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(S2) World History Final Review
WWI and the Russian Revolution, Interwar Period, WWII, Cold War, Hot Spots Today
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9th Grade
05/27/2013

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Term
Sick Man of Europe
Definition
Rebellions within the Balkan region
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Ottoman Empire
Definition
Grew weak because on internal rebellion
Term
MANIA
Definition
Militarism - glorification of war and military
Alliances - caused paranoia
Nationalism - belief in one's country
Imperialism - industrial growth leads to competition
Assassination - Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot in Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip... started WWI
Term
Allies
Definition
Tripe Entente: Great Britain, France, Russia
Term
Central Powers
Definition
Tripple Alliance: Germany, Austria, Italy
Term
Schlieffen Plan
Definition
With war in one big sweep
Term
Ultimatum
Definition
Final demand or statement of terms
Term
Blank Check
Definition
Germany to Austria-Hungary
Followed assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Term
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Definition
Russia's leaving war due to Civil War
Term
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Definition
Submarines attacking any ships they saw
U.S. enteres WWI (1917) because Germany sank Lusitania - passenger ship
Term
Zimmerman Note
Definition
Secret message from Germany to Mexico
Proposed Mexico attack U.S.
In return, would give Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico
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14 Points
Definition
Wilson's design for Peace in Europe
Self-determination for all
Democratic gov. for all European countries
Disarmament
League of Nations (only thing got)
Term
Armistice
Definition
Agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time
Term
Armenian Genocide
Definition
Ottoman Empire decided to forcibly remove from Caucasus because they were threat to the gov, - thought were helping Russians
Term
Flu Pandemic
Definition
After the war, millions of people were killed from flu because did not have good sanitation or hygiene
Term
Reparations
Definition
Germany's blame for war
Forced to pay 33 million dollars for damage caused in WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Leaders of 27 countries met at Versailles to set peace terms for Europe
Term
Bolsheviks
Definition
Led by Lenin and Trotsky
Small Marxist group who sought to change life in Russia through revolution
Term
Rasputin
Definition
Self proclaimed holy man and healer who Russians viewed as corrupt and immoral
Monk that assisted Czar Nicholas's son - Alexi
Term
Czar Nicholas II
Definition
Believed in absolute monarchy
Goes to front - Feb/March Revolution
Leaves Czarina Alexandra (GERMANY) in charge
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Civil War
Definition

Fighting over what gov. should be like

Split into White and Red armies and began civil war

Term
NEP
Definition
(New Economic Policy) Vladimir Lenin's plan to introduce some aspects of capitalism back into the socialist economy in order to improve the economy
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Cheka
Definition
First secret police to take out Red Army
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Karl Marx
Definition
Established basis of Communist ideology
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Proletariat
Definition
Social class composed of common workers in capitalistic society
Term
New Technologies in WWI
Definition
Planes
Chemical warfare
Flame throwers
Battleships
Term
5 Year Plans
Definition
Each factory and mine had production goals set by the state
Did what Stalin hoped - lead to increase in Soviet industrial output
Term
Culture in Conflict
Definition
Culture in a state of transition
People unsure of what was real and fake
Term
Curie
Definition
Atoms were indivisible and not solid
Radioactivity
Term
Einstein
Definition
Unsettling of what they thought they knew
Relativity
Term
Freud
Definition
Why we do things is not even known to us
Psychoanalysis
Term
May 4th Movement
Definition
Protesting the passing of Germany's Chinese territories to Japan
Term
Jiang Jieshi
Definition
(Chiang Kai-Shek) Guomindang leader - went after communists
Term
Long March
Definition
Mao Zedong (tried to rebuild organization) - 6,000 miles to find safe place for communists
Term
Amritsar Massacre
Definition
Indians protested in Armistar
British fired on innocent crowd
Led Indians ro push for British departure
Term
Mohandes K. Gandhi
Definition
Began organizing non-violent resistance
Term
Zionism
Definition
Political movement to create a Jewish holy land in Israel
Term
Israel/Palestine
Definition
Huge population of Jews moved into Israel
Arabs that had control of Israel unhappy about influx of Jews
Term
Maginot Line
Definition
Borderline between France and Germany
(Constructed by France 1929-1936)
Term
New Deal
Definition
Economic measures introduced by FDR to counteract effects of GD
Term
Black Shirts
Definition
Secret police
Term
Ethiopia
Definition
Mussolini invaded because
Wanted second Roman Empire
Revenge on defeating Italy
To outdo HItler
League on nations did nothing because afraid would start another war
Term
Stalin
Definition
Worked to make Soviet Union a totalitarian state
Controlled every aspect of Soviet life to strengthen communism
Term
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Definition
Federation of communist republics that occupied northern half of Asia and part of Eastern Europe
Term
Weimar Republic
Definition
Faced huge reparation costs from TOV, inflation, and high unemployment
Overthrown by Nazi Party
Term
Egypt
Definition
North African Arabs took action to win independence from British
Term
Reichstag Elections of 1932
Definition
Hitler won election as Chancellor
Then appointed as Fuher and dictator of Germany
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Manchuria Incident
Definition
Because Japan wanted materials and land and Legue of Nations does nothing
Term
Sanctions
Definition
Kept trade from certain country for punishment
Term
Appeasement
Definition
Pleasing someone for short period to prevent them from wanting something that would affect you
Words... not actions
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Pacifism
Definition
Being peaceful and non-violent
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Neutrality Acts
Definition
Passed by U.S. to sell weapons to those at war so wouldn't be attacked
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Rhineland
Definition
Land Germany had lost in WWI, but couldn't militarize along France
Term
Anschluss
Definition
No resistance by gov. for fear of war
German troops enter
Term
Munich Conference
Definition
Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy
Hitler wanted Czechoslovakia
Term
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Definition
Divide Poland
Term
Rommel
Definition
Desert Fox
El Alamein
Term
Francisco Franco
Definition
Leader of nationalists in Spanish Civil War
Term
Chamberlain
Definition
Prime Minister of Great Britain 1937 - 1940
Term
Churchill
Definition
Prime Minister after Chamberlain
Iron Curtain
Term
General Hideki
Definition
Military leader Japan
Puppeted Hirohito
Term
Axis
Definition
Germany, Italy, Russia
Term
Allies
Definition
U.S., Great Britain, France, Poland
Term
Reasons for Cold War
Definition
1) Different ideologies (Communism vs. Capitalism)
2) Disagreements during WWII
3) Post-War disagreements (Yalta and Postdam, gov., land)
4) Suspicion (allies, atomic bomb)
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Blitzkrieg of Poland
Definition
September 1, 1939 - start of WWII
Term
Blitz
Definition
Germany raids Britain
Continuously bombing
Britain refused to surrender - Germany gave up
Term
Operation Sea Lion
Definition
Germany's plan to invade Great Britain
Abandoned because would rather invade Russia
Term
Dunkirk
Definition
Allies' military trapped in corner of France
Hitler waited to attack
Troops took boats to England
Term
Lend-Lease Act
Definition
U.S. supplied British
Term
Eisenhower
Definition
After Truman
Term
Oppenheimer
Definition
Jewish scientist that created atomic bomb
Term
Einsatzgruppen
Definition
Mobile killing squads
Term
Gitta Ryle
Definition
Hidden child
Term
Wannsee Conference
Definition
Final Solution established
Term
Liberation
Definition
Freedom
Term
Oskar Schindler
Definition
Saved many Jews
Term
Irena Sendler
Definition
Saved Jewish children
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Yalta
Definition
Churchill, FDR, Stalin
Reach agreement on war
Term
Postdam
Definition
Allied leaders in Germany to address issues of post-war
Term
Soviet Bloc/Satellites
Definition
Communist nations allied with Soviet Union
Term
Iron Curtain
Definition
Imaginary line dividing Communist countries and Western Europe
Term
George Kennan
Definition
Father of containment
Term
Containment Policy
Definition
U.S. preventing spread of communism
Term
Cold War
Definition
Political hostility between countries by use of threats and violent propaganda
Term
Truman Doctrine
Definition
U.S. pick up where Britain left off
Help others fight communism
Term
Marshall Plan
Definition
Millions of dollars to countries to rebuild economy
Term
Warsaw Pact
Definition
Military leadership of Communists under Soviet Union
Term
Berlin Airlift
Definition
American planes helped Russians
Term
Berlin Wall
Definition
Between East and West Berlin by communists
Term
JFK
Definition
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
Term
Reagan
Definition
Sanctions
Arms race
Term
Khrushchev
Definition
Cuban Missile Crisis
Denounced Stalin's methods
Term
Stalin
Definition
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Term
Gorbachev
Definition
Perestroika and Glasnost
Young
Term
Perestroika
Definition
Restructuring
Democratize
Competition Economically
Private Business
Term
Glasnost
Definition
Openness
Term
Truman VS MacArthur
Definition
Truman believed MacArthur going against orders... fired
Term
Hungary
Definition
Khrushchev
Sent in tanks because feared would leave Warsaw Pact
Term
Vietnam
Definition
Domino Theory
Term
Lenin
Definition
Violent revolution necessary
Peace, land, and bread
New flag
Term
Trotsky
Definition
Lenin's right hand man
Exiled by Stalin to Mexico because threat to power
Military power
Term
Germany aggression leading towards WWII
Definition
TOV
Austria Czechoslovakia
Poland
Term
Siege of Leningrad
Definition
Germans surrounded and cut off supplies
Term
Operation Barbarossa
Definition
Conquest of Soviet Union
Term
Conditions in Italy that favored Mussolini
Definition
Restore empire
He adapted to the society with his words
Good political knowledge
Concerned with issues of the people
Term
Results of WWII
Definition
Allies occupy Japan and parts of Europe
UN
U.S. and Soviet Union = superpowers
Term
Why Revolt in March of 1917
Definition
Long term unrest
WWI was disaster
Czarina in charge
Bread riots
Term
Conditions in Oct/Nov for Bolshevik Revolution
Definition

Share power with Soviets

Did not institute land reform

Term
WWI Economic Results
Definition
High costs
Suffering of international trade
Term
WWI Social Results
Definition
Killed/wounded
Influenza
Hated, Intolerance, Nationalism
Term
WWI Political Results
Definition
U.S. as political power
League on Nations
Europe turned to dictatorship
Term
Hitler's Political Policies
Definition
Terror and totalitarian control
Control gov., religion, and education
Term
Hitler's Economic Policies
Definition
Public works
Rearmed military
Preserved capitalism... but controlled business and labor
Term
Hitler's Social Policies
Definition
Reduced women's rights
Rewards for more children
Term
Hitler's Cultural Policies
Definition
Pure culture
Term
Communism VS Fascism
Definition
Communism allows private property
Term
Saddam Hussein
Definition
Dictator of Iraq
Decided to attack Kuwait
Term
Persian Gulf War
Definition
Saddam refused to negotiate with U.S.
...multinational battle
Iraq freed
Kuwait agreed to obey laws on military
Term
Al Qaeda
Definition
Islamist terrorist organization led by Osama Bin Laden
9/11
Term
Osama Bin Laden
Definition
Saw U.S. as enemy
Word-wide Islam revolution required destruction of U.S.
Term
Pan Arabism
Definition
Movement for unification among all Arabs and nations of Middle East
Term
Nasser
Definition
Leader of Egypt
Refused to join Baghdad Pact
Takes control of Suez Canal... seen as hero
Term
OPEC
Definition
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Wanted to
Stabilize oil prices
Eliminate unnecessary competition among oil nations
Be able to bargain for goods prices on world market
Term
Six Day War
Definition
Egypt demands UN troops get out of Gaza and Sinai
Israel worried Egypt going to cut off access to Red Sea
Decides to attack Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
Israel gains Golan Heights, Sinai, Gaza, West Bank
Term
Yom Kippur War
Definition
Goal: get land lost in 1967 back
Syria and Egypt launch war on Jewish holy day and get early victories
Israel rallies with U.S. and cease fire agreed to
Term
Camp David Accords
Definition
Egypt and Israel encourages by Jimmy Carter to meet at Camp David Accords to come up with peace accords
Egypt becomes first Arab country to recognize Israel
Term
Ayatollah Khomeini
Definition
Iranian Shiite Muslim leader
Returned from exile to lead Islamic revolution that overthrew Shah
Established Iran as fundamentalist Islamic republic
Pursued Iran-Iraq war
Term
Great Leap Forward
Definition
Failure due to weather, attitude, and famine
GLF program introduced by Mao Zedong (agricultural and industrial growth)
Communes and collectives formeed
Term
Cultural Revolution
Definition
Rid China of all old ways
Establish peasant and labor force as ideal
Eliminate intellectual groups
Term
Red Guards
Definition
Military guards who enforced revolution
Kill anyone who doubted Mao
Term
Deng Xiaoping
Definition
Replaces Mao
Four modernizations
1) agriculture
2) industry
3) science/tech
4) military
Term
Tiananmen Square
Definition
Encouraged and inspired economic freedom
People wanted political freedom
Demanded more civil liberties
Gov. sent tanks and killed thousands
Term
Muhammad Ali Jinna
Definition
Leads Muslim League's push for idea of partition
Term
Partition
Definition
Britain declares two independent nations of Pakistan
Muslim East
West Pakistan
Hindu India
Millions move to different partitioned areas to be with their people
Term
Nehru
Definition
Leader of India
Pushes for social and economic reforms
Promotes women's causes
Help poor
Elimination of caste system
Stays out of Cold War
Pushes for science and technological change in agriculture and business
Term
Gandhi
Definition
Non-violent "Quit India" effort
Term
Apartheid
Definition
South African gov.'s policy of legalized segregation
Term
Nelson Mandela
Definition
Won first democratic elections in South Africa
Term
Rwanda
Definition
Tensions between Hutu and Tutsi led to massacre
Term
Hutu
Definition
Member of Bantu-speaking people
Formed majority of population in Rwanda and Burundi
Term
Tutski
Definition
Member of people forming minority of population of Rwanda and Burundi
Term
Desertification
Definition
Expansion of desert like conditions
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