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World history ch. 15-18

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vocab
definition
imperialism   Domination of one country of the political life of another country  
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protectorate   AN imperialist system in which local rulers were left to rule  
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sphere of influence   area in which an outside power claimed exclusive investment or trading privileges  
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missionary   People who sought to covert others to Chritianity  
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elite   upper class  
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pasha   provincial ruler  
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Genocide   a deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group  
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concessions   Special economic rights given to foreign powers  
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sati   ancient Hindu custom widow would throw herself into her husband's funeral fire  
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sepoy   Indian soldiers in service either in India or abroad  
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viceroy   British citizen who governed in India in the name of the Queen  
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deforestation   cutting down of trees  
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trade surplus   when a country exports more tahn it imports  
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trade deficit   when a country buys more than it sells  
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indemnity   Payment for losses in war  
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extraterritoriality   The right of foreingners to live under their own laws and be tried in their own courts  
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Diet   legislature  
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zaibatsu   powerful Japanese banking and industrial families  
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homogeneous society   a common culture and language that gives a society a sense of identity  
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indigenous   original inhabitants of a region  
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confederation   unification  
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dominion   self-governing nation  
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regionalism   loyalty to a local area  
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caudillo   loacal strongmen who resisted the central government  
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economic dependence   When less-developd nations export rew materials to industrial nations and import manufactured goods, capital, and technology  
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peonage   A system in which rich land owners would give workers advances in wages and require them to stay until those advances were paid off  
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pacifism   opposition to all war  
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militarism   The glorification of the military  
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entente   non-binding agreement to follow common policies  
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ultimatum   final set of demands  
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mobilize   prepare military forces for war  
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neutrality   policy of supporting neither side in war  
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stalemate   A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other  
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no man's land   Area of land betwwen opposing trenches  
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convoy   groups of merchant ships protected by warships  
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total war   Channeling of a nation's reasources toward the war effort  
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conscription   The draft  
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atrocity   horrible acts against innocent people  
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self-determination   The right of people to choose their own form of government  
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armistice   Agreement to end fighting  
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proletariat   growing class of factory and railroad workers , miners, and urban wage earners  
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soviet   councils of workers and soldiers  
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commissar   Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles  
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command econamy   when government officials make all economic decisions  
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collective   large farms owned and  
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kulak   wealthy peasants  
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tolalitarian state   form of government; one-party dictatorship which regulates every aspect of a society  
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atheism   belief that there is no god  
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socialist realism   art style that boosted socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light  
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ahimsa   Hindu respect/reverance of all life  
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civil disobedience   the act of refusing unjust laws and accepting the consequences  
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chancellor   prime minister  
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repudiate   rejected  
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concentration camp   detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state  
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sanction   penalties  
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appeasement   giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep peace  
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Anschluss   Union of Austria and Germany  
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blitzkrieg   lightening war  
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radar   device used to dectect airplanes  
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sonar   device used to dectect submarines  
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collaborator   helped Nazi's hunt down Jews & ship them to camps  
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repartions   payment for damages caused by imprisionment  
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kamikaze   Japanese suiside bombers  
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