Milestones of the Past Century

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Totalitarianism
________- a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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British Empire
Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the ________ in Asia and Africa.
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Disease
________- a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
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Nationalism
________- identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
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crash of October
The economic contagion began around September 4, 1929, and became known worldwide on Black Tuesday, the stock market ________ 29, 1929.
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Ho Chi Minh
________- Leader of the Vietnamese communist movement the established control first in the north and then the whole of Vietnam after 1975.
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Nazi Germany
Between 1941 and 1945, ________ and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German- occupied Europe, around two- thirds of Europe's Jewish population.
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Fascism
________- is a form of far- right, authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy that rose to prominence in early 20th- century.
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Spanish Civil war The Spanish Civil War
________ was caused by many factors, including major socio- economic problems, such as poverty and inequality.
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Decolonization
________ was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism.
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Globalization
________ has accelerated since the 18th century due to advances in transportation and communication technology.
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Nazism
________- the political principles of the National Socialist German Workers 'Party.extreme racist or authoritarian views or behavior.
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Holocaust
The ________- The ________, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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MIC
Military- industrial complex- The expression military- industrial complex (________) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
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1636
It was proclaimed in ________ in Manchuria, in 1644 entered Beijing, extended its rule to cover all of China proper, and then extended the empire into Inner Asia.
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Green revolution
________- ________, great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high- yielding varieties, beginning in the mid- 20th century.
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NATO
________- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (________,/ˈneɪtoʊ;/French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America.
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nationalist terrorist
In June 1914, a Serbian- ________ group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.
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Israeli
________- palestinian conflict- The ________- Palestinian conflict is an ongoing series of disputes between Israel and Palestinians, beginning in the mid- 20th century.
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13th century
It was founded at the end of the ________ in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I.
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Climate change
________- ________ refers to long- term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
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Pan africanism
________- ________ is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent.
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Ottoman
________ empire- The Ottoman Empire was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
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Russian revolution
________ of 1917- Economically, widespread inflation and food shortages in Russia contributed to the revolution.
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Decolonization
________ was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism.
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Military-industrial complex
The expression military-industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy
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pan-africanism
Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent
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green revolution
green revolution, great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century
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world health organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health
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north american free trade agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America
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Disease
a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
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climate change
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
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indian national congress
The Indian National Congress, colloquially the Congress Party but often simply Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots
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decolonization
decolonization, process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country
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Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the Vietnamese communist movement the established control first in the north and then the whole of Vietnam after 1975
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proxy war
A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors which act on the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities
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NATO-The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, /ˈneɪtoʊ/; French
Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, of which 28 are in Europe and the other 2 in North America
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partition of india-The partition of India in 1947 divided British India into two independent dominions
India and Pakistan
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WWII
The major causes of World War II were numerous
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