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World Politics
midterm
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2014

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Crown
Definition
Powers of the british government
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manifest destiny
Definition
slogan calling for US continental republic
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imperialism
Definition
spreading nation's power over other lands
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isolationism
Definition
US avoidance of overseas involvement
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truman doctrine
Definition
the 1947 presidential call to aid countries under communist threat.
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Marshall plan
Definition
The 1947 call for massive US aid to war-torn Europe
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McCarthyism
Definition
Senator Joseph McCarthy's early-1950s accusations of treason in high places.
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wilsonian
Definition
Idealistic projection of U.S. power to create a peaceful world.
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Globalism
Definition
U.S. interests extending everywhere
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Definition
The 1964 congressional permissionfor president to go to war in vietnam.
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geopolitics
Definition
The impact of geography on international politics
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mobilization
Definition
Getting an army ready for immediate war.
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paranoid
Definition
Unreasonably suspicious of others
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worst-casing
Definition
tendency to see the enemy as stronger than it is
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inputs
Definition
The ingredients of economic growth: labor, capital, raw materials, energy.
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elites
Definition
The top or most influential people
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productivity
Definition
how efficiently goods are produced-- that is using fewer inputs.
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masses
Definition
The bulk of population with little interest or influence
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hegemony
Definition
Leading or dominating other countries
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KGB
Definition
Soviet intelligence and security police
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