FINAL Flashcards
triple alliance
germany, austria-hungry, and italy
triple entente
america, uk, france
western front and eastern front
france- west, russia-east
new nations created from wwi
czeschsolvika, poland, persia, ireland, uthwania
mobilize
to prepare a military for war
ultimatium
a/h response to joining units with serbia
u-boats
submarines used to sink ships
propaganda
a display viewed to promote a cause
stalemate
noone is currently winning
armistice
an agreement to end all fighting
end of romanov rule
after feb 1917 rev the family was placed under house arrest
russo japanese war
war againest the japanese, and japs won
bolsheviks
communist party of russia
5 year plan
list of economic plans for the ussr under stalin
communism in china
maos communist party, revolutionary ideas creating the peoples government
indian national congress
hindu party
muslim league
muslim party
passive resistance
something without violence to prove points
creation of india and pakistan 1948
created for the muslims
chiang kai shek- nationalists
takes over china to make it a democracy
where did japanese invasion on china
manchuria
ottoman empire
collapsed, turkey became it’s own country, france and uk claimed various colonies
three main reasons, great depression
stock market, hyperinflation, created a bad economey because of uk, germ, fran
dust bowl
food shortages, and lack of water- a time in period when dust clouds would hover and rain wouldn’t fall
anti semitism
prejudice againest jews
coalition gov’t
goverment with various together involvedly parties
japans reasons for going to war
try to keep us out of war (tripatritle act) invaded korea
battle of britian
hitlers first loss
battle of midway
the last attack the us needed to get into japan
battle of stalingrad
ussr stopping the advancement into germany
battle of dunkirk
miracle
battle of norway
hitler gains access to eastern europe
pearl harbor
december 7th, 1941 surprise attack on us military base
emperor hirohito
japanese during wwii, wouldn’t allow anyone to surrender
dday
june 6th, 1944, operation overload, stormed the beaches of france, major loss for the us, except we eventually got to pris
suez canal
between britian and the middle east
theaters of war
pacific, european, north african
himmler
third reich leader, killed over 6m. people, ‘germanized’ people
how did the policies of the two superpower dictate foreign policy
soviet union fighting to spread communism, and american wanted to end it
arms race
hydrogen bombs, and technology- put a strain on the su
space race
first to do anything in space, 1957-1969, sputnik october 4th, 1957
berlin airlift
when berlin was blocked out , used airplanes to fly in their necessitates
cuban missile crisis
14 days of endless nuclear warfare, a secret buildup
warsaw pact
communist, a powerful alliance, made againest the nato
nato
democracy, a powerful alliance within most of europe and the us
iron curtain
dividing east and west europe, physical and ideological conflict
satellite nations
poland, czechs, all of su’s controlled nations
nuremberg trials
major war criminals, international military for crimes againest humanity
fall of the berlin wall
reunited germany, november 11 1989
fall of communism
us helped drive out the su, 1991 soviet union collapses and eastern countries are freed and warsaw is dissolved
why did mao split contact with su
mao wanted their own communist country, and not to be involved with the su
korea
north was communist, full of nuclear weapons and controlling government
cambodia
japanese territory
collectivization
to reduce power to peasents
great leap forward
attempt to better their agricultural status
pol pot
guy who created various genocides, communist leader
ho chi minh
leader of vietnam whom brought over the idea of communism
north korea
communism, concentration camps, and isolation
end of imperialism in north africa
colonies wanted their indepence and rebelled againest mother countries
colonialism in north africa leaving them with
poor people and apartheid
apartheid
not wanting outsiders, and decreasing the rights the outsiders had.. segeration, literally means seperateness
nelson mandela
exiled for breaking the apartheid, used rugby to win over the country. first black president in south africa, and builded democracy in south africa
