Milestones of the Past Century

Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism

________- a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

British Empire

Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the ________ in Asia and Africa.

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.

Nationalism

________- identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

crash of October

The economic contagion began around September 4, 1929, and became known worldwide on Black Tuesday, the stock market ________ 29, 1929.

Ho Chi Minh

________- Leader of the Vietnamese communist movement the established control first in the north and then the whole of Vietnam after 1975.

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.

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.

Spanish Civil war The Spanish Civil War

________ was caused by many factors, including major socio- economic problems, such as poverty and inequality.

Decolonization

________ was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism.

Globalization

________ has accelerated since the 18th century due to advances in transportation and communication technology.

Nazism

________- the political principles of the National Socialist German Workers 'Party.extreme racist or authoritarian views or behavior.

Holocaust

The ________- The ________, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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.

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.

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.

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.

nationalist terrorist

In June 1914, a Serbian- ________ group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke.

Israeli

________- palestinian conflict- The ________- Palestinian conflict is an ongoing series of disputes between Israel and Palestinians, beginning in the mid- 20th century.

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.

Climate change

________- ________ refers to long- term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.

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.

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.

Russian revolution

________ of 1917- Economically, widespread inflation and food shortages in Russia contributed to the revolution.

Decolonization

________ was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were energized by nationalism.

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

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

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

world health organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health

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

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

climate change

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

indian national congress

The Indian National Congress, colloquially the Congress Party but often simply Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots

decolonization

decolonization, process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country

Ho Chi Minh

Leader of the Vietnamese communist movement the established control first in the north and then the whole of Vietnam after 1975

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

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

partition of india-The partition of India in 1947 divided British India into two independent dominions

India and Pakistan

WWII

The major causes of World War II were numerous