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totalitarianism |
Political system in which the gov. controls every aspect of a citizens life |
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Treaty of Versailles |
peace treaty signed by Germany & the Allied powers in 1919 after World War I which demanded compensation & acceptannce of blame from Germany |
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United Nations |
international organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and progress |
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
1948 document created by the UN and - states that all people should have the right to life, liberty and security |
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urbanization |
The process of city building and movement of people to cities |
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Patriot Act |
This law passed after 9/11 expanded the tools used to fight terrorism and improved communication between law enforcement and intelligence agencies |
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Vedas |
perhaps the oldest written text on our planet today, date back to the beginning of Indian civilization earliest literary records of thearyan race |
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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. |
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westernization |
an adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western - especially European or American - countries |
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Zionism |
A movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
