chapter 12 and 13 Flashcards
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Ottoman officer and hero who helped create the modern Turkish nation-state.
Bolsheviks
Russian Social Democratic Party who advocated the destruction of capitalism.
Chiang Kai-shek
Leader of Guomindang who mobilized the Chinese masses through the New Life movement.
fascism
leader was followed by a mass party and supported by elites and churches and government institutions.
Gandhi
Indian leader who led noviolence for India’s independence from Britain
great depression
worldwide depression from stock market crash 1929
great war world war 1 (1914-1918)
War involving britain, france, russia vs germany, austria, and ottoman empire. us joined the allies in 1918
adolf hitler
german dictator of nazi party who started world war 2 in europe and started the holocaust
benito mussolini
italian dictator and allied italy with germany and japan.
joseph stalin
leader of communist party and soviet union; sought to create socialism
fidel castro
cuban communist leader who became radical as he consolidated power
cold war
rivalry between soviet union and united states but no military conflict happened
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Agency founded in 1944 to help restore financial order in Europe and rest of world
Mao Zedong
chinese communist leader
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
International organization set up in 1949 to provide defense of western European countries