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- mercantilism
- The policy of building a nation's wealth by exporting more goods than it imports and by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver.
- nonaligned nations
- independent countries that remainded Neutral in the cold war between the U. S. and Soviet Union
- nirvana
- in Buddhism, a state of wisdom, bliss, perfection and freedom from the cycle of rebirth
- Opium War
- War between Chinese and Britain over opium trade (1839 - 1842)
- Nuremburg Trials
- Series of trials after WW 2 held in Germany in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against humanity, and war crimes
- oligarchy
- government ruled by a few people-usually from rich and powerful families
- middle ages
- (the medieval period) period of European History from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, about 500 - 1500.
- nationalism
- Feeling of deep pride or devotion toward one's nation, rather than to a king or an empire.
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense alliance between the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and others formed in 1949
- monotheism
- belief in a single God
- Neolithic Revolution
- The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source.
- mestizo
- person of mixed spanish and native american descent
- Old Regime
- The Political and Social system that existed in France before the French Revolution
- Mesoamerica
- A region of Central America, Mexico, and South America where several pre-Columbian civilizations lived including the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs.
- Open Door Policy
- A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.