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WHS International Studies Level 2 (KN)
WHS International Studies Level 2 exam (KN)
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International Studies
10th Grade
06/17/2011

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Revolution
Definition
Change
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Major Motivator for Revolution
Definition
when people: don't have enough to eat; don't have freedom; don't have enough money.
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Militarism
Definition
build up of weapons, glorifying war
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Nationalism
Definition
Pride and loyalty to your country
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Imperialism
Definition
When a more powerful nation controls a less powerful nation
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Alliance
Definition
When countries promise to protect and defend each other in war.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
A belief that your culture is superior to others
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This country colonized India
Definition
Great Britain
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Civil Disobedience
Definition
Passive Resistence
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Civil Disobedience
Definition
non-violent protest
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Animal sacred to the Hindus
Definition
Cow
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
Man who was assassinated, the "spark" that started WWI
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Four main causes of WWI
Definition
militarism, alliance system, imperialism and nationalism.
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Warfare used during WWI
Definition
Trench warfare
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Ended WWI
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WWII began when
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Germany invaded Poland
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Appeasement
Definition
Giving in to another's demands to avoid a fight
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Hitler
Definition
Leader of Germany and responsible for the Holocaust
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Mussolini
Definition
Leader of Italy
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Axis Powers
Definition
Hitler and Mussolini
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Aldolf Hitler led Nazi Germandy
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WWII
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Number of Jews murdered during Hitler's final solution
Definition
6 million
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Israel
Definition
Created after WWII because people felt bad about what happened to the Jews.
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Jerusalem
Definition
City that is disputed between Jews and Palestinians
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Nelson Mandela
Definition
elected the first black president of South Africa.
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apartheid
Definition
System practiced in South Africa until 1992.
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Puerto Rico's president
Definition
is the SAME as the US president
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Puerto Ricans come to the US because
Definition
there are more jobs
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When a powerful country controls a less powerful country, it will control their
Definition
politics, economics and social life.
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Causes of Imperialism
Definition
nationalism, ethnocentrism and militarism.
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Sepoy
Definition
Indian soldier serving in the British Army
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Sepoy Rebellion
Definition
Britian tightened their control over India.
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Bapu
Definition
Hindu word for "father" used for Ghandi
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Mahatma
Definition
Great Soul
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Ghandi's profession
Definition
lawyer
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Ghandi was thrown off a train in
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South Africa
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India independence was spilt into two countries
Definition
India & Pakistan
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Drug (narcotic) made from poppy plants
Definition
Opium
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