FINAL Flashcards

(62 cards)

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triple alliance

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germany, austria-hungry, and italy

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triple entente

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america, uk, france

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western front and eastern front

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france- west, russia-east

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new nations created from wwi

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czeschsolvika, poland, persia, ireland, uthwania

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mobilize

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to prepare a military for war

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ultimatium

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a/h response to joining units with serbia

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u-boats

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submarines used to sink ships

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propaganda

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a display viewed to promote a cause

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stalemate

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noone is currently winning

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armistice

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an agreement to end all fighting

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end of romanov rule

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after feb 1917 rev the family was placed under house arrest

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russo japanese war

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war againest the japanese, and japs won

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bolsheviks

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communist party of russia

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5 year plan

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list of economic plans for the ussr under stalin

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communism in china

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maos communist party, revolutionary ideas creating the peoples government

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indian national congress

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hindu party

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muslim league

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muslim party

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passive resistance

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something without violence to prove points

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creation of india and pakistan 1948

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created for the muslims

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chiang kai shek- nationalists

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takes over china to make it a democracy

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where did japanese invasion on china

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manchuria

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ottoman empire

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collapsed, turkey became it’s own country, france and uk claimed various colonies

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three main reasons, great depression

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stock market, hyperinflation, created a bad economey because of uk, germ, fran

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dust bowl

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food shortages, and lack of water- a time in period when dust clouds would hover and rain wouldn’t fall

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anti semitism
prejudice againest jews
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coalition gov't
goverment with various together involvedly parties
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japans reasons for going to war
try to keep us out of war (tripatritle act) invaded korea
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battle of britian
hitlers first loss
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battle of midway
the last attack the us needed to get into japan
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battle of stalingrad
ussr stopping the advancement into germany
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battle of dunkirk
miracle
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battle of norway
hitler gains access to eastern europe
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pearl harbor
december 7th, 1941 surprise attack on us military base
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emperor hirohito
japanese during wwii, wouldn't allow anyone to surrender
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dday
june 6th, 1944, operation overload, stormed the beaches of france, major loss for the us, except we eventually got to pris
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suez canal
between britian and the middle east
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theaters of war
pacific, european, north african
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himmler
third reich leader, killed over 6m. people, 'germanized' people
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how did the policies of the two superpower dictate foreign policy
soviet union fighting to spread communism, and american wanted to end it
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arms race
hydrogen bombs, and technology- put a strain on the su
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space race
first to do anything in space, 1957-1969, sputnik october 4th, 1957
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berlin airlift
when berlin was blocked out , used airplanes to fly in their necessitates
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cuban missile crisis
14 days of endless nuclear warfare, a secret buildup
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warsaw pact
communist, a powerful alliance, made againest the nato
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nato
democracy, a powerful alliance within most of europe and the us
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iron curtain
dividing east and west europe, physical and ideological conflict
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satellite nations
poland, czechs, all of su's controlled nations
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nuremberg trials
major war criminals, international military for crimes againest humanity
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fall of the berlin wall
reunited germany, november 11 1989
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fall of communism
us helped drive out the su, 1991 soviet union collapses and eastern countries are freed and warsaw is dissolved
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why did mao split contact with su
mao wanted their own communist country, and not to be involved with the su
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korea
north was communist, full of nuclear weapons and controlling government
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cambodia
japanese territory
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collectivization
to reduce power to peasents
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great leap forward
attempt to better their agricultural status
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pol pot
guy who created various genocides, communist leader
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ho chi minh
leader of vietnam whom brought over the idea of communism
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north korea
communism, concentration camps, and isolation
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end of imperialism in north africa
colonies wanted their indepence and rebelled againest mother countries
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colonialism in north africa leaving them with
poor people and apartheid
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apartheid
not wanting outsiders, and decreasing the rights the outsiders had.. segeration, literally means seperateness
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nelson mandela
exiled for breaking the apartheid, used rugby to win over the country. first black president in south africa, and builded democracy in south africa