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unification of italy
Definition
piedmont and sasrdinia (most organized)
papal states (middle part)
bottom part (kingdom of 2 sicilies)
strong economic power together
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island hopping
Definition
when US attacked japan took over 1 island at a time, macartuhrs strategy
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IRA
Definition
irish republican army, leg by catholics in prtestant northern ireland
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darfur
Definition
present crisis in africa
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franco-prussian war
Definition
napoleon III pressured into war by the french who are upset that th eprussians are getting sgronger under bismark. pre unification of germany
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zulu
Definition
south african kingdom that came into being under leadership of shakazulu
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opium wars
Definition
fight between british and chinese govts over opium trade
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ghandi
Definition
indian leader who got rid of brisih colonization of india by using non violence
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vietnam war
Definition
conflict between french colonists of vietnam and their ally the us and the nationalistic communist movement of northern vietnam led by hi chi minh and their allies the soviet union and china won by the vietenmese
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totalitarianism
Definition
type of govt wanting total control
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winston churchhill
Definition
english prime minister during WWI
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article 231
Definition
said all of wwi was germanys falt
also known as the war guilt clause
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penicillin
Definition
new and innovative accidental medical discovery
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"the final solution"
Definition
refers to the german nazi's plan to engage in systematic genocide against european jews duing WWII
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grigory rasputin
Definition
monk who was a rpaist, theif, murder, etc.
close advisor of nicholas II's russian family
had the power to temproatily cure heir alexis hemophilia
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rome-berlin axis
Definition
signed by italy and germany on october 25, 1936
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league of nations
Definition
young UN
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USSR
Definition
a new name for communist russia
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kellog brian pact
Definition
the no war pact that the UN established
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berlin conference
Definition
regulated european colonization and trade in africa during the new imperialism period
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pol pot
Definition
leader of cambodia
mudered many people
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appeasement
Definition
tactice of comprimise to prevent war used by cuontries against hitler in WWII
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nikita khruschev
Definition
leader of soviet union after death of jeseph stalin
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nationalism
Definition
a bond between people
cultural nationalism is based on religion, culture
political nationalism is defined by boarders nad leaders
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erwin rommel
Definition
led the german forces in africa
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V.I. Lennin
Definition
founder of the communist party and the leader of the russian revolution
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benito mussolini
Definition
facist dictator of italy from 1922-1943, he centralized all power in himself as the leader of the facist party adn attempted to creat and italian empire
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united nations
Definition
an international organization composed of most of the countries of the world. it was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security and economoic development
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juan peron
Definition
president of argentina from 1946-1955 and 1973-74
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kristallnacht
Definition
november 9, 1938
night of broken glass
polish jew assasinated german ambassador
30.000 jews arreted that night in germany
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sputnik
Definition
worlds first successful artificial satellite that was launched by the SU
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stalin-hitler and nonagression pact
Definition
on august 23,1939 stalin and hitler signed a soviet-german nonagression pact. this assured hitler that he would not have to fight a war on two fronts
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pogroms
Definition
large scale, targeted, and repeated anti jewish rioting
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operation sea lion
Definition
germanys attack on britain in WWII
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korean war
Definition
communist north kora attacks non commnist south korea on june 25, 1950
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nelson mandela
Definition
held positoins of ancyl secretary, preisnent
Term
control of balkans
Definition
ongoing struggle in europe which intensified spastically, power keg of europe, mostly over oil and other resources inthe region
Term
imperialism
Definition
non commnist
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boer war
Definition
the first boer war (1880-1881)
Term
the second boer war
Definition
(1899-1902)
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Boer wars (about)
Definition
both were between the british empire and tehte two independent boer republics, the orange free state and the osouth african republic
Term
boxer rebellion
Definition
chinese rebellion against froeign influence in areas such as trade politics, religion, and technology that occured in tchina during the final years of the quing dynasty from novermber 1899 to september 7 1901
Term
balfour declaration auschiwitz
Definition
nazi concentration camp in poland
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cold war
Definition
post WWII, tensions between super powers of the US and soviet union which almost erupted in another world wr, thsi time involving nuclear weapons
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enigma
Definition
german code during WWI
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bataan death march
Definition
war crime involving the forcible transter of prisoners of war, with wide ranging abuse and high fatalities, by japenese forces in thep hillipenes in 1942 after the battle of the phillipenes (1941-42_ during WWII
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industrial revoltion
Definition
led by english
start of huge industrial movement, factories etc, in the west
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stalingrad
Definition
one of three places that hitler wnted to overtake
named in stalins honor
turning point in the way
germans had to retreat
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impressionism
Definition
painting techniquie
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d-day
Definition
allies invasion of france in normandy
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mazzini
Definition
italian guy who controlled the newspapers which helped to bring abotu the unification of italy
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scramble for africa
Definition
WWI scrambeled to claim resourse in africa, frist by mussolin i then later by british tank commander montgomery, gemran commander rommel and us commander patton
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battle of the buldge
Definition
hitlers last attempt to put a dent in enemy lines and therby prolonging the war
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warsaw pact
Definition
in 1955 soviet union and communist nations of eastern europe formed an alliance in response to the non communiyst nato alliance
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schlieffen plan
Definition
german strategu for WWI
strong side first,then weakest
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armistice
Definition
11th hour on the 11th day on the 11th month cease fire, all quiet on the western front
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taiping rebellion
Definition
bloodiest civil war in human history
between the quin empire in china and those inspired by a hakka seif proclaimd mystic named hong zuiqan
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cuban missle crisis
Definition
cold was scare involving discovery of cuban missles
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social darwinism
Definition
survivial of the fittest
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franz ferdinand
Definition
arch duke whose assanination in the balkains was the catalyst for WWI
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fidel castro
Definition
communist premier of cuba
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iron curtain
Definition
first decribed by winston churchill
form of conflict between communist and emocratic govt
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berlin wall
Definition
wall spereateding east communist germany and west non communist germany
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versailles treaty
Definition
treaty that ended WWI
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command economy
Definition
an economy where suplly and price are regularedd by the govt rather then the market forces
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gestapo
Definition
nazi secret police
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francisco franco
Definition
spanish military leader turned dicator during the spanish civil war
Term
NATO
Definition
north atlantic trade organization
a band of 12 western nations
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dunkirk
Definition
rescue by the allies of 300 thous britis and french troops stranded by hitler on beaches in france
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show trials/ great purge
Definition
stalins staged trials in attempt to make his govt to appease western democratic powers who were uneasy about his govt
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