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Ap world history vocab quiz 5

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Anachist
a person who believes in or tires to bring about the absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal
Bolshevik
member of the majority faction of the Russian social democratic party, which was renamed the communist part after seizing power in the October revolution of 1917
Combustion
the process of burning something
Communism
political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person work and is paid according to their abilities and needs
Conservatism
commitment to traditional values and ideas, with opposition to change or innovation and favor free enterprise, private ownership and social conservative ideas
Coup d'etat
a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
Discontent
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances
Doctrine
a set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group
Egalitarian
relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
Emancipate
set free, especially from legal, social, or political restriction especially slavery
Empiricist
person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses
Enlightenment
a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning god, nature, reason, and humanity aided human to understand the universe and improve their own conditions
Extraterritoriality
immunity from the jurisdiction of a nation, granted to foreign diplomatic officials, foreign ect the exercise of a sovereign's law outside its territory
Fundamental
forming a necessary base or core, of central importance
Imperialism
policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Industrial
relating to or characterized by industry
industralization
development of industries in a country or region on a large scale
Laissez-faire
policy or attitude of letting thing take their own course, without interfering
liberalism
favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform
mandate
an authoritative order or command
mass production
manufacture of goods in large quantities by machinery and by use of techniques such as the assembly line and division of labor
mechanization
process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery
modernity
that quality or condition of being up to date or modern
nationalism
patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts, especially marked by a felling of superiority over other countries, advocacy for political independence for a particular country
nation-state
sovereign state whose citizen or subject are relatively homogeneous
neocolonialism
use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressure to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies
periphery
outer limit or edge of an area or object
proletariat
workers or working-class people, regarded collectively, esp in communism
radicalism
belief or actions of people who advocate through or complete political or social reform
reform
make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic or practice) in order to improve it
revolution
forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system
Social Darwinism
the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
socialism
political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
suffrage
right to vote in political elections
urbanization
process of making an area have that characteristics of a town or city
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