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44 Cards in this Set
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final set of demands
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ultimatum
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absorbing or adoption of another culture
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assimilation
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ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s
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baroque
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an administrative system, especially in government, that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of nonelected officials
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bureaucracy
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economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit
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capitalism
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form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole
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communism
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title of the ruler of the Russian empire
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czar
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government in which the people hold ruling power
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democracy
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the scattering of people
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diaspora
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belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall, like a row of falling dominoes
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domino theory
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a 20th century philosophical movement that denies that the universe has any intrinsic meaning or purpose and requires individuals to take responsibility for their own actions and shape their own destinies
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existentialism
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system in which powers are divided between a strong central government and local governments
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federal system
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loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands buw owed military service and other support to a greater lord
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feudalism
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policy of openness instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s
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glastnost
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in the middle ages, association of merchants or arstisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests
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guild
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one of the five pillars of islam, the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims are expected to make at least once
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hajj
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domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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imperialism
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economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money avialable
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inflation
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in hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life
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karma
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policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference
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laissez faire
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policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported to build its supply of gold and silver
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mercantilism
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seasonal wind
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monsoon
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muslim house of worship
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mosque
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in buddhism, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth
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nirvana
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government in which ruling power belongs to a few people
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oligarchy
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member of the landholding upper class in ancient Rome
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patrician
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member of the lower class in ancient Rome
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plebian
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city-state in ancient Rome
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polis
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working class
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proletariot
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spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or to damge an opposing cause
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propaganda
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period of reduced economic activity
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recession
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in hinduism, belief in the rebirth of the soul in another bodilt form
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reincarnation
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system of government in which officials are chosen by the people
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republic
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withdraw
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secede
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having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters
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secular
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in medieval europe, peasant bound to the lord's land
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serf
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council of workers and soldiers set up by russian revolutionaries in 1917
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soviet
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right to vote
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suffrage
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government run by religious leaders
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theocracy
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in medieval europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord
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vassal
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everyday language of ordinary people
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vernacular
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pyramid-temple dedicated to the chief g-d or g-ddess of an ancient sumerian city-state
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ziggurat
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policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace
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appeasement
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ideal society
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utopia
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