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| Geography
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Area/Geography
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Geography, Geographic Determinism, Desertification, Deforestation, Archipelago, Peninsula, Monsoons, Cold Climate, Cultural Diffusion
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| Trade - Movement of People & Goods
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Economic, Area/Geography
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Cultural Diffusion, Diaspora, Migration, Industrial Revolution, Triangular Trade, Mercantilism, Capitalism, Adam Smith, The Holocaust, The Creation of Israel
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| Nationalism
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Political, Social
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Unification, Partition, Germany, Italy, Risorgimento, Bismarck, Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Israel, Palestine, German City States, Italian City-States, World War I, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, World War II
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| Imperialism
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Political, Economic, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Area/Geography
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Empire, Scramble for Africa, Berlin Conference, Christian Missionaries, Cultural Diffusion, Mercantilism, Capitalism, Middle Passage, India, Gandhi, British Raj, Russo-Japanese War, "White Man's Burden", "The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire", Social Darwinism, Social Construct, Race, Belgian Congo, "The Heart of Darkness", Infrastructure, Trade, Raw Materials/Natural Resources
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Conflict
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Political, Economic, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Area/Geography
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War, World War I, World War II, Cold War, Protestant Reformation, Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Spark, Triple Entente, Central Powers, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Versailles Treaty, Poison Gas, Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, Axis Powers, Allies,U.S. vs. U.S.S.R., Democracy vs. Totalitarianism, Capitalism vs. Communism, Arms Race, Nuclear Weapons, Non-Alignment, M.A.D., Containment, Domino Effect, Vietnam War, Korean War
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Conflict - World Wars
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Political, Economic, Social, Intellectual, Area/Geography
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World War I, World War II, Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Spark, Triple Entente, Central Powers, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Versailles Treaty, Poison Gas, Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, Axis Powers, Allies, Atomic Bomb
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| Change - Political Leaders or Philosophers
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Political, Social, Intellectual
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Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler, Karl Marx, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, King Louis XVI, Chiang Kai Shek, Robespierre, Napoleon, Soviet Union, Communism, 5 Year Plan, Collectivization, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, Nazism, World War II, "Mein Kampf". "Communist Manifesto", "Two Treatisies of Government", "Little Red Book", "The Social Contract", The Reign of Terror, Coup d'etat, "Life, Liberty, Property", Social Class, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie, middle class, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, Chinese Civil War
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| Change - Non-Political Revolutions
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Economic, Religion, Social, Intellectual
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Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, Scientific Method, Secular(ism), Heliocentric Theory, Geocentric Theory, industrialization, urban, rural, child labor, rise of the middle class, globalization, laissez-faire economics, free market, NAFTA, European Union (EU)
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| Human Rights
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Political, Social, Religion, Intellectual
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Natural Rights, The Enlightenment, Voltaire, Rousseau, John Locke, "Life, Liberty, Property", "Consent of the Governed", "Social Contract", Genocide, Apartheid, Holocaust, Social Darwinism, Rwandan Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Darfur Famine, Ukrainian Famine, Tienanmen Square Massacre, Hutu vs. Tutsi, Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies (Roma & Sinti), Cambodian Genocide, Pol Pot, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Civil Disobedience, Non-Violence, Boycott, Night of Broken Glass, Nuremberg Laws, Nuremberg Trial, Passive Resistance
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| Economic Systems
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Economic, Social, Intellectual
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Mercantilism, Communism, laissez-faire, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Command Economy, free-market economy, NAFTA, Triangular Trade, middle passage, slave trade, Tokugawa Shogunate vs. Meiji Restoration, Imperialism, globalization, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), surplus, scarcity, subsistence, traditional economy
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| Turning Points
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Political, Economic, Religion, Social, Intellectual, Area/Geography
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Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Age of Absolutism, Age of Nationalism, New Age of Imperialism, World War I, World War II, Cold War, Communist China, Fall of the Soviet Union, War on Terrorism
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| Political Systems
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Political, Intellectual
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republic, direct democracy, monarchy, absolute monarchy, limited monarchy, constitutional monarchy, communism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, fascism, oligarchy, theocracy, constitution, divine right, natural rights, social contract, "consent of the governed", "life, liberty, property", "I am the state", Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Napoleon, French Revolution, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, King John I, Barons (Nobles), First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, Karl Marx, proletariat, bourgeoisie
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| Geography - Physical & Human
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Area/Geography
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Geography, Geographic Determinism, Desertification, Deforestation, Archipelago, Peninsula, Monsoons, Cold Climate, Cultural Diffusion
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| Change - Collapse of Government
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Political, Social, Economic
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French Revolution, Third Estate, Louis XVI, Robespierre, Absolute Monarchy, Storming of the Bastille, Versailles, French Republic, Nazi Germany, Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler, fascism, totalitarianism, militarism, extreme nationalism, Russian Revolution, Lenin, Czar Nicholas II, Communism, Karl Marx, World War I, World War II, Cold War, Soviet Union, USSR, Fall of Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II
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| Change - Revolutions
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Political, Economic, Social, Intellectual, Area/Geography
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French Revolution, Third Estate, Louis XVI, Robespierre, Absolute Monarchy, Storming of the Bastille, Versailles, French Republic, totalitarianism, Russian Revolution, Lenin, Czar Nicholas II, Communism, Karl Marx, World War I, World War II, Cold War, Soviet Union, USSR, Fall of Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, Scientific Method, Heliocentric Theory, Geocentric Theory, industrialization, urban, rural, child labor, rise of the middle class, globalization, laissez-faire economics, free market, NAFTA, European Union (EU)
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