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Chapters 21-22 History of the World Olivia flashcards
History of The World; 7th Grade, Bangor Christian Schools/ after # 48 it moves on to chapter 22
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Queen Victoria
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longest ruling monarch in English history.
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Prince Albert
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married Queen Victoria; called the prince consort of Germany
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William Gladstone
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for the liberal party
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Benjamin Disraeli
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for the conservative party
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William Carey
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father of modern missions
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Robert Morrison
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first protestand missionary to china
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J. Hudson Taylor
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opened the china inland mission
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Matthew Perry and Townsend Harris
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opened japan to trade
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Frumentis, Athanasius the Great
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started churches in Africa
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David livingstone
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missionary to Africa who thought africa needed commerce, civilization, and Christianity
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Samuel Adjai Crowther
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first black bishop of the church of england
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Captain James Cook
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explored new zealand
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William Cook
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divided canada
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George Muller
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father of homeless waifs
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William Booth
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started the salvation army
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Sir George Williams
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opened the ymca
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Florence Nightingale
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singlehandedly created the modern nursing profession
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Jean-Henri Dunant
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started the red cross
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Clara Barton
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started the american red cross
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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prince of preachers
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Sahara Desert
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the worlds largest desert
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Nile River
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the worlds longest river
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Lake Victoria
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the source of the mighty nile
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Suez Canal
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famous canal that people fought over
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Victorian Age
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the time of Queen Victoria
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Oxford Movement
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the movement within the Church of England to reintroduce many Roman Catholic practices
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Liberals
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represented the middle class; represented by william gladstone
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Conservatives
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represented the wealthier groups and was ran by benjamin disrelia
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Act of Union
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joined, england and ireland
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Great Century of Missions
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the 19th century
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East India Company
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the tool of british settlement
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Sepoy Rebellion
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a serious uprising about religon
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India Act
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gave full political control of india to the british government
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suttee
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the practice of burning a widow alice along with her dead husbands body.
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savannas
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vast tracts of grasses and small shrubs
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Boer
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farmers
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Union of South Africa
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a dominion with a representative government in the tradition of great britian
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Aborigines
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the original habitats of new zealand
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British North America Act
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made canada a self-governing commonwealth
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Geneva Convention
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a meeting where the governments agreed to care for the wounded during times of war, without regard to nationality
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What is the largest British colony in North America? In asia?
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Canada, India
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Name the mountain range located in morocco and algeria. In South africa.
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Atlas Mountains
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What body of Water separates Madagascar from the African continent
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Mozambique Channel
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Which African nations border the Red sea?
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Egypt, Sudan, and Eritria
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name the lake that lies between Tanzania and Dem. Rep. of Congo.
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lake tanganyika
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Which African nations border the Mediterranean Sea?
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Morocco, algeria, libya, Egypt, and tunisia
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How did Great Britian benefit from her empire? How did the colonies benefit from Great Britian?
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When the colonies gave Britian money and power, britian shared thoughts, and a good government and technology.
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Victor Emmanuel II
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first king of italy
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Wilhelm I
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declared kaiserof a united germany
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Wilhelm II
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dismissed bismarck and began a naval fleet to rival the british navy
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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was assassinated by a serbian revolutionist which started world war 1
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Paul von hindenburg
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the supreme leader of all cental power forces
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Colonel T.E. Lawrence
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led arab revolts against turkish rule in the arabian peninsula
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Winston Churchill
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first lord of the british admiralty
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Woodrow Wilson
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president of American at the time of world war 1
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Ferdinand Foch
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leader of the allied forces
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Ivan III
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the first true national leader of a united russia
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Ivan the Terrible
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took the title czar; created the serfs; at his rule russia was establishing feudilism
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Peter the Great
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called himself emperor and strongly desired that russia became westernized
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Catherine the Great
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also embraced western ideas
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Nicholas I
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set up russian secret police to control the press and etc.
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Alexander II
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freed the sergs and is known as the czar liberator
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Alexander III
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mean old fart who blamed the jews for his fathers assassination and forced them to live in periodic organized massacres
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Karl Marx
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claimed that history is a record of class struggle between the rich and poor and opposed capitilism and aproves socialism which is state ownership and he formed his own socialism called marxism.
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Friedrich Engels
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Marx's friend who helped him with his crappy socilism plans
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Nicholas II
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lost prestige in 1905
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Vladimir Lenin
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leader of the first communist state in history
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Leon trotsky
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on of lenin's chosen successors
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Joseph Stalin
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one of the most brutal rulers of all time
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Modernism
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religious liberalism
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"Era of Bismarck"
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When Germany became a strong industrial and military power
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Triple Alliance, Triple Entente
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Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy/ Entente- England, France, and Russia
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Allies
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the former triple entente
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Central Powers
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the former triple alliance
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western front
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stretched for 600 miles from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps
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Marne, Ypres, Verdun, Somme
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Small battles of the World War 1.
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Battle of Jutland
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the most important naval battle of the war
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Bolshevik Revolution
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established a Communist state in Russia
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Lusitania
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a Britian luxury liner that sank of the coast of ireland after being hit by torpedoes by a german submarine
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Zimmerman Note
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a note of threat to tell america to offer Mexico their land
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doughboys
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what U.S troops were called
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Armistice Day
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the day that Germans asked for an armistice / 11/11 / now called veterans day
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"Big Four"
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influential men/ woodrow wilson, lloyd george, clemenceau, and orlando
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League of Nations
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guarantees international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security
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Treaty of Versailles
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the result of the peace conference 1)German territorial losses 2)demilitariation of germany 3)reparation and admission of guilt
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St. Petersburg
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window to the west
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capitilism
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economic system based on private ownership and control
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socialism
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economic system based on state ownership and contol
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bourgeoisie
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the middle class
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proletariat
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the working class
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Communism
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a state even beyone socialism
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Duma
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and elected legislative body with limited powers
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Bolsheviks
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Communist revolutionarys
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totalitarian state
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a government that controls every area of its citien's lives
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Cheka
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a secret police organization created by lenin
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Third International
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a terrorist organization dedicated to spreading Commnist revolution throughout the world and stablishing a world wide Communist state
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New Economic Policy
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a temporary retreat from communism to allow the russian economy to recover
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U.S.S.R.
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Union of soviet socialist republics
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Five year plan
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an agricultural plan
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Great Purge
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a reign of terror which plans to murder anyone who opposes him
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Did Greece join the Allies, or the Central Powers during World War 1
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central powers
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