Chapter 15 Flashcards

1
Q

Offered startling new ideas on space, time, energy, and matter, he was a scientist

A

Albert Einstein

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Since relative motion is key to Einstein’s idea it is called the

A

Theory of relativity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

An Austrian physician, were revolutionary as Einstein’s. He treated patients with psychological problems

A

Sigmund Freud

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

In their search for meaning in an uncertain world, some thinkers turned to the philosophy know as

A

Existentialism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The existentialists has been influenced by the German philosopher

A

Friedrich Nietzsche

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

An art movement that sought to link the world of dreams with real life

A

Surrealism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

A new popular musical style, came out of the United States

A

Jazz

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Captured world attention with a 33-hour solo flight from New York to Paris

A

Charles Lindbergh

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

A government controlled by a temporary alliance of several political parties

A

Coalition government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The republic that was established in Germany in 1919 and ended in 1933

A

Weimar Republic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The severe economic slump that followed the collapse of the US stock market in 1929

A

Great Depression

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

The first presidential election after the depression had begun, US voters elected _____

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Roosevelt immediately began a program of reform that he called the _______

A

New deal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one party rule

A

Fascism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

A newspaper editor and politician named ____ boldly promised to recuse Italy by reviving its economy and rebuilding its armed forces

A

Benito Mussolini

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

A little known political leader whose early like had been marked by disappointment

A

Adolf hitler

17
Q

The fascist policies of the national socialist Herman workers party based on Totalitarianism, a belief in racial superiority, and state control of industry

A

Nazism

18
Q

While in jail hitler wrote ____ this book set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany

A

Mein kampf

19
Q

Hitter also declared that Germany was overcrowded and needed more _____ or living space

A

Lebensraum

20
Q

Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace

A

Appeasement appeasement

21
Q

Germany made an agreement with Japan. Germany, Italy, and Japan came to be called the ______

A

Axis powers

22
Q

Army leaders, favoring a fascist style government jones general _______ in a revolt

A

Francisco Franco

23
Q

The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided —

A

Isolationism

24
Q

Hitler announced to bis advisers bis plans to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the ______ or German Empire

A

Third Reich

25
Q

A meeting held on September 29, 1938 with representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britian and France agreed to allow nazi germany to annex part of

A

Munich Conference