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| World’s largest international organization. Founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations to spromote world peace and economic development. Aims to promote cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy and world peace. |
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| Main purpose of Wilson's 14 points is decolonization. League of Nations was set up by Wilson to help with decolonization. One people or nation establishes and maintains dependent territory over another. Examples include the breakup of the Spanish Empire, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, and Russian Empires. |
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| An economic system characterised by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy. signify opposition to capitalism and advocacy for an alternative system based on some form of social ownership. Stage of economic development in Marxist theory |
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| The policy of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., avoiding foreign ties to keep peace. US isolated after WW1 |
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| Pride and devotion in one's nation. Develops hated for other countries which leads to militarism and imperialism which caussed WW1 |
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| US formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to oppose the Soviet threat and block Soviet expansion. Ensured American influence over Western Europe. The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down. |
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| Chinese communist revolutionary, and political theorist. Initiated the Cultural Revolution, its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalism. The movement paralyzed China politically and significantly affected the country economically and socially. |
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| Allows citizens to participate in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. Requires upward control, political equality and social norms. Majority rule. Was spread during Cold War |
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| Leader of the Nazi Party. Gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles. He directed the rearmament of Germany, resulting in the outbreak of World War II. The Red Army trapped Hitler in Berlin. He comitted suicide and then his body was lit on fire |
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| Leader of the Soviet Union. Was for socialism. Reeplaced the New Economic Policy with a command economy, launching a period of industrialization and collectivization. Created the Great Purge to assassinate people who were thought to be against him or the state. |
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| Emphasizes the interdependence of every human being in a society or civilization. State worked together to gather farmed goods. Peasants joined, and reduced rural profit |
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| Created for the industrialization of the Soviet Union. Created by Stalin. Limited foreign dependence. Each plan dealt with capital goods, consumer goods and agriculture |
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| Peace treaty that ended the war between German and allied powers. The terms were territorial (took land from Germany), military (reduced German army to 100,000 and tanks were not allowed), financial (lost industrial territory, couldn't rebuild economy) and general (Germany had to admit full responsibility for the war, was responsible for damage). Caused world war 2 |
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| A meeting set up to determine peace between allied and central powers after WW1. Reshaped the map of Europe with new boarders and imposed war guilt and financial penalties on Germany. Contracted the treaty of versailles. |
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| Leader of Indian nationalism. Father of Indian independence movement. Non-violent civil disobedience. |
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| 32nd president. Lead the US during economic depression and war. Lead democratic party. Only president elected more than two terms. Built a new deal coalition which is the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for democrats. |
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| Largest Island in Japan. US dropped a bomb at end of WW2. Focal point of military activity as the gov't entered war on the Allied side. Proclaimed a city of peace in 1949. Hiroshima Interpreters' and Guide's Association (HIGA) was established in 1992 in order to facilitate interpretation for conferences, and the Hiroshima Peace Institute was established in 1998 within the Hiroshima University. |
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| Political and military tension between US and Soviet Union. This began after the success of leaving the Soviet Union and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences. |
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