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The Big Bang:

Technically it is a rapid expansion of matter that’s from a high density state but in world history it’s just the most popular theory (according to scientists) on how the world came to be

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Feudalism:

The act of exchanging military service for land

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Mandate of Heaven:

Where only one person can truly rule at one time and that person receives that right from a blessing from god

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Chariot:

Two wheeled vehicle led by horses

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Papyrus:

A material from plants used to make rope, sandals, and boats

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Social Hierarchy:

Established who has more social power over another group and how to move up and down in the social groups

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Theocracy:

Where a religious figure is also the leader

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Civilization:

An organized group of people that have established laws and social hierarchies

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Code of Hammurabi:

A law in Mesopotamia that established the literal ‘eye for an eye’ mindset

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Monotheism:

Where a civilization believes in only one God

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Polytheism:

Where a civilization believed in more than one God

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Dynasty:

The act of passing down royal power through family

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City-State:

A city that forms a state with surrounding territory

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Trade:

The act of exchanging one good for another of equal or greater value

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Agriculture:

The act of growing and harvesting crops

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Neolithic Revolution:

Part of the Paleolithic era when stone tools prevailed

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Innovation:

Making a new product

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Nomad:

Someone who lives by traveling place to place

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Fertile Crescent:

It’s an area of fertile land in the Middle East

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Culture:

The customs and traditions of a group of people

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Bipedalism:

The use of walking on two limbs

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Hunter-Gatherer:

A way of life were people hunted and gathered their food sources

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Anatomically Modern  Humans:

Humans that if cut open would look like a human cut open today

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1. Hackers: people who hacks into accounts to collect personal information such as your address or bank card info

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1. Stuxnet: really bad computer worm that exposes the computer to virsuses

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1. Social Media: Just as it says, social media is a chain of websites where you can share content and communicate with others.

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1. Whistleblowers: someone who exposes illegal information on companies or private businesses

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1. Cyber Bullying: Bullying online, such as commenting mean things about someone on their photo, or blackmailing them.

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1. Online Blackmail: blackmail through the internet that threatens the receiver with something such as leaking photos or messages in exchange for money.

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1. Fossil Fuels: Fuels that come from millions of years old bodies, this are the things such as coal, gas, and natural gas, these do not reproduce naturally and need manual labor to be obtained.

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1. Paris Climate Agreement: Also a treaty to limit the burning of fossil fuels, in this treaty, undeveloped countries are given money for keeping from burning fossil fuels.

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1. Kyoto Protocol: A treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the USA is not part of this treaty

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1. Climate Change: A change in the normal temperature

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1. Renewable Energy: Energy that is natural and can be produced naturally, a healthier but more expensive, alternative to fossil fuels.

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1. Consumption: using up a resource

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1. Sanctions: penalties on trade imposed by courts

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1. Standard of Living: the wealth and material comfort available to an individual

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1. Comparative Advantage: when a group can make products more efficiently than another

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1. Syrian Civil War: ongoing war between Syria and its allies, and those opposing the Syrian government.

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1. Terrorism: The unlawful use of violence against civils for political aims

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1. 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: The attacks happened September 11, 2001. They were a series of attacks on the twin towers, in New York, the pentagon and supposed to be Washington, the plane crashed before reaching Washington, although everyone on the plane passed, it may have saved thousands of more lives.

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1. Resurgent nationalism: born as countries grow

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1. Religious Fundamentalism: the belief in sacred teachings of a religious figure

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1. Globalization: the interaction of people, companies, and governments that are worldwide

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1. Anarchy: chaos due to lack of an authority figure

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1. International Organizations: organizations that include international parties, these organizations come together to keep peace, regulate money systems, and trade. Some examples are NATO, and the WTO.

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1. Liberalism (International Relations): a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.

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1. Francis Fukuyama:  an American political scientist, political economist, and author. Fukuyama is known for his book The End of History and the Last Man, this argued the spread of liberal democracies and capitalism of the West. He also wrote, Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity which stated culture cannot be completely separated from economics.

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Democratization: a transition period from Communist ideologies to democratic ideologies

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Perestroika: the practice of restoring and reconstructing the Soviet union’s economic and political system

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Glasnost: increased openness in the Soviet Union’s government

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Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars Program): proposed missile defense system to protect the USA from nuclear attacks

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Detente: the process of cooking relations between two fighting countries, Nixon’s detente would be between the US and the Soviet Union, increasing trade and having treaties signed.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident: North Vietnamese ships attacked US ships and it would make the US more involved in the Vietnamese war.

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Ho Chi Minh: communist leader of North Vietnam

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A 13 day period in which nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union were pointed at the US.

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The Bay of Pigs: Attack from the sea, by Cuba, in the bay of pigs, the plan was to overthrow Fidel Castro and his revolution, this was an attempt to further prevent the spread of communism.

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Korean War: war between North and South Korea, the communist-north would invade the non-communist-south and it would lead to years of division, even till this day.

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Great Leap Forward: the attempt to make China capable of being competition to Western industrialized nations, it would fail as it was poorly planned and constructed.

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Nuclear Weapons: in possession of the USSR and USA in WWII, making them the most powerful countries, weapons that could destroy whole populations.

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Domino Theory: the theory that when one country becomes a communist based country so will its neighbors.

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Policy of Containment: Numerous strategies by the Us to stop the spread of communism.

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Warsaw Pact: a pact by the Soviet Union in retaliation to NATO, was a sign of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe.

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Puppet Government: a state that appears independent but relies on an outside power

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Iron Curtain: the boundary that divided Europe, the former Soviet Union bloc and the West, this was an attempt to protect communist countries and ideologies from the west.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): intergovernmental treaty between North America and Europe to protect each other from possible soviet attacks.

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Bretton Woods System: established money management between America, Canada, Western European countries, Australia, and Japan.

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UN Security Council: a main principle of the UN, in charge of ensuring international peace and security.

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The United Nations (UN): intergovernmental organization founded to establish peace between nations. Founded in 1945-end of WWII- in California.

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The Marshall Plan: the official European recovery plan, a plan in which the USA gave Western Europe 12 billion dollars to rebuild itself. Labeled as one of the greatest economic and international plans.

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Concentration Camps: Camps where Jews were held, they were starved, beaten, treated worse than animals, and even tortured

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Genocide: Murdering large numbers of people

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The Holocaust: The enslaving and mass murdering  of jewish people, for racial ‘purification’

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1. Atom Bomb: Used by USA against Japan in WWII, get their explosive power from fission reactions. The dropping of the first bomb, ‘The little boy’ killed 80,000 almost instantly.

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Island Hopping: also called leap-frogging, the military tactic to invade Japan’s islands that weren’t fortified and less defended to preserve resources.

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D-Day: June 6, 1944, actually lasted two months but this day signifies the allied forces, America and company’s, attack on Normandy, France. Would lead to almost all of France being liberated and Germany being defeated.

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Blitzkrieg: means lightning war, a tactic used to create disorganization among the enemy with concentrated gunfire, preserves human lives and bullets.

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Appeasement: a diplomacy tactic that makes compromises with aggressive powers so conflict is avoided.

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Tripartite Pact: also known as the Berlin pact, an agreement between Italy, Germany, and Japan. Established alliance between the three and guaranteed if one was attacked the others would retaliate.

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Fascism: Radical ideology, usually practiced by dictators, shut down opposition to the government and believed in the country’s rights over its individuals

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Inflation: the price raise on goods and services

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The Great Depression: A worldwide economic depression, one of its leading causes was the stock market crash.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Indian activists who believed in peaceful approaches to change. Notorious for fasting for change, MLK Jr practiced his ideology in the civil rights movement.

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Mao Zedong: A Chinese revolutionary, founding father of the People’s republic. Responsible for the policy Great Leap Forward.

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Vladimir Lenin: A Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, who was the head of the Soviet Union. Lenin’s ideals would be named as Leninism developed after Marvism.

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Treaty of Versailles: blamed Germany for war and brought WWI to an end

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League of Nations: established as result of the Paris peace conference at the end of WWI and its goal is to maintain world peaceful

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Zimmerman telegram: a letter sent from Germany to Mexico for an alliance between the two

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tangled alliances: involving USA and its alliances and Germany and its alliances, the problem was some allies weren’t allies with the countries other allies and could declare war on the other countries leaving the USA or Germany stuck

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Balkans: lived on a peninsula that was vital in location, in connected Ottoman, Russian and Austro-Hungarian.

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Militarism: the belief every country should have a strong central military

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Opium war 1842: battle Britain  and China where Britain battled China’s drug trafficking

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Open door policy: the process of opening the trade system in China to all countries

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Trench warfare: a battle method of hiding in trenches and shooting the enemy

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Berlin conference 1884: the meeting of England’s nation to divide Africa and create rules on regulation and trade

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scramble for Africa: the division of land among the top four countries, would call for the Berlin conference to decided how to divide the land so it was fair

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Quinine: medication used to treat malaria, a wide spread disease believed to be from Africa and is spread by mosquitoes

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Labor union: organized group of workers that united to protect their rights and interests

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communism: a theory all property is owned publicly and everyone works and is paid according to their abilities

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Proletariat: is the working class reference is marxvism