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Chapter 28-35
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04/29/2010

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Sputnik
Definition
1st manned spacecraft in 1957...space race
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Definition

1985-1991

Leader if the USSR

leadership lead to the disintegration of the communist regime

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Glasnost
Definition

"openness"

open opportuinity to criticize the gov't

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perestcoika
Definition
economic policy for the econ. rebuilding of the USSR by allowing more private ownership and decentralized econ. control.
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Boris Yeltsin
Definition
Elected successor of Gorbachev, defeated coup, presided over reform efforts in 2000
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Tayson Rebellion
Definition
Peasant Rev. in S Vietnam 1770's, broke the Trinh Dynasty
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Indian National Congress
Definition
Political Party that grew from regional associations of W educated Indians in 1885
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Lee Kuan Yew
Definition
Authoritarian ruler of singapore for 3 decades 1959
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Socialism in One Country
Definition
Stalin's take on communisim based upon internal soviet development.
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National Socialist Party (Nazi)

1933

Definition

~Led by Hitler in Germ. after WWI and the Great Depression

~Advocated an authoritarian state and an aggressive foreign policy

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Marshall Plan
Definition
Us Program 1947 to help WEuro Nations recover from WWI
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Third World
Definition
~Nations not among the capitalist indistrial nations of 1st World and the industrialized communist nations of the 2nd world.
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Adolf Hitler
Definition

1933-1945

-Nazi leader of Germ, led them into WWII

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Benito Mussolini
Definition

~Italian, created a facist gov't 1920's

~Aggressive foreign policy and nationalist glories

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Anschluss
Definition
Union between Germ. and Austria under Hitler in 1938
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Treaty of Nations
Definition
International organization of nations created after WWI, designed to preserve peace. US never entered.
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Iron Curtain
Definition
~Division between the West and Soviet spheres
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Green Revolution
Definition
Agricultural rev. that increased production through improved agricultural
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Gamal Abdul
Definition
Member of the free officers movement that seized pwr in Egypt in 1952 military coup.
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Muslim Brotherhood
Definition
Egyptian religious and nationalist movement founded by Hasan al-Banna in 1928
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Siege of Stalingrad
Definition

~Turning Point~

-Russians defended against Germans

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Christian Democratic Movement
Definition
W Euro. Political movements after WWII
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Definition
Muslim Indian Nationalist, leader of M League, 1st Prez of Pakistan
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Land Freedom Army
Definition
African Rev. Movement for reform of Kenyah colonial system
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Aleksander Kerensky
Definition
Liberal Revolution leader during the early stages of the russian Rev of 1917
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Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqui
Definition
Pragmatists who, along with Zhou Enlai opposed the Great Leap forward
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Mass Line
Definition
Economic Policy of Mao Zedong inaugurated in 1955, peasants lost land gained a few years earlier.
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M.K. Gandhi
Definition
W Educated Indian Lawyer and Nationalist politician w/ many attributes of an Indian Holy Man
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Mantagu-Chelmsford Reforms

1919

Definition
Increased national pwrs of Indian Legislators and placed Provincial admin. under ministries controlled by Indean-elected legislatures
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Mao Zedong

1949-1979

Definition
Communist leader who encouraged peasant revolutions, victorious and ruled China.
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Whampoa Military Academy

1924

Definition
~soviet supported, 1st director was Chaing Kai-Shek
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Zhou Enlai
Definition
One of the most important Chinese leaders
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New Economic Policy (NEP)

1921

Definition
-Lenin combined state estab by the Communist Party est. in 1923
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Eastern Front
Definition
Warzone from the Baltic to the Balkans
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
The Soviet response to NATO. Soviets+Euro Satellites
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Korean War
Definition
~War following the 1949 invasion of S Korea (communist)by N Korea (W Powers)
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Kwame Nkruman
Definition
Ghanian leader at independence; his efforts at reform ended with the creation of dictatorial rule.
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Vietnamese War
Definition
Long struggle between the French and the Vietnamese
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Definition
2 Jap cities on which the US dropped atomic bombs in 1945; caused Jap to surrender
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Emiliano Zapata
Definition
Mexican rev. Commander of a guerrilla movement created at Movelos, demanding land reforms
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Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
Definition
Created by merging French, British and American Occupation Zones
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Kwame NKrumah
Definition

African Nationalist responsible for forming the Convention Peoples Party in Ghana.

~leader of the 1st black african state to independence 1957.

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Tripartite Pact
Definition
1940 alliance between Japan, Germany, and Italy
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Soviet
Definition
council of workers, precipitated the Russian Revolution.
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Great Leap Forward
Definition
Proposed small scale industrialization projects integrated into peasant communities-> econ. disaster.
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Long March
Definition
Communist resreat from Hunan under Guomindang pressure in 1934
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Rowlatt Act

1919

Definition
Placed severe restrictions on Indian civil rights, undermined reforms.
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Satyagraha
Definition
"Truth force", Ghandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to British rule
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Chiang Kai-shek
Definition
Leader of the Guomindang from 1925, defeated in 1949.
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Guomindang

National Party

Definition
~founded by Sun Yat-sen 1919, dominated by Chaing Kai-Shek after 1925
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Corridos
Definition
Popular ballads written to celebrate heroes of the Mexican Rev.
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Minh Mang

1802-1841

Definition
2nd ruler of United Vietnam, emphasized Confucionism and persecuted Catholics
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Communist Party of Vietnam
Definition
Primary nationalist party after the defeat of the VNQRD in 1929, led by Ho Chi Minh
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Viet Minh
Definition
Communist Vietnamese Movement, fought the Jap during WWII
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Submarine Warfare
Definition
A major part of the german naval effort against the allies during WWI
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Hyundai
Definition
Major Korean industrial giant
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Hong Kong
Definition
British colony in China b|c a major commercial and industrial center, returned to china in 1997
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Pancho Villa
Definition
Mexican Rev. leader in N Mexico after 1910
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Fulgencio Batista

1934-1944

Definition
Authoritarian ruler of Cuba
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United Fruit Company
Definition
The most important freign co. in Guatemala
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Fidel Castro
Definition
Rev. Leader who replaced Batsta in 1958, reformed w/ socialist measures in Cuba
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Salvado Allende
Definition
Chilean socialist pres. overthrown in 1973
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Good Neighbor Policy
Definition
Intro by Us Pres. in 1933 to deal fairly w/o intervention w/ Latinv Amer. States
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World Court
Definition
Perm arbitration court esrab at the Hague in 1899
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Ne'gritude
Definition
Literary movement among Afro-Amer and Africans
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European Union
Definition
Began by 6 Nations as the Euro Econ. community by the 1990's incorporated most W Euro States
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W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey
Definition
Afro- Amer Leaders w/ Major impact on Rising African nationalism
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Muslim League
Definition
Founded in 1906 to support demands of India against the Hindu majority
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Leon Pinsker
Definition
-Euro Zionist who believed that Jewish acceptance in Christian nations
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Zionism
Definition
E Euro movement of the 1860's and 70's that argued that Jews return to their Holy Land
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Government of India Act

1935

Definition
Brit retained control of the central Admin and turned over provincial gov't to Indians chosen by an expanded electorate
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Afrikaner National Party
Definition
B/c the majority in the all white S African legislature in 1948
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Cultural Revolution
Definition
Initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 to restore his dominance over the pragmatists
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Congress of Societs
Definition
Lenin's parliamentary institution based on soviets under Bolshevik domination
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Alvaro Obrego'n
Definition
B|c leaders of Mexican gov't in 1915
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Russian Comminist Party
Definition
Bolshevik wing of the Russian Socialists
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Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
Definition
a multi-nation treaty, outlawed war.
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New Deal
Definition
Pres Franlikn R 's program to combat econ. depression
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Fascism
Definition
Political ideology that b|c predominant in Italy-> Germ in 1920's and 30's
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Dinshawi Incident 1906
Definition
Fracas b/w Brit soldiers and Egyptian villagers that resulted in an accidental Egyptian death
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Lord Cromer
Definition
Brit advisor to the Egyptian Gov't
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Definition
Military commander of the Viet Minh and the victor at Dien Bien Phu in 1954
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Definition
B|c pres of S Vietnam w/ US support in the 1950's, overthrown by military
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Red Army
Definition
Built up under the leadership on Leon Trosky
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Indira Gandhi, Corazon Aquino and Benazir Bhutto
Definition
Woman who became leaders of new nations
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Biafra
Definition
E Nigerian region inhabited mostly by the Ibo People
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Socialist Youth Corps
Definition
Formed in 1920 in China, Dedicated into the revolutionary movement
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Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD)
Definition
Middle class rev. organization during 1920's crushed by French
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Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Ai Quoc)
Definition
Shifted to a rev based on the peasantry in the 1930's
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Holocaust
Definition
Germany's attempted extermination of Euro Jews
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Balfout Declaration 1917
Definition
British promise of support for the estab. of Jew settlement in Palestine
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Brest-Litovsk Treaty 1918
Definition
Russian and German Agreement, Russia w/drew from WWI
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Gang of Four
Definition
Jiang Qing and her allies who opposed the pragmatists after the death of Mao Zedong
Term
Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Ended WWI, Punished Germany greatly
Term
Juan Jose' Arevalo
Definition
Reformist president of Guatemata elected in 1944
Term
Boris Yeltsin
Definition
Elected successor to Gorbachev
Term
Liberation Theology
Definition
Combination of Roman Catholic and Socialist principles aiming to improve the lives of the poor
Term
Banana Republics
Definition
Consrvative, ofter dictatorial, Latin Amer govt's friendly to the US
Term
Alliance for Progress
Definition
1961 US program for Econ. Development of Latin Amer
Term
Le'opolds. Senghor, Aime' Ce'saire and Le'on Damas
Definition
African and Afro African Ne'griture movement writers
Term

Margaret Thatcher

1979-1991

Definition
Prime minister of Brit.
Term
New Feminism
Definition
aware of agitation for women's rights, emphasized equality b/w sexes
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Wafd Party
Definition
Egyptian nationalist party founded after WWI
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Theodor Hertzl
Definition
Austrian Zionist who formed World Zionist organization in 1897
Term
Simone de Beauvoir and betty Friedan
Definition
2 Leaders in the New Feminist Movement
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Mondates
Definition
Gov't entrusted to victorious Euro WWI nations over colonies of the defeated powers
Term
Yuan Shikai
Definition
Warlord in N China after full of Qing Dynasty
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Red Guard
Definition
Student brugades active during the Cultural Revolution in supporting Mao Zedongs policies
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Bangladesh
Definition
former E Pakistan
Term
Social Revolutionary Party
Definition
Majority Vote winners in 1st Elections after Nov. 1917
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Councilof People's Commissars
Definition
Gov't council composed of rep. from Russian Soviets and headed by Lenin
Term
John Keynes
Definition
Brit econ who stressed importance of gov't spending to compensate for loss of purchasing power during the depression
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Welfare State
Definition
Great depression inspired sytem that increased gov't spending to provide social insurance and stimulate the econ.
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Popular Front
Definition
alliance of french socialist ,liberal, and communist parties
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Totalitarian State
Definition
20th C Form of Gov't that exercised direct control over all aspects of it's subjects
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Effendi
Definition
Prosperous buisness and pro Urban Egyptian families
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Tojo Hideki
Definition
Jap general who Dominated internal politics from the mid 1930's
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Dien Bien Phu
Definition
significant Viet Minh victory over the French that led to the end of the French effort to hold Vietnam
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Viet Cong
Definition
The Communist guerrilla movement in SVietnam During the Vienamese War
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Eva Durante (Evita)
Definition
Wife of Juan Pero'n
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Baharatya Janata Party (BIP)
Definition
Hindu communalist party winning power in India in 1992
Term
Western Front
Definition
warline b/w Belgium and Switzerland during WWI
Term
Nguyen Anh (Gia Long)
Definition
w/ french support unified Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty in 1802 w/ the capital at Hue
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Nelson Mandela
Definition
ANC Leader imprisoned by Afrikaner regime
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Francisco Madero
Definition
Moderate democrat, Mexican reformer
Term
Jiang Qing
Definition
Wife of Mao Zedong, one of the Gang of Four
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Sun Yat-sen
Definition
Head of Rev. Alliance that led the 1911 revolt against the Qing
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May Fourth Movement
Definition
acceptance at Versailles of Jap gains in China during WWI
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Socialist Realism
Definition
Soviet effor to replace W in lit and the arts
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5 Year Plans
Definition
Stalin's Plans to hasten Soviet industries
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New Economic Policy (NEP) 1921
Definition
combined the state estab basic econ policies w/ individual initiative
Term
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Definition
Russian Fed System controlled by the Communist Party established in 1923
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Supreme Soviet
Definition
Communist controlled parliament of USSR
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Comintern
Definition
Comminist internationalist organization under the USSR
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
Lenin's successor as leader of USSR, nationalist view of Communism
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Internationalization
Definition
the idea that people should unite accross national boundaries
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Collectivisation
Definition
Creation of large state-run farms replacing individual holdings
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Politburo
Definition
20 member executive committee of the Communist Party
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Berlin Wall 1961-1990
Definition
Built to prevent the flight of E Germ -> West
Term
Solidarity
Definition
Polish labor movement formed in the 1970's under Lech Walesa
Term
Socialist Realism
Definition
Soviet effort to replace W in lit and Arts
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Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Definition
Russian author of works critical of the Soviet regime
Term
Nadezhda Mandelstam
Definition
Russian writer persecuted by the communist state
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Nikita Khrushchev
Definition
Leader of Soviet Union from 1956
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Italian Front
Definition
The war line b/w Italy and Austria- Hungary
Term
Pearl Harbor
Definition
American Naval Base in Hawaii attacked by Japan in Dec. 1914
Term
Nonalignment
Definition
Newly independent former colonial nations who proclamed neutrality during the Cold war
Term
Korean War
Definition
Fought b/w 1950 -1953 and its Soviet and Chines allies and S Korea and UN's forces directed by the US = stalemate
Term
Taiwan
Definition
island off th Chinese mainland that b|c the refuge for Chiang Kai- Shek's Kuomindang regime
Term
Jawaharlal Nehru
Definition
1st Leader of Independent India
Term
Ayatollah Khomeini
Definition
Religious leader of Iran following th 1979 rev.
Term
Apartheid
Definition
Afrikaner policy of racial segregation in S Africa designed to create full economic , social, and political exploitation of african majority
Term
Homelands
Definition
Areas in S Africa for residence of Tribal African peoples
Term
African National Congress (ANC)
Definition
S African Political Organization founded in 1912 to defend African Interests
Term
Eastern Block
Definition
E Euro countries of Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and E Germ Domination by the Soviets during the Cold War
Term
Saddam Hussein
Definition
Military dictator of Iraq, fought a 10 yr war w/ Iran
Term
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Definition
N Korea dominated by USSR after WWII, formed a Communist dictatorship under Kim Il-Song
Term
Potsdam Conference 1945
Definition
Meeting b/w the leaders of US, Brit, and Soviet Union
Term
Cold War 1945-1989
Definition
B/w communist and democratic worlds
Term

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)

Definition
Formed in 1949 to counter the threat of the USSR, included W Euro democratsa, canada and US
Term
B.G. Tilak
Definition
1st pop leader in India, Believed that Indian Nation should be grounded in the Hindu majority
Term
Moreley- Minto Reforms 1909
Definition
provided Indians with expanded opportunity to elect and serve on local and national legislative councils
Term
Korekiyo Takahashi
Definition
Jap Minister of finance during the 1930's, increased gov't spending to stimulate the econ.
Term
Singapore
Definition
Part of Brit colony of Malaya w/ a mostly chinese pop
Term
Douglas Mac Arthur
Definition
Amer. commander during the war against Japan
Term
Liberal Democratic party
Definition
Conservative political party that monopolized Jap gov'ts from 1955 into the 1990's
Term
Republic of Korea
Definition
S Korea occupied by US after WWII, developed parliamentary institutions under authoritarian rulers
Term
Jomo Kenyatta
Definition
Leader of Kenyan African Union a nonviolent nationalist party
Term
National Liberation Front (FNL)
Definition
Algerian nationalist movement that launched a guerrilla war during the 1950's
Term
Cristeros
Definition
conservative peasant movement in Mexico during the 1920's
Term
Party of Institutionalized Revolutionalized Revolution (PRI)
Definition
Inclusive Mexican Political party developing from the 1920's
Term
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Definition
agreement b/t the US, Mexico, and Canada that lowered trade barriers
Term
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Definition
Peruvian Politician who created the amer pop rev alliance in 1924
Term
Mexican Constitution of 1917
Definition
promised lane and education reform, limited foreign ownership, guarenteed rights for workers and resricted clerical education and prop ownership
Term
La'zaro Ca'rdenas (1834-1940)
Definition
Mexican Prez, responsible for large land redistribution to create communal farms
Term
Getu'lio Vergas
Definition
b/c pres of Brazil following a contested election of 1929
Term
Juan Pero'n
Definition
Dominated Authoritarian and populist leader in Argentina from the Mid 1940's
Term
Teheran Conference 1943
Definition
Meeting b/w leaders of the US, Birit, and the Soviets
Term
Victoriano Huerta
Definition
Gained power in Mexico after the death of Madero in 1913
Term
Atlantic Charter (1941)
Definition
Brit- Amer agreement
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Bitzkrieg
Definition
Germ term meaning "lightning warfare"
Term
Anwar Sadat
Definition
Successor of Nasser as Egyptian ruler, signed peace w/ Israel in 1973
Term
Winston Churchill
Definition
Brit Prime minister during WWII
Term
Vichy
Definition
collaborationist French Gov't estab at Vichy in 1940 following defeat by Germ
Term
Cubist Movement
Definition
20th C artsyle Rep by Pablo Picasso
Term
Technocrat
Definition
a new type of bureau trained in the sciences/economics and devoted to the pwr of national planning
Term
Li Dazhao
Definition
Chinese Marxist intellectual, rejected traditional view and instead saw peasants as the vanguard of socialist rev
Term
New Youth
Definition
Marxist periodical that did much to spread the ideas of Marx and Lenin among Urban Chinese Youth
Term
Munich Conference 1938
Definition
Meeting b/w Germany, Japan, and Italy
Term
Appeasement
Definition
name given to the policy of Brit leacer Neville Chamberlain b/c of his acceptance at the Munich Conference of German Aggression
Term
Primary Products
Definition
Food /industrial corps w/ high demand in Industrialized economies
Term
Neocolonialism
Definition
Continued dominance of new nations by their former rulers
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