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47 Cards in this Set
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censorship
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the government limits access to information
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natural rights
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rights that humans have from birth
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natural laws
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the way and conduct of how people should live
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cahiers
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a list of complaints from the estates
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oligarchy
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a government run by a small group of chosen people
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loyalist
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a person who is loyal to the king
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radicals
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people who want immediate change no matter what it takes
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due process of law
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you are entitled to every right you can have
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aristocrats
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members of the highest class in their country
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mercantilism
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a nations policy to export more than they import in order to make more money
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technology
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the use of advances in science to meet human needs, makes life easier
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despots
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a ruler that has total control and is a tyrant
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enlightened despot
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tyrant who allowed enlightened ideas to spread
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tyrant
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a cruel ruler
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federalism
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divisions of power (example: national, state, city, etc.)
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emperor
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a leader worshiped like a god
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republic
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a government where people can choose their leaders
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dictator
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a leader with complete control over the country - their power is not inherited
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alliance
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a union of countries formed for protection in war
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armistice
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an agreement between opposing countries to stop a war
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abdicate
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to step down from the thrown
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entente
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a non-binding alliance between countries - countries can quit at any time
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czar
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a male ruler/monarch in Russia, has complete control over the country and power is inherited
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strike
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an organized refusal to work
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pacifism
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totally against war and violence
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pandemic
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the outbreak and spread of a disease
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reparations
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money that has to be payed because of damages done
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collectives
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government owned farms that kulaks were forced to work on
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ultimatum
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a final set of demands that are forced to be met or there will be consequences
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kaiser
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ruler/monarch of Germany
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mobilize
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to prepare the military for war
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neutrality
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when a country does not take part in war and does not take sides
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stalemate
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when countries cannot defeat each other, so neither of them win
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conscription
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a draft where all young men are forced to go to war
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propaganda
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the spreading of ideas to promote or demote a cause or event and influence public opinion
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rescind
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to take back an order or promise
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revolution
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a sudden change in the way of life
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inflation
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an increase in prices and decrease in the value of money
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urbanization
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the movement of people from rural areas to cities
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tenements
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buildings that had crowded, dirty, and disease carrying living conditions
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utilitarianism
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what ever you do should bring the greatest happiness to the greatest amount of people (when faced with the opportunity to save her own child’s life over two strangers, a mother should save the two strangers because it was to the utility of all)
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capitalism
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an economic system where a business owner can own and operate their business with out any help from the government
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socialism
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an economic system with limited private ownership, government runs most businesses
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communism
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an economic system with no private ownership, everything is owned by the government
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nationalism
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a strong pride for one's country, more extreme than patriotism
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imperialism
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when one country tries to gain power by taking over another country
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militarism
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complete glorification of a countries military
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