AP World History vocab 3/21

Mao Zedong

Principal Chinese Marxist, theorist, soldier, statesman who led his country’s communist revolution, leader of the Chinese communist party from 1935 until his death and chairman of the peoples republic of China from 1949 to 1959

Chinese cultural revolution

Upheaval launched by Chinese communist party chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in power( 1966-76) To renew the spirit of the Chinese revolution

Land Reform

The legal division of agricultural land and its redistribution to landless people

Commune

A group of living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities

Plethora

A large or excessive amount of something

Denigrate

Criticize unfairly disparage

Partition

To divide one country into two or more countries

Impoverished

Poor or made poor

Pretentious

Trying to appear important, Intelligent, etc. In order to impress other people; Trying to be something that you are not, in order to impress

Apartheid

The former political system in South Africa, in which only why people have full political rights and other people, Especially Black people, Were forced to live away From white people, Go to separate Schools, etc

Prosperity

A successful flourishing or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune

Regimented

Very strictly organized or controlled

Insurgency

An active revolt or uprising

Privatized

Transferred from the public sector of an economy to private ownership and operation

Green revolution

A large increase in crop production in developing countries are achieved by the use of fertilizers, Pesticides, and high yield crop variance

Antibiotics

A medicine such as penicillin that inhibits the growth or destroys microorganisms

Pandemic

Of a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world

Endemic

Conditional or regulation found among particular people in a certain area

Deforestation

The loss of earth trees as a result of cutting down trees, so the land could be used for agriculture

Desertification

The removal of the natural vegetation cover through expansion and intensive use of agricultural lands

Free markets

An economic system in which the price of goods and services is affected by supply and demand rather than controlled

Multinational corporation

A large business company with operations in two or more countries

Human rights

Rights inherit to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, and nationality, ethnicity language, religion, or any other rights to life and liberty

Liberalization

The act or process of making something such as a law or a political or religious system, less strict

Consumer culture

A form of material culture facilitated by the market, which thus created a particular relationship between this consumer and the goods

Modernism

Global movement in society and culture that formed the early decades of the 20th century, saw a new alignment with the expectations and values of modern industrial life

Infidel

A person who does not believe in religion or who adhere to a religion, other than one’s own

Plunder

Steel goods from a place or person typically using force and a time of war or civil disorder

International monetary foundation

International financial institution started in 1944 and headquartered in Washington DC consisting of 140 countries

Universal declaration of human right

An international document adopted by the UN general assembly that and shrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings

Catastrophic

Involving or causing sudden damage or suffering

Biodiversity

The variety of life in the world in a particular habitat or ecosystem