• mujahedin Muslim religious warriors

• mulatto in Spain's colonies in the Americas, person who was of African and European descent

• multiethnic made up of several ethnic groups

• multinational corporation company with branches in many countries

• Mumbai a large city in India, also known as Bombay

• mummification the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth

• mutiny revolt, especially of soldiers or sailors against their officers

• mutual-aid societies self-help groups to aid sick or injured workers

• mystic person who devotes his or her life to seeking direct communion with divine forces

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• Nagasaki a coastal city in southern Japan on the island of Kyushu; city in Japan where the second atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945

• Napoleonic Code body of French civil laws introduced in 1804; served as model for many nations' civil codes

• nationalism a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

• nationalization takeover of property or resources by the government

• natural law rules of conduct discoverable by reason

• natural right right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property

• Nazca a culture that thrived in the Andean region from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 600

• Nazi-Soviet Pact agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 in which the two nations promised not to fight each other and to divide up land in Eastern Europe

• négritude movement movement in which writers and artists of African descent expressed pride in their African heritage

• Neolithic Period the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C.; also called the New Stone Age

• Neolithic Revolution the period of time during which the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from nomadic to settled life

• neutrality policy of supporting neither side in a war

• Neutrality Acts a series of acts passed by the U.S. Congress from 1935 to 1939 that aimed to keep the U. S. from becoming involved in WWII

• New Deal a massive package of economic and social programs established by FDR to help Americans during the Great Depression

• New France French possessions in present-day Canada from the 1500s to 1763

• New Stone Age the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C.; also called the Neolithic Period

• nirvana in Buddhist belief, union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth

• no-fly zones in Iraq, areas where the United States and its allies banned flights by Iraqi aircraft after the 1991 Gulf War

• nomad a person who moves from place to place in search of food

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