A | B |
Dictatorship of Proletariat | Marxist dogma that working class will eventually rule society for benefit of all |
Direct Democracy | citizens having direct say in making of decisions rather than being represented by officials |
Divine Right | claim that absolute power comes from God |
Duma | Russian national legislative body under Tsars |
Embargo | refusal to sell to or trade with another nation |
Estates General | French Parliament 18th century |
Factory Act (1833) | protection for British workers |
Four Modernizations | Deng Xiaoping's revision of China's economy |
Greenhouse effect | environmental pollution altering climatic patterns |
Domino Theory | theory that communist victory in one state would lead to other nations falling |