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FINAL Flashcards

1
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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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5
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mobilize

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to prepare a military for war

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6
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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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9
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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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11
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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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12
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russo japanese war

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war againest the japanese, and japs won

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13
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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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15
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communism in china

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maos communist party, revolutionary ideas creating the peoples government

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16
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indian national congress

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hindu party

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17
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muslim league

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muslim party

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18
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passive resistance

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something without violence to prove points

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19
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creation of india and pakistan 1948

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created for the muslims

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20
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chiang kai shek- nationalists

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takes over china to make it a democracy

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21
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where did japanese invasion on china

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manchuria

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22
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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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24
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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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25
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anti semitism

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prejudice againest jews

26
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coalition gov’t

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goverment with various together involvedly parties

27
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japans reasons for going to war

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try to keep us out of war (tripatritle act) invaded korea

28
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battle of britian

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hitlers first loss

29
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battle of midway

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the last attack the us needed to get into japan

30
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battle of stalingrad

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ussr stopping the advancement into germany

31
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battle of dunkirk

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miracle

32
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battle of norway

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hitler gains access to eastern europe

33
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pearl harbor

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december 7th, 1941 surprise attack on us military base

34
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emperor hirohito

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japanese during wwii, wouldn’t allow anyone to surrender

35
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dday

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june 6th, 1944, operation overload, stormed the beaches of france, major loss for the us, except we eventually got to pris

36
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suez canal

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between britian and the middle east

37
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theaters of war

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pacific, european, north african

38
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himmler

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third reich leader, killed over 6m. people, ‘germanized’ people

39
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how did the policies of the two superpower dictate foreign policy

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soviet union fighting to spread communism, and american wanted to end it

40
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arms race

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hydrogen bombs, and technology- put a strain on the su

41
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space race

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first to do anything in space, 1957-1969, sputnik october 4th, 1957

42
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berlin airlift

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when berlin was blocked out , used airplanes to fly in their necessitates

43
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cuban missile crisis

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14 days of endless nuclear warfare, a secret buildup

44
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warsaw pact

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communist, a powerful alliance, made againest the nato

45
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nato

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democracy, a powerful alliance within most of europe and the us

46
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iron curtain

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dividing east and west europe, physical and ideological conflict

47
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satellite nations

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poland, czechs, all of su’s controlled nations

48
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nuremberg trials

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major war criminals, international military for crimes againest humanity

49
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fall of the berlin wall

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reunited germany, november 11 1989

50
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fall of communism

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us helped drive out the su, 1991 soviet union collapses and eastern countries are freed and warsaw is dissolved

51
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why did mao split contact with su

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mao wanted their own communist country, and not to be involved with the su

52
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korea

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north was communist, full of nuclear weapons and controlling government

53
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cambodia

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japanese territory

54
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collectivization

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to reduce power to peasents

55
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great leap forward

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attempt to better their agricultural status

56
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pol pot

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guy who created various genocides, communist leader

57
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ho chi minh

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leader of vietnam whom brought over the idea of communism

58
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north korea

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communism, concentration camps, and isolation

59
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end of imperialism in north africa

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colonies wanted their indepence and rebelled againest mother countries

60
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colonialism in north africa leaving them with

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poor people and apartheid

61
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apartheid

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not wanting outsiders, and decreasing the rights the outsiders had.. segeration, literally means seperateness

62
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nelson mandela

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exiled for breaking the apartheid, used rugby to win over the country. first black president in south africa, and builded democracy in south africa

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