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World History Finals
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History
9th Grade
06/02/2007

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Term
United Nations
Definition
An international peacekeeping orginization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world. Meets in New York City.
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Containment
Definition
A U.S. forgen polocy adopted by Mr. Preasadent Trueman in the late 1940's in which the U.S. tryed to compleatly stop communism.
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Marshall Plan
Definition
A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII
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Iron Curtain
Definition
during the cold war the bouandry seperating the communist nationalists of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic countries of western Europe.
Called this my Churchill
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NATO
Definition
The North Atlantic Tready Organization-
a defensive and military alliance formed in 1949 by ten western nations, the US and Canada.
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Warsaw Pact
Definition
a military alliance formed in 1955 by the SU and 7 eastern Europen Countries
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Domino theory
Definition
In southeast Asia ther was the fear that if one country fell to communism then neighboring countries would fall to communism.
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Mao Zedong
Definition
The china communist leader they gained popularaity and eventually a victory in thecivil war over the nationalists. in1949 he declared his country to be The People's Republic of China
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Ho Chi Minh
Definition
A vietnameise nationalist. he lead strikesand revolts aganst the French.
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Superpowers
Definition
USA and SU
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berlin aircraft
Definition
1948 american and british ofishials flew food fule medicine and goodies to the people in berlin
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Cultural Revolution
Definition
1966-1976 uprising of china lead by the red gards with the goal of establising a society of peasants and workers which were all equal
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Great leap Foward
Definition
this was the new program in china that collectivized agriculteral lands into communes that were run like "little armies"
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trueman doctrine
Definition
a US polocity of giving economic and military aid to free nationsthreatened by internal or external opponenents announced by president harry truman
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Totalitarianism
Definition
A society in which the government controls every aspect of life (economy,schools newspapers & religion)
appeles to the upper class
A SINGLE PARTY DICTATORSHIP
Term
Hitler
Definition
leader of Germany from 1933 to 1945
head of the Nazi party he was the Der Fuhrer or the leader
hated all non-aryans and creator of "the final solution" and the reason for 9 million deaths during the holocaust.
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Aryan
Definition
the supreme race
blond hair
blue eyes
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anti-semitistm
Definition
the haterd of jews
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Gestapo
Definition
the secret police in germany
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Mussolini/II Duce
Definition
fascist party leader in Italy form 1922-1943
II Duce meaning "the leader"
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appeasment
Definition
The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
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Axis Powers
Definition
germany and italy
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Allied powers
Definition
The USA France Great Britan ect.
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invasion of Poland
Definition
GB declares war sept.3 1939 (they plan on not fighting)
France Declares war and moblizes troops
USSR suports Germany and signs the non- agression pact they gain the land they lost in WWI
US stays neutral
Poland surrenders to germany
Swiss stay neutral but moblize troops
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Blizkrieg
Definition
"the lightnig war" by land air, tanks, and planes
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invasion of Normandy
Definition
D day june 6th 1944
in france
allied troops charge on to Normandy beach many deaths but it helped the war come to an end.
General Eisenhower
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Island Hopping
Definition
american stradagy in the Japanise islands. "hopping" from island to island.
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Battle of the midway
Definition
turning point for the us in the war over japan in the pacific
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Neutrality
Definition
Staying Neutral during war (wow what a shocker)
the US practiced this for the majorady of both WW1 and WW2
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Holocaust
Definition
massacure of the Jews (also homosexuals, gipsies,disabled and elderly)
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Genocide
Definition
Systamatic killing of an entire ethnic group of people.
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The Manhattan Project
Definition
The Manhattan Project was the project to develop the first nuclear weapon (atomic bomb) during World War II by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Definition
these were the two japanise cities where the a-bombs were dropped on augets 6th and 9th of 1945
presadent Trueman warnes the jappenise but the stand strong and many end up dead.
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