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Totalitarism |
Concept used when the government has the absolute power. (Britannica) Historical Event: Nazis in WWII |
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War |
State of armed conflict between two or more countries. (Britannica) Historical Event: Iraq and USA |
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Guerrilla |
Irregular fighting in a country with no governmental approbation. (Britannica) Historical Event: Colombian Guerrilla |
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Holocaust |
Strategically tactic to make mass murder, used in the world war two by the german nazi party towards jews. (Britannica) Historical Event: WWII Holocaust
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Genocide |
The act to kill in mass to a specific group of people with similar characteristics. (Britannica) Historical Event: Rwanda Genocide |
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Dirty War |
Military tactic to kill and torture civilians against government. The most popular one was the Argentina Dirty War. (Britannica) Historical Event: Argentina's Dirty War |
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Revolution |
A riot against government to overcome them to find a new system. (Britannica) Historical Event: French Revolution |
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Dictatorship |
Government system ruled by a dictator that has absolute power. (Britannica) Historical Event: Hitler's Government in WWII |
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Communism |
Public property, and people is paid by their needs and abilities. (Britannica) Historical Event: Communism in Cuba |
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Cold War |
State of conflict between countries with no actual physical war. (Britannica) Historical Event: USA and Soviet Union |
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Society |
People living together with same principles and common ideologies, ordered community. (Britannica) Historical Event: Asian Society |
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Civil Society |
Community of civilians living in harmony that are linked because they share interests and a common goal. (Britannica) Historical Event: Monterrey Civil Society |
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Economic Crises Historic Event: 1994 Economic Crisis in Mexico
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A broken balance between the production and consumption. (New Oxford Academy Dictionary) |
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Welfare State Historic Event: Prussia was put in this state by Otto Von Bismark
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Concept of government in which they have the main role to protect and promote economic and wellness of citizens (New Oxford Academy Dictionary) |
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Neoliberalism Historic Event: Germany first used this neoliberal ideas to help reconstruction of the country after WWII
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A liberal who use liberal doctrines to seek progress by more pragmatic methods (Larousse Illustrated) |
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Globalization Historic Event: Ukraine is starting this because they want to grow as a country
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The movement toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy
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Regionalism Historic Event: India adopted this form of dividing city, state etc into separate administrations
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Loyalty to a distinct region with same community (New Oxford Academy Dictionary) |
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Trade Embargo Historic Event: The United States imposed an embargo on Cuba on February 7, 1962.
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Prohibition of exports to one or more countries (Larousse Illustrated) |
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Economic Recovery Historic Event: In Sub-Saharan Africa the economy is expected to grow because of external support.
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Rebound to an economic status of the past (Larousse Illustrated) |
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Economic Miracle Historic Event: In 1940 Mexico started the Mexican Miracle that was a epoc when the economy grew stronger and started to became modern and industrialised |
Informal term used when a country shows a drastic improvement in economy (Larousse Illustrated) |
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Militarism Historical Event: After WWII this appear in some post-colonial nations of Asia. |
The opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals. (Merriam Webster) |
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Propaganda |
Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. (Dictionary Reference) |
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Imperialism |
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nationover foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies anddependencies. (Dictionary Reference) |
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Triple Entente |
Triple Entente, association between Great Britain, France, and Russia, the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I. (Britannica) |
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Triple Alliance |
Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. (Britannica) |
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Self-determination |
The right of the people of a particular place to choose the form of government they will have. |
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Nationalism |
A feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries. |
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League of Nations |
Was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. |
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Bi-polority
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Characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies.Dictionary.com
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MAD
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A U.S. doctrine of reciprocal deterrence resting on the U.S. and SovietUnion each being able to inflict unacceptable damage on the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack.Dictionary.com
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Mirror Policy
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Policy that stands if an action is made it will be reciprocated with the same action.
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Conservatism
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Belief in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society.Mediam-Webster
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Social democracy
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A political movement that uses principles of democracy to change a capitalist country to a socialist oneMerriam-Webster
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Christian democracy
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Political movement that has a close association with Roman Catholicism and its philosophy of social and economic justice. It incorporates both traditional church and family values and progressive values such as social welfare.Britannica Encyclopaedia
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Centre-left
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Used to describe a political belief that contains some socialist ideas but is not extreme dictionary.cambridge.org
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NATO
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An organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and theFederal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.Dictionary.com
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Council of mutual economic assistance
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An association of Soviet-oriented Communist nations, founded in 1949 to coordinate economic development. It was disbanded in 1991.thefreedictionary.com
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Marshall Plan
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A program of US economic aid for the reconstruction of post-WWII Europe (1948-52)Dictionary.com
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