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Allies

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Britain, France, and Russia- Later joined by Italy

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Militarism

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A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always

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Self-determination

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Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

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Conscription

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A military draft

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Stalemate

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A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

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Propaganda

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Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

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Reparations

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Payment for war damages

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Lusitania

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A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128

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Zimmermann Telegram (1917)

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secret message from Germany to Mexico, threatening to

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Total War

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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war

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ANZAC

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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

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Gallipoli

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A poorly planned and badly executed Allied campaign to capture the Turkish

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Paris Peace Conference

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The great rulers and countries excluding Germany and Russia met

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Big Four

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The Big Four were the four most important leaders, and the most important ones

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership,

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David Lloyd George

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Britain’s prime minister at the end of World War I whose goal was to make

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Vittorio Orlando

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He was the Italian representative at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

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Fourteen Points

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A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a

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League of Nations

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an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and

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Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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Treaty that ended World War I - most important part was the

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Weimar Republic

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German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German

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Trench Warfare

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A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches

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deficit spending

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Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes

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Collectivize

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bring under central government control

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Kolkhoz

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in the Soviet Union, a small farm worked by farmers who shared in the farm’s

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John Maynard Keynes

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English economist who advocated the use of government

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Great Depression

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the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and

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New Deal

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A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between

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New Economic Plan (NEP)

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Peasants were allowed to own land and small businesses

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Russian Civil War

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1918-1920: conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the

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Spanish Civil War

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In 1936 a rebellion erupted in Spain after a coalition of Republicans,

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Politburo

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A seven-member committee that became the leading policy-making body of the

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Fascism

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A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and

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totalitarian state

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country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of

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Nationalists(Spain)

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A member of a political group advcating or fighting for national

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Republicans

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Republicans in Spain are a political movement that supports Spain becoming a

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Loyalists

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The Loyalists, also known as the Republican faction, were a group that supported

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Gulag

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Russian prison camp for political prisoners

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Long March

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The 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from

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Palestine

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A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Pakistan

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After Gandhi received freedom for the indians, Pakistans, or Sikhs, moved away

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Amritsar Massacre

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killing by British troops of nearly 400 Indians gathered at Amritsar to

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Manchukuo

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Japanese puppet state established in Manchuria in 1931

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Satyagraha

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the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to

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Mahatma

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“Great Soul”; title given to Gandhi

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Jomo Kenyatta

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A nationalist leader who fought to end oppressive laws against Africans;

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Adolf Hitler

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Austrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and

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Neville Chamberlain

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Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of

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Sudetenland

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an area in western Czechoslovakia that was coveted by Hitler

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Nuremberg Laws

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1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from

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Anschluss

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Union of Austria and Germany

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Munich Agreement

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Agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler that Germany would not

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Rome-Berlin Axis

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the alliance between Italy and Germany (Mussolini and Hitler)

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Anti-Comintern Pact

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treaty between Germany and Japan promising a common front against

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Nazism

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Adolf Hitler used fascism to create this type of government based on totalitarian

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Third Reich

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The Third German Empire, established by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

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Lend-Lease Act

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allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the

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Battle of Britain

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An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German

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Siege of Leningrad

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German forces surrounded this Russian city, cutting off supplies. About

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Pearl Harbor

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Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II

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Battle of Coral Sea

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A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the

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Battle of Midway Island

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A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from

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Guadalcanal

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first U.S. land victory over the Japanese, 1943

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Island Hopping

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A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively

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Battle of the Bulge

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December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied

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V-E Day

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May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

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Hiroshima

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City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945.

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Nagasaki

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Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945).

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V-J Day

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“Victory over Japan day” is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was

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Nonaggression Pact

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An agreement in which nations promise not to attack one another

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Atlantic Charter

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1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister

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Winston Churchill

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A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II

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Douglas MacArthur

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American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during

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Tutsis

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the main minority group in Rwanda and Burundi

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Hutus

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the group that forms the majority in Rwanda and Burundi

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Sputnik

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First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked

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Proxy War

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A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate

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Berlin Airlift

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airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the

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Berlin Wall

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A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep

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Korean War

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The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.

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Vietnam War

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A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam

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Domino Theory

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A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then

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Bay of Pigs

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In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet

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Contra War

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The contras is a label given to the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing

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Warsaw Pact

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An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This

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Communist Bloc

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The group of Eastern European nations that fell under the control of the

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Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)

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Members were the U.S., Great Britain, Turkey, Iran

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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An international treaty, signed in 1968, that aims to prevent

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Antinuclear Weapons Movement

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consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose

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Lyndon Johnson

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1963-1969, Democrat , signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the

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John F. Kennedy

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President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban

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Nikita Khrushchev

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A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also famous for

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commune

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a body of people or families living together and sharing everything

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Great Leap Forward

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Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People’s

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Cultural Revolution

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Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist

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Red Guards

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the Radical youth of the Cultural Revolution in China starting in 1966. Often wore

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White Revolution

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The term used by the shah to describe reforms in Iran between the end of

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Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

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(1919-1980), Dictator ruler of Iran from 1941 to 1979. He was

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Kwame Nkrumah

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founder of Ghana’s independence movement and Ghana’s first priesident

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Charles de Gaulle

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French general and statesman who became very popular during World

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Ho Chi Minh

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Communist leader of North Vietnam

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

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He led the coup which toppled the monarchy of King Farouk and started a

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one-party state

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a political system in which one party controls the government and actively

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Algerian War for Independence

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Began in 1954 with Algerians campaigning for

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Suez Crisis

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July 26, 1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, Oct. 29,

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Biafran Civil War

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Tried to create Republic of Biafra in Nigeria due to an ethnic problem,

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Quiet Revolution

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A period of rapid change experienced in Québec from 1960 to 1966.

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Muslim League

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an organization formed in 1906 to protect the interests of India’s Muslims,

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Organization of African Unity (OAU)

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An organization started in 1963 by thirty-two newly

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Viet Cong (VC)

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This was the name of the members of the communist guerrilla movement

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Six Day War

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(1967) Short conflict between Egypt and her allies against Israel won by Israel;

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Yom Kippur War

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Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur)

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Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

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This organization formed in 1964 with the purpose

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Kashmir

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A region of northern India and Pakistan over which several destructive wars have

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Indira Gandhi

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Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister. She was also prime

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Benazir Bhutto

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Bhutto’s daughter who served as Prime Minister until 1996; assassinated

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Metropole

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the dominant part of an empire, distinguished from the subordinate colonies,

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Alexander Dubcek

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Communist Party Secretary of Czechoslovakia; loosens strict rules;

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Brezhnev Doctrine

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Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist

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Irish Republican Army (IRA)

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a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and

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Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA)

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A revolutionary group of northern Spain who used

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Shining Path

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a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the

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Nelson Mandela

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First black president of South Africa

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Detente

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A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

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series of meetings in the 70s, in which leaders of

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perestrolka

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the restructuring of the economy and the government instituted in the Soviet

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glasnost

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a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

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Arms limitation agreement settled by Ronald

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Jackson State University

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10 days after Kent State shooting, this black school in Mississippi

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Ronald Reagan

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1981-1989,”Great Communicator” Republican, conservative economic

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort

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Green Revolution

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Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield

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genetic engineering

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Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

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shipping containers

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large metal boxes used to store goods on ships; can be easily removed

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antibiotic

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a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures

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birth control

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Any method used to reduce births, including celibacy, delayed marriage,

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fertility rates

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Average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years

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vaccine

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A harmless variant or derivative of a pathogen that stimulates a host’s immune

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Pandemic

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Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high

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Malaria

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A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood.

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Tuberculosis

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An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body, especially the

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Cholera

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an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

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Jonas Salk

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Developed the polio vaccine in 1952

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Albert Sabin

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Developed an even better, oral vaccine for polio and used it to allow for the

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Polio

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A highly contagious infectious disease of the spinal cord caused by a filterable virus.

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HIV

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human immunodeficiency virus

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Ebola

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A contagious viral disease originating in Africa. It is transmitted by blood and body fluids

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heart disease

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An abnormal organic condition of the heart or of circulation.

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Alzheimer ‘s disease

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an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the

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artificial heart

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a pump designed to fit into the human chest cavity and perform the heart’s

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heart transplant

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the surgical replacement of a diseased heart with a healthy one

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Green Party

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A minor party dedicated to the environment, social justice, nonviolence, and the

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deforestation

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the destruction of forest land

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greenhouse gases

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Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and

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fossil fuels

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coal, oil, natural gas, petroleum

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renewable energy

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A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted

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global warming

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An increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere

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carbon footprint

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the total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or

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Asian Tigers

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Collective name for South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore-nations

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Maquiladora

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Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border to take advantage

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Mercosur

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Pact among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay to establish a free trade

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Negritude

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Literary movement in Africa; attempted to combat racial stereotypes of African

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Pope Francis

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He is the current Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church

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Dalits

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Members of India’s “lowest” caste; literally, “broken people.” Also called “Untouchables.”

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Online Commerce

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The buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds

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Rana Plaza factory

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Factory in Bangladesh that collapsed killing thousands of women and

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Ecotourism

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the practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the

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fair trade

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Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small businesses and worker

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sustainable development

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Development that meets the needs of the present without

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Brexit

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The British Exit from the European Union

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Uighurs

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a group of Muslim, Turkic speaking people from central Asia

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World Bank

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A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for

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International Monetary Foundation

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Regulates worldwide commerce

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World Food Program (WFP)

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Provides direct food aid and food for work interventions during

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UNESCO

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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; designates

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Caste reservation system

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the government guaranteed that a certain percentage of

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Manal al-Sharif

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women’s rights activist

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International Peace Bureau

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Non-governmental global network of organizations and countries

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Institutional Revolutionary Party-(PRI)

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the political party introduced in 1929 in Mexico that helped to introduce democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th century

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Turkification

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A process of cultural change designed to make all citizens of the empire feel a part of a common Turkish heritage and society

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