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International Organizations and Historical Events: A Comprehensive Glossary, Quizzes of World History

Definitions for various international organizations, historical events, and key figures, including the united nations, nato, decolonization, socialism, isolationism, genocide, hitler, stalin, cultural revolution, gandhi, fdr, and nationalism, during the period of the cold war.

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TERM 1
United Nations
DEFINITION 1
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization
whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in
international law, international security, economic
development, social progress, human rights, and
achievement of world peace.
TERM 2
Decolonization
DEFINITION 2
Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the
unequal relation of polities whereby one people or nation
establishes and maintains dependent territory or government
TERM 3
Socialism
DEFINITION 3
Socialism is an economic and political theory advocating
public or common ownership and cooperative management
of the means of production and allocation of resources.
Economic equality adovcates for people to own capitol, land
and products. Example: Mao Zedon's Cultural Revolution.
TERM 4
Isolationism
DEFINITION 4
Isolationism is a foreign policy adopted by a nation in which the
country refuses to enter into any alli ances, foreign trade or
economic commitments, or interna tional agreements in hopes of
focusing all of its resources into advan cement within its own
borders while remaining at peace wit h foreign countries by
avoiding all entanglements of foreign agreements. Example:
Woodrow Wilson kept the US out of W WI in the begining to thelp
save the economy, but later left the isolationism and enter the
war.
TERM 5
NATO
DEFINITION 5
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO, is an
intergovernmental military alliance based on the North
Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The
organization constitutes a system of collective defence
whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in
response to an attack by any external party.
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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. TERM 2

Decolonization

DEFINITION 2 Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the unequal relation of polities whereby one people or nation establishes and maintains dependent territory or government TERM 3

Socialism

DEFINITION 3 Socialism is an economic and political theory advocating public or common ownership and cooperative management of the means of production and allocation of resources. Economic equality adovcates for people to own capitol, land and products. Example: Mao Zedon's Cultural Revolution. TERM 4

Isolationism

DEFINITION 4 Isolationism is a foreign policy adopted by a nation in which the country refuses to enter into any alliances, foreign trade or economic commitments, or international agreements in hopes of focusing all of its resources into advancement within its own borders while remaining at peace with foreign countries by avoiding all entanglements of foreign agreements. Example: Woodrow Wilson kept the US out of WWI in the begining to thelp save the economy, but later left the isolationism and enter the war. TERM 5

NATO

DEFINITION 5 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. TERM 7

Genocide

DEFINITION 7 Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars. Example: Hitler TERM 8

Hitler

DEFINITION 8 Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician, the Nazi Party. 1939: Soviet-German Pact with Stalin, but later turns his back on Stalin and invades Russia in 1941. TERM 9

Stalin

DEFINITION 9 1927: "Stalinization" Product of Lenin; Totaltarian State 1928: Collectivization - merge everything together (ie farms) and make everything state run If you did not agree with Stalin you were most likely killed/disappeared from society. TERM 10

Cultural RevolutionMao's Cultural Revolution

DEFINITION 10 Socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through to 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Communist Party of China, it was designed to further advance socialism in the country by removing capitalist elements from Chinese society, and reinstate Maoist orthodoxy within the Party.