Definition that contains 1970s
- soul a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
- disco popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques
- punks a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)
- bahrain an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
- fatah a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
- progressive rock a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
- al-jihad an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
- bahrein an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
- tcp/ip a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
- gen x the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s)