Global Regents Review

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A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

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Imperialism

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The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

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Cold War

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A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason as the method to solve political and social problems.

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Enlightenment

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South African policy of racial segregation involving political and economic discrimination against non-whites.

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Apartheid

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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

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Communism

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Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

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Treaty of Versailles

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The transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation

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Industrial Revolution

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A policy of non-participation in international economic and political relations

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Isolationism

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A Cold War alliance made between the nations of the US, Canada and Western Europe to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country.

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NATO

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A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.

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Appeasement