Page 290 Important Terms/Cracking the AP World History Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abdicate | To give up power, duty, or obligations |
| Allies | the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 |
| Armaments | Military weapons and supplies |
| Armistice | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms |
| Atomic Energy | the energy released by a nuclear reaction |
| Capitalism | an economic system based on private property and free enterprise |
| Cold War | A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted eachother on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. |
| Collective/Collectivization | policy pursued under Stalin between 1928 and 1940. The goal of this policy was to consolidate individual land and labour into collective farms |
| Communism | A political and economic system where factors of production are collectively owned and directed by the state. |
| Conservative | Resistant to change |
| Containment | American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world |
| Decolonization | the action of changing from colonial to independent status |
| Deposed | A term that refers to a political leader who has been removed from power. |
| Democratization | the action of making something democratic |
| Doctrine | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
| Egalitarian | A person who believes in the equality of all people |
| Ethnic Cleansing | the mass expulsion and killing of one ethic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area |
| Exodus | a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment |
| Fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and no tolerance of opposition |
| First World | the relatively wealthy industrialized countries that share a commitment to varying forms of democratic political institutions and developed market economies |
| Front Line | the line along which opposing armies face each other |
| Globalization | The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world. |
| Global Warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere. |
| Guerilla | a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment |
| Intervention | act of coming between to solve a problem |
| Isolationism | a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations |
| Jihad | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal |
| Legislature | persons who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Liberal | showing or characterized by broad-mindedness |
| Militarism | policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war |
| Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
| Nationalize | put under state control or ownership |
| Nation-State | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality |
| Natural Resources | Raw materials supplied by nature |
| National Socialist Party (Nazi) | Hitler's political party that ruled Germany from 1933-1945. Very anti semitic. |
| Nuclear | (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy |
| Radical | (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm |
| Recession | the state of the economy declines |
| Reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |
| Reparations | payment for damages after a war |
| Revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed |
| Rivalry | the act of competing as for profit or a prize |
| Secular | worldly; not religious; temporal |
| Sectarian | a member of a sect |
| Terrorism | the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal |
| Third World | underdeveloped and developing countries of Asia and Africa and Latin America collectively |
| Totalitarian | characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control |
| Westernization | assimilation of Western culture |
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