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| policy in South Africa that legally sperated races (africa) |
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| when industry shuts down and slows the economy to force change without violence(africa) |
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| township in South Africa where students started a protest march (in protest of only being taught European history and not African), when the got to the edge of the township, police opnned fire and killed hundreds(africa) |
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| part of the Congo which seceded during the civil war because they wanted independence, UN sent in troops to keep the peace(africa) |
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| used to explain the differences between humans- applies survival of the fittest to race- namely that white Europeans are the fittest |
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| anti-apartheid movement in South Africa led by Steve Biko- black nationalists(africa) |
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| one country's dominance over the political, economic, and social life of another country(africa) |
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| system of government with a dictator that controls industry and commerce, supresses opposition, and promotes strong nationalism and often racism(fascism) |
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| The perfect facist- strong, cruel, firm believer in nation and race, and against the easy life (fascism) |
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| anexation of Austria by Germany as living space for the Ayrian race (fascism) |
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| night of broken glass- a jewish guy in paris heard about how his family was starving to death on the German/polish border and he kills the highest official he can find at the German embassy, as a result, hilter sent out groups of thugs to destroy Jewish businesses (fascism) |
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| tell the biggest lie you can think of as many times as you can and eventually people will believe you (fascism) |
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| Mussolini was kidnapped and taken to northern itally, this was hitler's covert mission to rescue him without killing anyone- led by Otto Skorsesy (fascism) |
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| Mussoline went to Rome and was given a leadership position by the Italian government, but he used propaganda to make it look like he had marched in with a huge army and seized power(fascism) |
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| political party founded by Mussolini whose only goal was to get Mussolini into power (fascism) |
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| Allowed hitler to pass whatever laws he wanted - no restrictions(fascism) |
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| Hitler's decision to eliminate all Jews from German territories(fascism) |
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| a period of tension between the Us and USSR and the systems of communism and capitalism that never resulted in war (cold war) |
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| mutaul assured destruction-policy between the US and USSR that weapons would be maintained to the point where both countries would be destroyed in a nuclear attack(cold war) |
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| group in poland made up of workers- led by walesa- wanted reforms, civil liberties, the right to strike and no censorship- first independent union in the soviet satelitte system (cold war) |
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| USSR's policy that communist countries had to remain communist and the USSR had the right to intervene (with force) if the communist government was threatened- justified attacking czechoslovakia (cold war) |
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| Communism International- Stalin's plan to spread soviet style communism internationally(cold war) |
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| US's policy contain communism- not to let it spread to western Europe (cold war) |
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| a US spy plane was "shot down" over USSR- the pilot (francis gary powers) didnt kill himself/destroy data-USSR got mad and canceled Paris Summit- rehieghtened cold war tensions. (cold war) |
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| Khruschev's policy that the Us and USSR should compete economically and socially but not weapons-wise..no fighting... suposed to eliminate arms race(cold war) |
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| national security council secret document- outlined plan/policy regarding USSR and Stalin- 1.identifies USSR as a agressive force that would take over Europe 2. we should biuld up thermo-nuclear weapons to combat it 3. we should rearm west Germany (first time perparing for war in a time of peace) (cold war) |
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| Hundred Flowers Bloom Campaign |
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| Mao's plan to get people to come forward and criticize his government so that he could improve it- howveer it was actually just a way to identify people that disagreed with him and purge them (chinese revolution) |
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| Maoists who wanted strict adherance to communism and loyalty to Mao- fought against pragmatists in civil war - (chinese revolution) |
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| China should have the right to trade with whoever they want- US's idea because we got to CHina late and didnt have a sphere of influence(chinese revolution) |
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| Statue erected by protestors in Tienienman Square- suposed to look like the Statue of liberty- shows that democracy is present in all countries(chinese revolution) |
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| retreat of the CCP for 6000 miles- (forced by the KMT)- mao emerged as sole leader of CCP and hero because he got 10 percent to survive(chinese revolution) |
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| foriegners in China were under the laws and courts of their own country(chinese revolution) |
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| Enemies of Mao/communism(chinese revolution) |
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| Formed by Sun Yat-Sen whose purpose was to restore China to the Chinese- also called the KMT, koumintang, goumintang, and the nationalist party.(chinese revolution) |
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| Dam in Egypt that would supply inexpensive water and electricity for Egypt's farmland, but it was expensive and they needed funding (Middle East) |
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| agreements reached between Isreal's leader Begin and Egypt's leader Sadat at camp David- initiated by Jimmy Carter- countries recognized each other- would lead to peace treaty (Middle East) |
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| US's policy that if a Middle East country was threatened by communist take over and asked for help, the US would intervene(Middle East) |
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| group of jewish people in the Land of Isreal that protected Jews in trouble - "the watchmen"(Middle East) |
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| country of Isreal officially created (Middle East) |
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| Ben Gurion of Isreal evacuated 45000 jews from Yemem to isreal in a secret operation(Middle East) |
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| oil cartel in Middle East- comprised of oil producers, both Arabs and nonArabs, controled oil prices and regulated production(Middle East) |
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| arab country that existed before Isreal- British owned, Britian promised them independence but wasnt able to follow through(Middle East) |
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| holy scriptures of Islam, outlines faith and lifestyle for Islam(Middle East) |
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| movement to restore Jews to their homeland and restore Jewish soveriegnity in the "land of Isreal" (Middle East) |
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| Indian soldier in the British army- treated poorly, made to do all the bad tasks that the british soliers wouldnt do (india) |
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| refusal to obey laws that are unjust adn being willing to accept the consequences of your actions (india) |
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| nationalist party in India created to get equality for Indians became a large part of the independence movement (led it), led by Nehru (india) |
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| ritual suicide of Hindu women on their husbands' funeral pyres (india) |
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| muslim country that was partitioned from Indian becuase they wanted independence- under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (india) |
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| the use of one's own instead of mass-produced products- Gandhi promoted this and made his own clothes and encouraged all indians to do the same to protest Britian's abuse of India and to help keep money and skills in India (india) |
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| Britain had placed a tax on salt and forbidden India people to harvest their own. Gandhi thought this was unfair because we need salt to survive, so he started a march to the coast in protest of Britian, which grew larger as it went on, and when he got there he picked up a piece of salt. he wasnt arrested until a month later which then made the movement bigger(india) |
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| intense pride in one's country or ethnic group |
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| in Russia- a group of peaceful protestors were shot on by czar Nicholas II's doldiers because he was away and they didnt know what to do, killed over 100 people,helped spark Russian Revolution and ended autocracy in Russia (WWI, Russian Rev.) |
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| this is the day that the armistice was signed to end fighting in WW1. it was done at this special time to remind them o fthe horror of the war and never to let such a war happen again (WWI, Russian Rev.) |
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| news and information used to make people believe something or support a specific cause- appeals to emotions |
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| economic philosophy that supported privately owned businesses run by the people and supports individual trade- no government interference, allows competition |
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| the poor people- lower, working class in society; peasants |
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| political philosophy that the government should be managed by the people who should promote their personal needs |
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| people who believed in an ideal, not tradition, as a way to manage the government/world |
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| this is when the treaty of Versialles was signed ending world war I, signed on the same day as the start of the war- symbolizes that the war had gone full circle and is over forever. (WWI, Russian Rev.) |
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| a war fought on two fronts: a war front and a home front, where every effort is put toward war and every citizen is involved- WWI was the first total war (WWI, Russian Rev.) |
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| defense pact between the US and most of Latin America, followed principles of collective security, signed in Brazil (latin America) |
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| native american rebel guerilla group in Mexico that wanted government to aid the poor and progress democracy- Zedillo Ponce de Leon held talks with them(latin America) |
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| Spain's name for Cuba(latin America) |
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| Fidel Castro's attack on Batista and the Cuban government. Named after the date that it began on in 1956(latin America) |
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| becuase of teh oppression associated with leaders, the roman catholic church in latin America began teaching that the church could save people from their suffering , it was the first time the church really supported the poor in latin america |
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| becuase of teh oppression associated with leaders, the roman catholic church in latin America began teaching that the church could save people from their suffering , it was the first time the church really supported the poor in latin america |
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