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Unit 6 SS
Question | Answer |
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Being proud of one's country or ethnic group | nationalism |
In this government a political party or a small group takes over the government and makes all the big decisions. This is also known as a government by the few. | oligarchic |
This conflict is named for the place that this big conflict occurred. It happened when Chinese citizens were denied basic freedoms such as freedom of speech. | Tiananmen Square |
Being proud of one's country or ethnic group | nationalism |
In this government a political party or a small group takes over the government and makes all the big decisions. This is also known as a government by the few. | oligarchic |
This conflict is named for the place that this big conflict occurred. It happened when Chinese citizens were denied basic freedoms such as freedom of speech. | Tiananmen Square |
A group who share language, religion, history, foods, traditions, or celebrations. | Ethnic Group |
An ethical system based on good deeds and morality rather a religion. | Confucianism |
Religion that started in India, is one of the oldest religions, and followed the Books of Knowledge | Hinduism |
Political system where local, state, and national levels of government share power. | Federal |
Political system in which a country maintains colonies outside its borders. (Remember "colonies") | Colonialism |
Political system where the people vote for the political party they feel best suits their ideas of how a government should operate. They vote based on a party rather than a person. | Parliamentary System |
The Korean Peninsula country that is a republic . Their power is divided among legislative, executive, and judiciary branches. | South Korea |
This country established a constitutional monarchy in the mid 1900s. | Japan |
Siddhartha Gautama created this religion which believes that true peace is found by rejecting greed and personal wishes. | Buddhism |
This political system in which the government owns the businesses and property is owned collectively. | Communism |
A program Mao Zedong created to get rid of Communist Party resistors. | Cultural Revolution |
The Korean Peninsula country that is a Communist state. | North Korea |
In this political system the president is chosen separately from the legislature. The president and legislature may not share political philosophies. | Presidential System |
A "location" name for the border between North and South Korea. | Thirty-Eighth Parallel |
Gandhi's method for bringing about social change and to resist the control of Great Britain. | Non-Violence |
This political leader helped China win a civil war. He became a dictator who ruled by the Communist Party. | Mao Zedong |
A group of people who share a belief in a god(s), certain rituals and spiritual literature. | Religious Groups |
A program that was developed to quicken economic development of China. It quickly crashed China's economic system. | The Great Leap Forward |
This word means "superior." | Kami |
An acronym for a strip of land which runs between the two countries on the Korean Peninsula. | DMZ |
A religion which began with the prophet Muhammad. | Islam |
A person who has full control of a country's government. | Dictator |
This country became a federal republic when they established independent of British control. | India |
This person came to realize the people of India were mistreated by the British and passively fought against their oppression. | Mohandas Gandhi |
This religion was the first religion of Japan, and it focuses on reverence for the kami. | Shintoism |
The USA worked toward the end of Communism by keeping it "contained" and isolated within the current borders. | Containment of Communism |
Political system in which the ruler has all power. | Autocracy |
Zedong created this Communist country in 1949. | China |
A political system in which the local government holds all of the power. | Confederation |
A political system in which the central government holds most of the power. | Unitary |