chapter 12 and 13 Flashcards

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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Ottoman officer and hero who helped create the modern Turkish nation-state.

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Bolsheviks

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Russian Social Democratic Party who advocated the destruction of capitalism.

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Chiang Kai-shek

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Leader of Guomindang who mobilized the Chinese masses through the New Life movement.

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fascism

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leader was followed by a mass party and supported by elites and churches and government institutions.

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Gandhi

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Indian leader who led noviolence for India’s independence from Britain

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great depression

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worldwide depression from stock market crash 1929

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great war world war 1 (1914-1918)

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War involving britain, france, russia vs germany, austria, and ottoman empire. us joined the allies in 1918

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adolf hitler

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german dictator of nazi party who started world war 2 in europe and started the holocaust

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benito mussolini

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italian dictator and allied italy with germany and japan.

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joseph stalin

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leader of communist party and soviet union; sought to create socialism

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fidel castro

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cuban communist leader who became radical as he consolidated power

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12
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cold war

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rivalry between soviet union and united states but no military conflict happened

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13
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Agency founded in 1944 to help restore financial order in Europe and rest of world

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Mao Zedong

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chinese communist leader

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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International organization set up in 1949 to provide defense of western European countries

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Third World

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term used for nations like asia, latin america, and africa

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world bank

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international agency made to provide economic assistance to war- torn and poor countries