Final

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

term for western strive for political and economic dominance in the 19th and 20th centuries, contributed to world war I

Question 2

Boer War

Answer 2

dispute surrounding territory in south Africa between the boers (dutch sttlers) and the british, many south Africans were negatively effected , TURN OFF to imperlialism

Question 3

Dreyfus Affair

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occurred 1894 in France, French monarchial officers accused Dreyfus, a Jewish captain, of selling German secrets and given life sentence at devils island , major contributing factor to separation of church and state in France

Question 4

Suffragettes

Answer 4

Women in the early 20th century devoted to obtaining women’s rights, Emmeline Pankhurst women’s social and political union, violent and peaceful tactics, in 1928 all women 21 and over got the right to vote in the UK

Question 5

White Man’s Burden

Answer 5

a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling, spoke to the Eurocentric idea that proper white civilization had a responsibility to help uncivilized nations, became a current phrase in the controversy over American acquisition of the phillipenes after the Spanish American war

Question 6

Schlieffen Plan

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German attack plan calling for two front war against France and Russia, played a role in WWI as it is one of the plans that got set into motion after the assassination of archduke

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles

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peace treaty at end of WWI, ended state of war between Germany and allied powers, forced Germany to accept responsibility, lost land and forced to be financially responsible

Question 8

Weimar Republic

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republic democracy established in Germany in 1919 to replace imperial form of government, Weimar republic succeeded until economic downfall in 1930-1933 parralleled with the American depression, people were rioting and Weimar lost credibility, hitler became chancellor then gg…

Question 9

Easter Rising

Answer 9

uprising led by irish rebpublicans in hope of ending british rule in Ireland and establishing irush republic while british were engaged in WWI, led to republican getting popular in irish politics, irish republic established in 1919 led to irish war of independence

Question 10

Micheal Collins

Answer 10

leader of the IRA, irish republic army, associated with winning the irish war of independence

Question 11

Totalitarianism

Answer 11

political system state holds authority over the society and all individual freedom, controlling all aspects of of individuals life to authority of the government, describes hitler, stalin, mussolonia and the Italian fascist party.

Question 12

Joseph Stalin

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leader of soviet communist party, won complete control of party, ruled as dictator for thirty years, Stalin’s insisted on domination of Eastern Europe , viewed in the west as moves towards world domination.. COLD WAR

Question 13

Fascism

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system of government with strict economic and social control, strong centralized government usually led by dictator first found in Italy by Mussolini

Question 14

Spanish Civil War

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rebellion in Spain led by general Francisco franco,, Spanish republicans vs nationalists led by franco , franco became leader of nationalist government

Question 15

Mein Kampf

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a book written by hitler. Set forward his goals and beliefs for Germany, pitted blame of jews for state of economy and loss , Germany as superior race

Question 16

Sudetenland

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piece of land south of Czechoslovakia; hitler wanted it to help him take over Czech, obtained in the munich agreement

Question 17

Dunkirk

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city in northern france, in ww2 many allied troops had to evacuate from the beaches of Dunkirk in desperate retreat under relentless enemy fire

Question 18

Pacific Theater

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a major theater of war between the allies and japan during ww2, many military campaigns in the pacific took place

Question 19

D-Day Invasion

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Allied forces launched attack to get foothold in western Europe, battle known as battle of normany, gave war for allied forces liberation of all of western Europe

Question 20

Hiroshima

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atomic bombs dropped on japan by U.S., sought to end the pacific war and end threat of Japanese force, wanted to avoid japenese fight to the death tactics, many japenese died from bombs

Question 21

Holocaust

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nazi program of exterminating jews under hitler, occurred during WW2, loss of many lives

Question 22

The Iron Curtain

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the term was coined by Winston Churchill soon after world war 2 to describe soviet union plans being set in motion for power over Europe, idealized conflict and physical boundary diving area of east side ( soviet control), and west side (independent countries and alliances )

Question 23

NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty of collective defense in response to any external party , alliance developed concrete military plans, fight against communism

Question 24

Nikita Khrushchev

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let the soviet union during the height of the cold war, largely persud peaceful coexistence with west, instigated Cuban missile crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida

Question 25

Berlin Wall

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wall built by German democratic republic that completely cut off west berlin from surrounding east Germany and from east berlin, prevent migration of east to west, became powerful symbolic division of eastern and western Europe

Question 26

Mao Zedong

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man who became leader of Chinese communist party, remained leader until his death, he declared people’s republic of china in 1940, devoted to supporting peasants

Question 27

Korean War

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war fought on Korean peninsula, started by communist north korea against democratic south korea, UN and US sent forces to support south korea to unify korea into one democratic nation, prompted china to support north korea, ended in stale mate

Question 28

India(1947)

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India gains their independence, ghandi had organized people against Britain after their empty promise for indian self government, nonviolent quit india campaign, years of anti british demonstrations

Question 29

Mau Mau Uprising

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military conflict took place in british Kenya, Kenyans wanted political and economic rights, peaceful at first resorted to violence, biritsh took control with military force, loss ability to say Kenyans were happy under british control

Question 30

Apartheid

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system of racial segregation in south Africa, segregation and economical/political domination for whites

Question 31

Iranian Coup 1953

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international reaction to oil nationalization, Iranian government with support of U.S. government overthrows Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstates Shah of Iran. Iran remained solid cold war ally of the U.S. until revolution ended sha’s rule.

Question 32

Balfour Declaration

Answer 32

letter written by british government stating intention in declaring jewish state in middle eas/supporting arabs. Led to false hope among both jews and arabs, many jews immigrated to Palestine, led to confusion and conflict.

Question 33

Ho Chi Minh

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Vietnamese communist leader, sought to unite north and south Vietnam under one communist nation, led north in Vietnamese war.

Question 34

Cuban Missile Crisis

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after soviet union installed nuclear soviet missles in cuba, U.S. made it clear they were prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize the perceived threat, many feared the world was on brink of nuclear war, 13 day political and military stand off

Question 35

Jan Palac & Jan Zajic

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killed themselves via setting themselves on fire in political protest against the end of the prague spring, resulted from invasion of Czechoslovakia by warsaw pact, martyr against communism

Question 36

Blowin’ in the Wind

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song by bob Dylan, recorded and released in the early 1960s , representative of the anti war and peace protests in the 60s, anger towards Vietnam war, ect

Question 37

Nicolae Ceausescu

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Communist dictator in Romania, combined Stalinist brutality with independence from Moscow, defeated people in protest protestors

Question 38

Mikhail Gorbachev

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USSR ruler after 1985, brought end to cold war and domestic policy introduced major reforms glasnost (openness) perestroika (restructuring)

Question 39

Perestroika

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policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev involved restructuring of social and economic statues quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

Question 40

Velvet Revolution

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a peaceful protest by the Czech people. It led to the smooth end of communism on Czechoslovakia.

Question 41

Fall of Communism

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series of events between 1989 and 1991 led ot the fall of communist regimes in eastern Europe and the soviet union, demands for reform spread all over Germany

Question 42

Reunification of Germany

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after harsh pressure for east Germany to re-open their borders during the fall of communism, they re-opened them and tore down the berlin wall there is was widespread desire for reunification and eventual elections made impossible for the unification of west and east Germany.

Question 43

Vladimir Putin

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elected president of Russia in 2000, reforms aimed at boosting Russian economic growth,

Question 44

Bosnian War

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armed conflict took place in Bosnia in 1992, ethnic rooted war that resulted from breakup of Yugoslavia after the cold war. Western countries + NATO came in to cease fire the war

Question 45

Siege of Sarajevo

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longest siege of capital city in modern warfare, Sarajevo besieged by forces of Yugoslav people’s army

Question 46

OPEC

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organization of petroleum exporting countries, controls middle eastern natural resource. Members of OPEC are middle eastern countries such as Iraq and iran

Question 47

September 11th

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series of attacks to world trade center by Islamic terrorist group, osama bin laden took responsibility for attacks and triggered U.S. to start war with Afghanistan,

Question 48

Globalization

Answer 48

process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views products ideas and other aspects of culture