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Ch 24 Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West
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12th Grade
09/24/2013

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Peninsulare
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In Spanish colonial society, colonists who were born in Spain
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Creole
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In Spanish colonial society, a colonist who was born in Latin America to Spanish parents
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Mulatto
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Persons of mixed European and African ancestry
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Conservative
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In the first half of the 19th century, a European - usually a wealthy landowner or noble - who wanted to preserve the traditional monarchies of Europe
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Liberal
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In the first half of the 19th century, a European - usually a middle-class business leader or merchant - who wanted to give more political power to elected parliaments
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Radical
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In the first half of the 19th century, a European who favored drastic change to extend democracy to all people
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Nationalism
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The belief that people should be faithful mainly to their nation - that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history - rather than to a king or empire
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Nation-State
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An independent geopolitical unit of people having a common culture and identity
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the Balkans
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The region of southeastern Europe now occuppied by Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey and the former republics of Yugoslavia
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Russification
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The process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian Empire
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Junker
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Strongly conservative members of Prussia's wealthy landowner class
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Realpolitik
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"The politics of reality" - the practice of tough power politics without room for idealism
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Kaiser
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A German emperor
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Romanticism
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An early 19th century movement in art and thought, which focused on emotion and nature rather reason and society
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Realism
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A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be
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Impressionism
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A movement in 19th century painting, in which artists reacted against realism by seeking to convey their impressions of subjects or movements in time
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