MIDTERM REVIEW Flashcards
(11 cards)
Seventy years ago this month in Munich, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamber- lain, signed a document that allowed Germany to grab a large chunk of Czechoslovakia. The so-called “Munich Agreement” would come to be seen as an abject [despicable] betrayal of what Chamberlain termed “a faraway country of which we know little.” But that was not what many people thought at the time
Ian Buruma, “The Wrong Lesson of Munich, September 8, 2008
Which policy is most closely associated with the historical episode that is described in this passage?
containment
the gap in the bridge is apart of what war?
world war 1
The Allied governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed on them by the aggression of Germany.
Some people believe the terms found in this document planted the seeds for
world war 2
The Allied governments affirm, and Germany accepts, the responsibility for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed on them by the aggression of Germany.
The passage above first appeared in which historic document?
Treaty of Versailles
According to Lenin, what is the goal of the Bolshevik Revolution?
a Soviet government controlled by the proletariat (working class people)
NOTES- The gap in the bridge indicates without America the bridge would collapse (World War 1)
NOTE-Nicholas II- czar of Russia , Wilhelm- German Emperor
NOTE- Nicholas II hopes the use of diplomacy could prevent war
NOTE- Peral Harbor was a Suprise military strike by the empire of Japan.
What was the Treaty of Versailles??
A peace treaty signed by Germany and Allied Nations, which ended World War 1.
What was the Peral Harbor?
A suprise military strike by the empire of Japan
describe conditions in russia under the tsars.
horrendous living and working conditions.
