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CRCT Review 2013
History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zionism | Movement by Jews to return to homeland of Palestine (AKA: Israel) |
| Anti-Semitism | Discrimination of the Jews |
| Holocaust | Persecution and killing of more than 6 million Jews after WW2 led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. |
| Colonization | Taking over another country to benifit your own country |
| Civil War (Africa) | White controlled everything and put in the policy of Apartheid and blacks protested to get more freedom |
| Ottoman Empire | Turkish empire that was defeated after WW1 because it was on the losing side with Germany and Italy (axis powers) |
| Nationalism | Pride and ownership in one's country |
| Independence | freedom from colonization |
| Chaing Kai-Shek | nationalist leader of China |
| Mao Zedong | communist leader of China |
| Kuomintang | A nationalist party founded in China under Sun Yat-sen |
| Communism | government is the complete ruler and citizens don't have any freedoms EX: Dictatorship |
| Great Leap Forward | program in China put into place by Mao Zedong where he establlished communes on farms and had quotas on farmers |
| Cultural Revolution | program in China put into place by Mao Zedong where he wanted to get rid of the 4 olds- custom, culture, habits, and ideas |
| Tianamen Square | place where young chinese protestors were killed and injured by the chinese government |