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| Rasputin, Grigory | (1872-1916) Russian peasant and self-proclaimed holy man. He was friends with the ruling Romanov family, and sometime advisor to Czarina Alexandra. His advice was on of the factors leading to the Russian Revolution. |
| Red Guard | Militaristic group of students in China who brutalized anyone who criticized Mao’s government. |
| religion | A person's beliefs concerning the existence and worship of a god or gods, and divine involvement in the universe and human life. |
| reparations | Monetary compensation to correct something that was done wrong. |
| Russo-Japanese War | (1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan emerges victorious. |
| socialism | A political system where the means of production are controlled by the workers and all things are shared evenly. Socialist policies provide for government funding of many basic needs such as food, shelter, and medical care. |
| Solidarity | An independent Polish labor Union which fought against communism in Poland in the 1980s. Most notable for helping to end communism in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe. |
| stalemate | A situation where there are no clear winners. |
| Tiananmen Square Massacre | A political and social protest by university students in Beijing, China in 1989. The protest called for political and social reforms and resulted in the government using the military to end it, which caused hundreds of deaths, thousands of injured, and many more imprisoned. |
| totalitarianism | An ideology where all social, economic, and political powers are centered in the government completely. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | A treaty dividing the New World possessions between Portugal and Spain. This treaty, signed in 1494 was a product of the Catholic Church. |
| trench warfare | A form of combat where armies fight each other from opposing fortified positions, usually consisting of long, dugout holes or trenches. |
| Triple Alliance | An alliance that was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy during World War I. |
| Triple Entente | An alliance that was made up of France, Russia, and Great Britain during World War I. |
| Truman Doctrine | A policy if the Truman presidency that called for supporting any nation resisting communism. |
| Viet Cong | The name of the Vietnamese communist who fought against South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War. |
| Walesa, Lech | (1943- ) Polish labor union leader, Nobel laureate, and President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. He was instrumental in the collapse of communism in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe through the work of the labor union Solidarity. |
| William and Mary | King and Queen of England from 1689 to 1702. They were placed on the throne as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and ruled as limited monarchs. |
| Wilson, Woodrow | (1856-1924) President of the United States during World War I. He was one of the formulators of the Treaty of Versailles. He also proposed a regulating body of nations to avoid future conflicts through diplomacy in his 14 Points Speech. |
| Yeltsin, Boris | (1931- ) President of Russia. He was elected before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. He served until 1999. Yeltsin was instrumental in keeping a cout d’etat from occurring which would have returned hard line communists to power in Russia. |
