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was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet

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Vladimir Lenin

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a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early November.

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Alexander Kerensky

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Majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, later renamed the Communist Party.

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Bolsheviks

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a Soviet revolutionary and politician who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

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Joseph Stalin

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Seizure of power by the Bolshevik Party, inaugurating the Soviet regime.

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October Revolution

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Elected council in the former Soviet Union, or a citizen of the former Soviet Union.

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Soviet

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New Economic Policy implemented in Soviet Russia.

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NEP

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the official name of the former Soviet Union.

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USSR

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Separate peace treaty between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, ending Russia’s involvement in World War I.

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Organization of a country’s production and industry into government ownership and management.

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Collectivization

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System of labor camps in the Soviet Union, resulting in many deaths.

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Gulag

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Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China

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Mao Zedong

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Five-year plan of forced agricultural collectivization and rural industrialization in China.

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Great Leap Forward

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Mass, student-led, paramilitary social movement during China’s Cultural Revolution.

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Red Guards

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Sociopolitical movement in the People’s Republic of China initiated by Mao Zedong.

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Cultural Revolution

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Group that controlled the power organs of the CCP during China’s Cultural Revolution.

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Gang of Four

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Goals announced by China’s Premier Zhou Enlai to strengthen agriculture, industry, defense, and science and technology.

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Four Modernizations

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a Chinese revolutionary, statesman and revisionist who served as the paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from December 1978 to November 1989

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Deng Xiaoping

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Site of peaceful protests for political and economic reform in China.

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Tiananmen Square

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Term describing the increased interconnectivity of the world through trade and technology.

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Globalization

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Island that experienced economic growth after the national government moved there.

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Taiwan

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Loyalty and devotion to a nation.

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Nationalism

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Period of intensified imperialistic expansion from the late 19th century until World War I.

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New Imperialism

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European countries’ acquisition of nearly all of the African continent as part of their empires.

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Scramble for Africa

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Phase of rapid scientific discovery, mass production, and industrialization in the late 19th to early 20th century.

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Second Wave Industrialization

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Process of building the first nation-state for Germans based on the concept of Lesser Germany.

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German Unification

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Conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by Prussia.

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Franco-Prussian War

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Political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states into the Kingdom of Italy.

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Italian Unification

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The foremost military figure and popular hero of the age of Italian unification known as the Risorgimento he is deemed one of the makers of Modern Italy.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement.

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Giuseppe Mazzini

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Africa’s oldest independent country with over 3000 years of history.

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Ethiopia

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Detachment of the Force Publique that joined British and French forces in attacking German Cameroon.

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Congo

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Country that wanted to participate in World War II but the United States did not act in time.

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Philippines

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English naturalist known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

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Charles Darwin

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Conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics in Southern Africa.

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Boer War

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Process by which different species develop and diversify from earlier forms.

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Evolution

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Heir to the Austro-Hungarian imperial throne whose assassination sparked World War I.

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Franz Ferdinand

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Monarchy that employed a significant portion of its forces in World War I.

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Serbia

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Term associated with the events leading up to World War I.

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Powder Keg

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Coalition of countries opposing the Axis powers during World War II.

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Allied Powers

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Military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

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Central Powers

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Combat in which opposing sides attack and defend from systems of trenches.

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Trench Warfare

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Advancements in artillery, machine guns, tanks, explosives, chemical weapons, airplanes, and medical technology.

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New Technologies WW1

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Feudalism effectively ended by the 16th century due to military shifts and the Black Death.

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End of Feudalism

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Treaty ending World War I, requiring Germany to pay reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up colonies.

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Treaty of Versailles

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Desire by one state to annex a territory of another state.

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Irredentism

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Italian poet, playwright, journalist, and military officer during World War I.

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Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Global conflict following the Great Depression, involving major powers and resulting in significant geopolitical changes.

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World War II

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Global economic collapse triggered by the New York Stock Market Crash.

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Great Depression

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Act of giving in to aggressive demands to maintain peace.

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Appeasement

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Military tactic of quick, overwhelming attacks to achieve rapid victory.

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Blitzkrieg

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Research program during World War II to develop nuclear weapons.

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Manhattan Project

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Unrestricted war in terms of weapons, territory, combatants, and objectives.

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Total War

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Deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group.

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Genocide

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Genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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Holocaust

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World’s first long-range guided ballistic missile.

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V-2 Rocket

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German bombing campaign targeting the United Kingdom during World War II.

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The Blitz

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Non-aggression pact signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union before World War II.

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

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Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Operation Barbarossa

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Major battle on the Eastern Front between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

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Stalingrad

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Largest amphibious invasion in history during World War II.

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D-Day

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Meeting of Allied leaders to set up zones of control and inform Japan of the consequences of refusal to surrender.

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Potsdam Conference

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Surprise attack by Japan on the United States, leading to U.S. entry into World War II.

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Pearl Harbor

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Cities in Japan where the United States dropped atomic bombs.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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U.S. aid program to help European nations recover after World War II.

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Marshall Plan

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International organization for maintaining peace and security.

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United Nations

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Term for the U.S. industry as the primary supplier of material for the Allied war effort.

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Arsenal of Democracy

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Members of irregular military forces opposing foreign control of an area.

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Partisans

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Coalition of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

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Axis Powers

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Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War.

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Francisco Franco

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International criminal tribunals to prosecute war crimes after World War II.

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Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials

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Period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Cold War

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War instigated by a major power without direct involvement.

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Proxy War

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Collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Warsaw Pact

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Military alliance of North American and European countries.

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NATO

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Concrete barrier encircling West Berlin during the Cold War.

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Berlin Wall

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Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Competition between nations for superiority in weapon development and accumulation.

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Arms Race

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Ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometers.

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ICBM

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First artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union.

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Sputnik

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Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for space exploration.

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Space Race

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Armed conflict in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Soviet War in Afghanistan

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First non-Italian pope who protested communism.

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John Paul II

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Period of political liberalization and mass protest in Czechoslovakia.

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Prague Spring

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Support for each other, especially in political or international affairs.

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Solidarity

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Leader of the Solidarity movement that ended Communist rule in Poland.

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Lech Walesa

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Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party.

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Leonid Brezhnev

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Oil shock causing energy prices to skyrocket and fuel shortages in the United States.

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1973 Oil Crisis

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Series of events leading to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran.

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Iranian Revolution

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Diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States.

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Hostage Crisis

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Conflict between North and South Vietnam, involving major powers.

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Vietnam War

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Forum of countries not aligned with any major power bloc.

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Non-Aligned Movement

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Historic events leading to the end of British rule in India.

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Indian Independence

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Invasion of Egypt and Gaza Strip by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.

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Suez Crisis

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Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the second president of Egypt.

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Treaty to promote integration and economic growth in Europe.

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Treaty of Rome

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Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician.

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Josip Broz Tito

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1953 Iranian coup d’état orchestrated by the U.S. and the UK.

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Operation Ajax

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The process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country.

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Decolonization

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Co-wrote The Communist Manifesto and authored Das Kapital, forming the basis of Marxism.

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Karl Marx

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German philosopher and collaborator of Karl Marx, defining modern communism.

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Friedrich Engels

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Political theory advocating class war and public ownership of property.

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Communism

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Russian revolutionary anarchist, influential figure in anarchism.

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Mikhail Bakunin

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French socialist, philosopher, and economist, considered the ‘father of anarchism’.

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Pierre Proudhon

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Political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and voluntary cooperation.

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Anarchism

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Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, and founder of utopian socialism.

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Robert Owen

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French philosopher and influential early socialist thinker.

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Charles Fourier

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Political philosophy advocating social ownership of means of production.

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Socialism

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Italian dictator and founder of the National Fascist Party.

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Benito Mussolini

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German dictator and leader of the Nazi Party.

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Adolf Hitler

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Society organized under a dictator’s rule, suppressing dissent.

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Fascism

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Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. His most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861.

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Alexander II

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the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers,

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Nicholas II

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