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WORD DEFINITIONActivist a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.Archbishop the chief bishop responsible for an archdiocese.Assassination murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.Campaign an organized course of action to achieve a goal.Civil Rights the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.Conspiracy a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.Government the governing body of a nation, state, or community.Martyr a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.Motive a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not

obvious.Murder the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.Pacifist a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.Political relating to the government or the public affairs of a country.Protest a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to

something.Religious relating to or believing in a religion.Taliban Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military

organization in Afghanistan Trigger cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.

Brinksmanship the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.

Capitalism an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Cold War The Cold War was a period of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States Communism political theory encouraging class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly

owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needsContainment the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.Health Care The maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery,

or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration - responsible for the civilian space programNational relating to a nation; (country)NHS The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system in EnglandOccupation the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.Reparations the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those

who have been wronged.Space Race the race to get technology and life into space in the Cold War.Sputnik each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on October 4, 1957) was

the first satellite to be placed in orbit.Welfare State a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its

citizens, by providing services to help them e.g. NHS, benefits, pensions.Hot War A war involving actual physical conflict e.g. WWII.

Thomas BecketArchbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He was a friend of the king, Henry II, until given the role as Archbishop. On the 29 December 1170, four knights, believing the king wanted Becket out of the way, confronted and murdered Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.

Grigori RasputinA Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. Rasputin was killed on December 30, 1916.

Archduke Franz FerdinandThe heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.

John F KennedyAn American politician who served as president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. The Warren Commission blamed Lee Harvey Oswald but evidence has later shown it could have been the Government conspiracy, a Communist plot or a Mafia linked murder.

John LennonAn English singer, songwriter and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon was fatally shot in the archway by fan Mark David Chapman.

Malala YousafzaiA Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. On 9 October 2012 Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism.

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1991. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.

The NHS was born was 5 July 1948. Launched by the then Minister of Health in Attlee's post-war government, Aneurin Bevan.he creation of the NHS in 1948 was the product of years of hard work and a motivation from various figures who felt the current healthcare system was insufficient and needed to be developed.

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nb/revision/1• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z27nq

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presidents/jfk-assassination• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw3wx

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