Core+Concepts

= **MAJOR CONCEPTS IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY** = These are the core concepts, events, and people covered in this course. If you understand these terms, you have met the goals and expectations for MWH!

Learn these terms on Sporcle! 1 autocracy 2 capitalism 3 civil disobedience 4 collective/collectivization 5 colony/colonization 6 command economy 7 communism 8 constitution 9 democracy 10 ethnocentrism 11 feudalism 12 fundamentalism 13 genocide 14 globalization 15 human rights 16 ideology 17 imperialism 18 laissez faire 19 means of production 20 mercantilism 21 mixed economy 22 monarchy 23 nationalism 24 oligarchy 25 papacy 26 republic 27 socialism 28 standard of living 29 terrorism 30 theocracy 31 totalitarianism 32 westernization **MAJOR PEOPLE IN WORLD HISTORY** 33 Fidel Castro 34 Winston Churchill 35 Mohandas Gandhi 36 Mikail Gorbachev 37 Saddam Hussein 38 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 39 Vladimir Lenin 40 Nelson Mandela 41 Mao Zedong 42 Karl Marx 43 Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi 44 Joseph Stalin **MAJOR EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY** 45 Russian Revolution 46 Three World System 47 Rise and Fall of Berlin Wall 48 European Union 49 Cuban Revolution 50 US Interventions in Latin America 51 Apartheid 52 Tribal Warfare in Africa 53 Effects of Poverty in Africa 54 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 55 Gulf Wars 56 Islamic Fundamentalism 57 Chinese Revolution 58 Tiananmen Square 59 Rise of Japan 60 India-Pakistan Rivalry