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Post-WWII-Setting The Stage Development Of The Non-Western World
Term | Definition |
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Communes | Large collective farms found mainly in communist China |
Red Guards | Young Chinese who learned the revolutionary ways of Mao Zendong, left the classroom and formed militia |
Cultural Revolution | An uprising whose goal it was to establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal |
Congress Party | India's national political party, once known as the Indian National Congress, most members were Hindu |
Muslim League | A political organization formed in India to protect Muslim interests |
Partition | The term given to the division of India between Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India |
Negritude Movement | A movement to celebrate African culture, heritage, and values |
Two-state Solution | A political fix to the need for both a separate homeland for Jews and a separate homeland for Palestinians |
PLO | An organization charged with forming a Palestinian state |
Intifada | Palestinian uprisings with in Israel that expressed frustrations and called for campaigns of civil disobedience and in some cases violence |
Oslo Peace Accords | A peace agreement signed between Israel ad the PLO that allowed self-rule in the Gaza strip and the West Bank |
Mujahideen | Holy warriors that formed to flight against the occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union |
Taliban | A conservation Islamic group that took control of Afghanistan after the Soviet occupation |
Land Reform | Breaking up large estates and distributing land to the peasants |
Recession | A slow down in the economy of a country |
PRI | The main political party in Mexico that brought to stability throughout the later part of the 20th century |
Dissidents | Those who are against the current government in power |
Apartheid | A policy created used in Africa to completely separate races |
Martial Law | Temporary military rule imposed by a government |