4.0.2 Unit Four Concepts and Terms

Unit Question: How has the rejection of liberalism influenced our modern world?

Issue Question: To what extent is resistance to liberalism justified?

In this unit, you will explore the following big ideas based on questions arising from the issue question:

  1. Many people and their governments rejected the principles of liberalism because they did not see it leading to a better life for their citizens. New ideologies, reflecting a rejection of liberal principles, came into practice in the early 20th Century.
  2. Regimes can retain their power over the people they govern by many techniques, including those that interfere with their fundamental rights and freedoms.
  3. Conflict between ideologies has had a powerful influence on our world, including competition for power and influence, military conflict, the build-up of arms, the shaping of national boundaries, and the development of economic prosperity worldwide.
  4. Some principles of liberalism conflict with deeply held beliefs about collective interest, cooperation, and economic equality. When liberalism is imposed on people against their will, conflicts arise.

   This is a list of new terms you will encounter in this unit.

 
Aboriginal collective thought
alignment
Aryan race
autarky
authoritarianism
Bay of Pigs
brinkmanship
censorship
Cold War
collectivization
containment
corporatism
deterrence
disarmament
dissident
domino effect
Enabling Act
environmentalism
expansionism
extremist
Holocaust
indoctrination
Iron Curtain
lebensraum
liberation
Marshall Plan
McCarthyism
mutually assured destruction
neo-conservatism
non-alignment
peaceful coexistence
propaganda
proxy war
radical
reactionary
red scare
scapegoat
sphere of influence
superpower
Third Reich
totalitarianism
Truman Doctrine
unilateralism
Vietnam War
weapons of mass destruction
 

People Make History!

Vladimir Lenin 
Adolf Hitler 
Joseph Stalin