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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Zionism | Jewish nationalist movement to establish a homeland in Palestine. |
| Warsaw Pact | An international defense alliance between the Soviet Union and many of its Eastern European satellite states as a response to NATO. Formed in 1955. |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty ending World War I. It was extremely unfair to Germany, forcing them to accept all of the blame for the war. It is a major cause of World War II. |
| Adam Smith | 1723-1790) British philosopher, writer, and economist. His book, The Wealth of Nations, describes his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics. Founder of Capitalism. |
| Proletariat | Term given to the working class people in Marxist society. |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, an international organization concerned with the crude-oil policies of its member states. |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international defense alliance between the United States, Great Britain, and others formed in 1949 as a response to the spread of communism. |
| Karl Marx | German political philosopher and writer. Coauthor with Friedrich Engels of The Communist Manifesto which described the new philosophy of scientific socialism, which is the basis for modern communism. |
| Market Economy | An economy based on free trade and supply and demand. |
| Mao Zedong | (1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People’s Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976. |
| John Locke | (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. He wrote Two Treaties on Government which explained that all men have Natural Rights, which are Life, Liberty, and Property, and that the purpose of government was to protect these rights. |
| Israeli/Palestinian Conflict | Conflict over landownership in Israel/Palestine. Widespread terrorism against Israel and its allies occurs because of this conflict. |
| Industrialization | The change to industrial methods of production such as the use of factories. |
| Indian Nationalist Movement | Nationalist movement to end British control of India. Lead by Gandhi. |
| Imperialism | The complete control of a weaker nation’s social, economic, and political life by a stronger nation. |
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