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Arabs who lived in the area called Palestine. Palestine was partitioned by the United Nations in 1948, creating Israel out of half the country for the Jews. Subsequent wars resulted in Israel taking control of Palestine. This group wants to be independent and wants their land returned to them, but this hasn't happened. In desperation, some nationalists have resorted to terrorism to try to force the issue.

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A 1948 statement by the United Nations--signed by its member nations--listing rights that all human beings should have. Despite it being agreed to in 1948, human rights violations still occur, even in countries that have agreed to the document (most notably, China).

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This means the division of groups in a society by rank (power) or class (wealth). It is usually represented as a pyramid because there are fewer people with power and wealth, while most of the people are at the bottom.

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In the religion of Judaism, these are places of worship for a Jews.

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The adoption of the social, political, and/or economic institutions of Western—especially European or American—countries. Particularly, this means industrialization, which also changes a countries culture.

6. Leader of the Haitian Revolution. He freed the slaves and gained effective independence for Haiti despite military interventions by the British and French.

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Meaning 'the Great Charter,' this document was signed by English King John I at the insistence of nobels in 1215. It limited the English monarch's power and was not followed by most of the kings after it. But it set the expectation that the rulers had to follow rules and helped lead Britain to limited monarchy.

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Country located in east Asia. It was divided after World War II into North and South. The Korean War between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea began in 1950, during the Cold War. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea push the invaders out. The war ended with the country divided as before, as it still is today.

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Major conflict that started in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and ended in 1918. This mostly European war was won by the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia [until 1917, when they quit], Italy [after they switched sides], and the United States [who joined in 1917]), who defeated the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Italy, before they switched sides). The war was very destructive and deadly due to industrial technology. It concluded with the infamous Treaty of Versailles.

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A fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, Germany, built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the West. Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War (and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union). This wall was both a deterrent to individuals trying to escape and a symbol of repression to the free world.

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A shift in agricultural practices in the twentieth century that included new management techniques, mechanization, fertilization, irrigation, and improved crop varieties, and resulted in increased food output, particularly for developing countries.

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Primary sources are documents from the actual event or time period. Secondary sources are ones written after the fact about the event or time period.

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A state created apart from religious establishments and in which there is a high degree of separation between religious and political organizations.

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South American general and statesman, born in Argentina. He was a leader in winning independence from Spain for Argentina, Peru, and Chile.

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Nationalist and communist leader of North Vietnam who orchestrated the defeat of U. S. and South Vietnam who orchestrated the defeat of US and South Vietnamese forces. In 1975, the American left as the North conquered the South unified both into one communist state.

16. Pol pot=Communist dictator of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Goal was to create a classless peasant society which led to a genocide in which 1.5 million were killed.

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A political revolution in China led by Mao Zedong. After several years of fighting the Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) and the Nationalists (Kuomintang), the communists won control of the country in 1949, establishing a communist dictatorship called the People's Republic of China.

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Feudal Warlord rulers of Japan who ruled from 1603-1867. They were isolationist and closed Japan off from the rest of the world. They were overthrown during the Meiji Restoration.

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the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, imprisonment, internment, fear, or pain are all factors that may establish persecution, but not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. To escape it, many victims become attempt to flee and become refugees.

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Jewish nationalist movement started in the late 1880's that demanded a homeland in Palestine. In World War I, the British government showed support of this goal with the Balfour Declaration. After World War II, they got it when the United Nations carved Israel out of part of Palestine.

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War between Great Britain and China, began as a conflict over the opium trade. It ended with the Treaty of Nanjing, which the opened Chinese ports to foreign merchants, gave Britain control of Hong Kong and the granted of other commercial and diplomatic privileges to foreigners.

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Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. The attitude of a people's racial superiority has led to isolationism (for example, Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate) and at other times imperialism (for example, European imperialism in the late 1880 in Africa and Asia; White Man's Burden).

23. India was separated into 2 countries Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus

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This event happened in 1688 in Britain. It is when Parliament deposed King James II, a Roman Catholic who tried to asserted royal rights over Parliament. After he abdicated, Parliament gave the crown to the Protestant King William III, a Dutch prince, and his British wife, Queen Mary II (daughter of James II), as joint rulers. When the crown was offered to William and Mary, they agreed to sign a Bill of Rights that severely limited the king or queen's power, making it a constitutional monarchy.

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Lasting from 1789-1799, this was the period of political and social upheaval in France, during which the French government underwent several structural changes, and adopted ideals based on Enlightenment principles of nationalism, citizenship, and inalienable rights. Changes were accompanied by violent turmoil and executions.