Final #4 Flashcards
What is cosmopolitanism?
Typically the ideas and institutions within a society that allow for cooperation in the face of conflict.
What is Exclusivism?
“Otherness” is promoted for anyone not conforming to the common ideal whether that is ethno-racial, political, religious or some other characteristic. The intention is to actively exclude the “other.”
What was another name for WWI?
The Great War
When was WWI?
1914-1918
How many casualties were in WWI?
15 million from war and triple that from genocides
What was the “cause” of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 18, 1914
What are Kaiser and Tsar names for?
Caesar
Russia had serfs. What are serfs?
A combination of slave and peasant (tied to the land)
What is one thing that Russia will always need?
Warm Water
In the east Russia had…
The Black Sea Port
How did Russia gain a port in the west?
China leased Port Arthur and started building railroads to connect their new port to their existing Railroads in russsia
What areas did Japan want to acquire?
Korea and Manchuria
Why couldn’t Japan have Manchuria?
Russia was in Manchuria and wanted Korea
When was the Russo-Japanese War?
1904-1905 Japan won
Who were the Triple Entente?
France, Britain, Russia (The Allies)
Who were the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy (The Central Powers)
When was Chemical Warfare outlawed?
In 1925 at the Geneva Protocols
What was the Selective Service Act in 1917?
The Draft where they raised 2.5 million troops
When did WWI end?
November 11, 1918
What did women do in WWI?
They filled in manufacturing and agricultural roles and on the warfront, served as nurses, doctors, translators and ambulance drivers, but also as switchboard operators and even Navy Yeoman (in the US).
Armistice=Treaty. True or False?
False
Who had a speech outlining 14 points for world peace which included the returning of all territories, soverignity to be respected, and free travel and trade?
Woodrow Wilson
When was the Treaty of Versille signed?
1919 June
When was the League fo Nations formed?
Jan. 1920
What happened w/China after WWI.
Their territory was given to Japan which angered them and especially a Chinese activist named Mao Zedong
What are mandates?
When another power (usually the Europeans) takes control of a territory or nation and agrees to look after it.
In the Levant, what did France get?
Syria and Lebanon
After WWI Britain got…
Palestine and territory in Iraq and Africa
What was one big effect of WWI?
Turkey
What was the holocaust before the holocaust?
Armenia
What was Ethnic nationalism?
The concept of nationalism and a people continued to play a role in geopolitics.
Who governed the Otooman Empire?
The turks
What deal did the Arabs make with the Allies?
The allies then made a deal with Arab leader Hussein bin Ali and promised him Arab independence if he led a revolt against the Ottoman on their southern front. He agreed, and did so with the help of a British Intelligence officer named Thomas Edward Lawrence.
Did the British and French uphold their deal w/the Arab?
No
What agreement did the Allies and Arab sign?
Sykes-Picot agreement in 1915/6
What happened during the Interwar Period?
- It produced several sociocultural changed that did have some positive effects
- 1920 saw women in America get the right to vote
- Rise of Jazz
- Prosperity
- Signed Geneva Protocol in 1925 banning chemical and biological weapons
Why did the U.S. raise tarriffs?
B/c the stock market crashed, b/c of overusage of credit, bacnk closures, unemployment, and not help from the government
What is Fundamentalism?
A reaction to the “modern” world.
How does a fundamentalist look at the world?
- The modern world has done astray due to the corruption of the original principles or fundamentals of the society, religion, etc.
What does fundamentalist think their job is?
To purify the corruption and restore the society or religion to its original state