Communist Manifesto |
-Seminal work by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel -principles of communism are outlined |
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Communist Manifesto |
-Seminal work by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel -principles of communism are outlined |
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Constitution |
-the “law of the land” -drafted in 1787 -ratified in 1789 |
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Cultural Revolution |
-campaign carried out by the Chinese Red Guards (1966-1976) -the goal to revitalize the Chinese Communist Party & consolidating Mao Zedong’s leadership |
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Cuneiform |
Sumerian system of writing |
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Cuneiform |
Sumerian system of writing |
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Cyrillic alphabet |
-Russian and Slavic alphabet |
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Czar (tsar) |
A Russian emperor |
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Declaration of Independence |
-written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 -proclaimed American colonies were free from Great Britain |
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Détente |
-cooling of the Cold War tensions -initiated during the Nixon and Brezhnev administrations |
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Diaspora |
-the scattering of specific ethnic groups throughout various parts of the world |
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Dictator |
A sole ruler with absolute power |
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Domino theory |
-if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would do the same -this idea existed during the Cold War |
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Five-Year Plans |
-Economic plans to increase industrial and agricultural productivity in the Soviet Union, China, & India |
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Fourteen Points |
-Post WWI peace plan by Woodrow Wilson -objectives: self-determination, and establishing an association of nations |
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Geneva Conference |
-Conference held in 1954 -divides Vietnam at the 17th parallel |
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Glasnot |
-a 1985 Soviet policy by Mikhail Gorbechav -emphasized “openness” in sharing info and ideas |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
-passed by the US Congress of 1964 -authorized President Johnson to send troops to Vietnam |
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Hieroglyphics |
Ancient Egyptian picture writing |
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Huns |
-nomads from Central Asia -undertook a mass migration to the Roman Empire in the 400s CE |
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Imperialism |
The political, economic, or social domination of a strong nation over another nation or territory |
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Laissez-faire capitalism |
No government regulation of the market is advocated |
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Lend-Lease Act |
-passed by US Congress in 1941 -allowed President Roosevelt to give arms and other supplies to any nation considered vital to the US |
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Magna Carta |
-drafted in 1215 -specifies English political and civil liberties -basis of English common law |
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Manhattan Project |
-US plan to develop an atomic bomb during WWII |
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Manifest Destiny |
-mid-1800s -belief that the US should expand to the west and the Pacific Ocean |
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Marshall Plan |
-plan out forth by Sec. of State George C. Marshall -described how to rebuild Europe after WWII |
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NATO |
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization -1949 defense alliance initiated by the US, Canada, and 10 Western European nations |
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New Deal |
-Set of domestic programs by FDR’s administration -designed to help US overcome the Great Depression |
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Prussia |
-Old name of Germany -rules by Frederick the Great at its pinnacle of power |
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Republic |
Government in which citizens are ruled by elected officials |
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Suffrage |
The right/privilege to vote; franchise |
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Teetotaler |
One pledged to abstinence from all intoxicating drinks |
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Totalitarianism |
One-party political system -goal: supporting the welfare of the state above all |
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Versailles |
-palace near Paris -seat of power for many kings, including Louis XIV -the site of the Treaty of Versailles -concluded WWI |
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Warsaw Pact |
-a 1955 defense alliance organized by the Soviets and several Eastern Europe nations |
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Waterloo |
Sight of Napoleon’s defeat |
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Yalta |
Island where Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met to discuss the partitioning of Europe at the end of WWII |
