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Unit 7 Flashcards

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Turkification:

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Policy aimed at promoting Turkish culture and identity.

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Bolshevik:

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Member of the radical wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party.

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Communists:

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Advocates for the establishment of a classless society.

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Young Turks:

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Political reform movement in the early 20th century Ottoman Empire.

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Mexican Revolution:

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Decade-long armed struggle for social and political change in Mexico.

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Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI):

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Dominant political party in Mexico for most of the 20th century.

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Sun Yat-sen:

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Chinese revolutionary and first president of the Republic of China.

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Kemal Ataturk:

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Founding father of the Republic of Turkey.

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Porfirio Diaz:

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President of Mexico known for his dictatorial rule.

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Francisco Madero:

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Leader of the Mexican Revolution and President of Mexico.

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Francisco “Pancho” Villa:

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Prominent Mexican Revolutionary general.

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Emiliano Zapata:

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Leader of the agrarian movement during the Mexican Revolution.

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The Great War:

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Alternative name for World War I.

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Gavrilo Princip:

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Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, triggering World War I.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand:

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Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination sparked WWI.

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Triple Entente:

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Alliance between Britain, France, and Russia before WWI.

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Triple Alliance:

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Pre-WWI alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

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Central Powers:

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WWI coalition including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

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Black Hand (Serbia):

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Secret society responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Militarism:

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Policy of glorifying military power and maintaining a strong military.

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Self-determination:

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Right of a people to decide their own political status.

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Conscription:

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Mandatory enlistment for military service.

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Stalemate:

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Situation in which neither side in a conflict can make significant gains.

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Propaganda:

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Information, often biased or misleading, used to promote a particular political cause.

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Reparations:

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Payments made by defeated countries to compensate for war damages.

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Lusitania:

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British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat during WWI.

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Zimmerman Telegram:

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German proposal to Mexico to join WWI against the United States.

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Total war:

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Warfare that involves all aspects of society and economy.

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ANZAC:

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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

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Gallipoli Campaign (battle):

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WWI campaign fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

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Paris Peace Conference:

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Meeting to establish peace terms after WWI.

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The Big Four:

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Leaders of the major Allied powers at the Paris Peace Conference.

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Woodrow Wilson:

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President of the United States during WWI and creator of the Fourteen Points.

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David Lloyd George:

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British Prime Minister during WWI.

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Georges Clemenceau:

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French Prime Minister during WWI.

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Vittorio Orlando:

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Italian Prime Minister during WWI.

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Fourteen Points:

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Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI.

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League of Nations:

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International organization established after WWI to promote peace.

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Treaty of Versailles:

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Peace treaty that ended WWI.

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Weimar Republic:

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Democratic government established in Germany after WWI.

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Trench warfare:

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Military strategy involving fighting from trenches.

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U-boat:

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German submarine used during WWI and WWII.

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Deficit spending:

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Government spending in excess of revenue.

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John Maynard Keynes:

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Economist known for his ideas on government intervention in the economy.

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Collectivize:

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To bring under collective ownership or control.

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Kolkhoz:

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Soviet collective farm.

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Great Depression:

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Severe economic downturn in the 1930s.

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New Deal:

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Series of programs and policies implemented by FDR to combat the Great Depression.

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New Economic Plan (NEP):

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Soviet economic policy of the 1920s.

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Five-Year Plan:

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Soviet economic plans aimed at rapid industrialization.

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Russian Civil War:

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Conflict fought between the Red Army and the White Army.

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Spanish Civil War:

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Conflict between Republicans and Nationalists in Spain.

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Politburo:

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Central policymaking and governing body of the Communist Party.

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Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI):

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Dominant political party in Mexico for most of the 20th century.

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Fascism:

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Authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power.

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Totalitarian state:

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Government with total control over all aspects of public and private life.

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Popular Front:

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Coalition of leftist parties against fascism.

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Nationalists (Spain):

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Faction in the Spanish Civil War led by Francisco Franco.

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Republicans/Loyalists (Spain):

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Faction in the Spanish Civil War opposed to Franco’s Nationalists.

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Luftwaffe:

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German Air Force during WWII.

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Soviet Union/Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R):

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Communist state in Eurasia.

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Italian Somaliland:

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Former Italian colony in East Africa.

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Spanish Republic:

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Government of Spain before the Spanish Civil War.

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Hypernationalism:

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Extreme nationalism.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

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President of the United States during the Great Depression and WWII.

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Francisco Franco:

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Dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975

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Gulag:

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System of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union.

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PEMEX:

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Mexican state-owned petroleum company.

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Decolonization:

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Process of undoing colonialism.

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Mandate system:

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League of Nations system for administering former Ottoman territories.

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Balfour Declaration:

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British statement supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

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Civil disobedience:

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Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws.

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Big Three:

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Allied leaders during WWII - Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin.

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Mohandas Gandhi:

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Leader of the Indian independence movement.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah:

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Founder of Pakistan.

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Jawaharlal Nehru:

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First Prime Minister of independent India.

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Mao Zedong:

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Founding father of the People’s Republic of China.

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Chiang Kai-shek:

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Leader of the Nationalist government in China.

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Pan-Arabism:

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Movement promoting unity among Arab peoples.

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Indian National Congress:

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Political party that led the Indian independence movement.

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Satyagraha (devotion-to-truth) movement:

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Nonviolent resistance movement led by Gandhi.

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Salt March:

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Nonviolent protest against British salt tax led by Gandhi.

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March Fist Movement:

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Chinese anti-imperialist and anti-feudalism movement.

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May Fourth Movement:

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Chinese cultural and political movement.

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Chinese Communist Party (CCP):

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Ruling party of China, led by Mao Zedong.

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Long March:

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Retreat of the CCP during the Chinese Civil War.

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Palestine:

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Region in the Middle East with significant geopolitical significance.

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Pakistan:

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South Asian country established in 1947.

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Amritsar Massacre:

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Mass killing of unarmed Indian civilians by British troops in 1919.

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Manchukuo:

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Puppet state in Northeast China controlled by Japan.

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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere:

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Japanese imperialist concept during WWII.

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Mahatma:

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Honorific title for Gandhi, meaning “great soul”.

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Jomo Kenyatta:

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First President of Kenya.

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Leopold Sedar Senghor:

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First President of Senegal.

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Adolf Hitler:

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Leader of the Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany.

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Neville Chamberlain:

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British Prime Minister known for his policy of appeasement.

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Sudetenland:

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Region of Czechoslovakia claimed by Germany.

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Nuremberg Laws:

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Anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany.

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Anschluss:

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Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.

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Munich Agreement:

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Pact between Britain, France, Germany, and Italy allowing Germany to annex Sudetenland.

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Rome-Berlin Axis:

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Alliance between Italy and Germany during WWII.

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Anti-Comintern Pact:

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Agreement between Germany and Japan against the Comintern.

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Axis Powers:

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WWII coalition including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact:

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Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union before WWII.

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Nazis:

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Members of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.

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Third Reich:

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Nazi regime under Hitler, 1933-1945.

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Appeasement:

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Policy of making concessions to avoid conflict.

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Lend-Lease Act:

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U.S. program providing aid to Allied nations during WWII.

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Battle of Britain:

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WWII aerial battle between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe.

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Siege of Leningrad:

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Prolonged military blockade by German and Finnish forces during WWII.

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Pearl Harbor:

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Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii, December 7, 1941.

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Battle of Stalingrad:

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Major WWII battle between German and Soviet forces.

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Battle of the Coral Sea:

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Naval battle fought in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

114
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Battle of Midway Island:

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Turning point naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII.

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Guadalcanal:

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Major WWII battle in the Pacific Theater.

116
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Island-hopping:

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Military strategy employed by Allied forces in the Pacific Theater.

117
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D-Day:

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Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

118
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Battle of the Bulge:

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Major WWII battle in the Ardennes region of Belgium.

119
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V-E Day:

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Victory in Europe Day, marking the end of WWII in Europe.

120
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Hiroshima:

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Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. in WWII.

121
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Nagasaki:

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Japanese city where the second atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. in WWII.

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V-J Day:

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Victory over Japan Day, marking the end of WWII.

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Nonaggression Pact (WWII):

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Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union not to attack each other.

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Atlantic Charter:

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Joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941 outlining their goals for the post-war world.

125
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Winston Churchill:

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII.

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Douglas MacArthur:

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American general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

127
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Blitzkrieg:

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Lightning warfare, a military strategy employed by Germany in WWII.

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Aircraft carrier:

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Warship designed to carry and launch aircraft.

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Armistice Day:

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November 11, 1918, marking the end of WWI.

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Bombing of Dresden:

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WWII bombing raid by Allied forces on the German city of Dresden.

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Genocide:

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Deliberate extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

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Armenians:

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Ethnic group targeted for genocide by the Ottoman Empire during WWI.

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Tutsis:

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Ethnic group targeted for genocide in Rwanda in 1994.

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Hutus:

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Ethnic group involved in the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda.

135
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Balkanization:

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Process of fragmentation or division of a region into smaller regions.

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Omar al-Bashir:

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Former President of Sudan indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity.

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The Lost Generation:

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Term referring to the generation of writers who came of age during WWI.

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