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New Imperialism
The Take-over of foreign lands by western powers and Japan ,which established political control as well as economic domination
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Globalization
A variety of behaviors and processes such as trade, warfare travel, and the spread of culture, that link the worlds peoples.
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Colonialism
The establishment of settler communities in areas ruled by foreign powers
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Business Imperialism
The domination of Foreign economies without military or political rule
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Pogrom
A systematic attack on Jews, as carried out in late 19th century Russian Empire
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Diaspora
The dispersal of a population, Often resulting in large settlements in different parts of the world
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Cosmopolitanism
The merging or acceptance of a variety of national and ethnic values and traditions
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Psychoanalysis
A psychiatric therapy developed by Sigmund Freud; some elements such as dream interpretation were influenced by his knowledge of African and Asian practices
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Guomingdang
The Chinese nationalist party founded by Sun Yatsen that overthrew the Qing Dynasty and fought to rule mainland china
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Total War
The vital involvement of civilians in the war industry. the blurring of homes and battlefronts and use of industrial weaponry to destroy an enemy.
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Soviets
Council of soldiers and workers elected to represent the people in the Russian Revolution
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Bolshevik
A faction of the Russian Socialist party that advocated control of revolutionary activity by the disciplined group of the party elite instead of by the working class as a whole
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Comintern
An international organization of workers established by the Bolsheviks to spread communism worlwide
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Fourteen Points
A proposal by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson for Peace during world war 1 based on "settlement" rather than "victory" and on the self determination of peoples
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League of Nations
The international organization set up following WW1 to maintain peace by arbitrating disputes and promoting collective security
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Collective Security
System of International diplomacy, especially involving peaceful resolution of disputes, established by League of Nations
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Mandate System
System of regional control over former Ottoman lands awarded by the League of Nations
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New Economic Policy
compromise with capitalism that allowed peasants to sell their grain on the market and entrepreneurs to engage in trade and keep the profits
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Fascism
Political movement originating in postwar Italy under Mussolini that stressed the primacy of the state over the individual and the importance of violence and warfare in making nations strong
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Great Depression
Economic crisis of the 1930s began in agricultural regions through a serve drop in commodity prices then went into Industrial regions with the stock market collapse in the U.S.
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