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| Korean War | A war between North Korean, which was supported by both the Soviet Union and communist China, and South Korea, which was supported by the United States and the United Nations. The war occurred between 1950 and 1953 and ended in an armistice and original borders. |
| Kristallnacht | On November 9th, 1938, Nazis in German looted, and burned Jewish stores and Synagogues, often beating Jews in the street. Over 90 Jews were killed during Kristallnacht. Also called Night of Broken Glass. |
| line of demarcation | A boundary established by Pope Alexander VI on in 1493 to define the spheres of Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the New World. Part of the Treaty of Tordesillas. |
| Little Red Book | A book circulated throughout China during the reign of Mao Zedong, which contained his political philosophy for China. It was required reading in all schools. |
| Lloyd George, David | (1863-1945) British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, he led Great Britain through World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles. |
| Luther, Martin | (1483-1546) Theologian and religious reformer who started the Reformation with his 95 Theses which protested church corruption, namely the sale of indulgences. |
| Nagasaki | Japanese city devastated during World War II when the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Aug 8th, 1945. |
| Nasser, Gamal Abdel | (1918-1970) President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970. He was the most influential leader of the Arab world during his lifetime. He supported the idea of Pan Arabism, where all Arab nations should unite. Also supported the Soviet Union during the Cold War. |
| nation-state | An independent state or country. |
| Nazi | Name of German National Socialist Party, which gained control of Germany in 1933 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. |
| Nehru, Jawaharlal | (1889-1964) Indian nationalist leader and the first prime minister of independent India from 1947 to 1964. Along with Mohandas Gandhi, he was instrumental in freeing India from Britain’s control. |
| Nuremburg Trials | War crime trials held in Nuremburg after World War II to try the surviving Nazis concerning the Holocaust, aggressive war making, mistreatment of prisoners among other things. |
| Oligarchy | A political system in which the government is under the control of the merchant class. |
| Orlando, Vittorio | (1860-1952) Prime Minister of Italy during World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles. |
| Perestroika | A policy of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to revitalize the Soviet economy by opening it up to more free enterprise. |
| Persian Gulf War | (1990 – 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States’ coalition emerging victorious. |
| Princip, Gavrilo | (1894 -1918) Serbian nationalist/terrorist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in 1914. This event resulted in the start of World War I. |
| Protestant | Member of Christian relgious sect which formed during the Protestant Reformation. Protestants reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Puritan Revolution | Political and Religious revolution in England between 1640 and 1660. The monarchy was abolished in favor of a Republic led by Oliver Cromwell. It ended with the seating of Charles II on the throne. Also known as the English Revolution. |
| Puritanism | Movement in the English church in the late 16th to remove all catholic influences and purify. |
