Final Exam Flashcards
Biological Old Regime
Industrial Revolution
A period of rapid industrialization that took place from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century in Europe and North America, characterized by the introduction of new machinery, manufacturing processes, and production methods, which revolutionized the way goods were produced
Liberalism
Marxism
Nation
A group of people who share a common culture, language, history, and identity
Nationalism
A political ideology that emphasizes the importance of national identity and promotes the interests of the nation-state above all else
German Unification
Manifest Destiny
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
New Imperialism
Social Darwinism
First Opium War
Taiping Rebellion
Meiji Restoration
Nicholas II
Rasputin
February Revolution
Bolshevik Party
Vladimir Lenin
October Revolution
Russian Civil War
Joseph Stalin
Collectivization
Schlieffen Plan
Benito Mussolini
Fascism
Treaty of Versailles
Great Depression
Keynesian Economic Theory
Adolph Hitler
Strength Through Joy
Evian Conference
Lebensraum
Appeasement
Spanish Civil War
Munich Conference
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalingrad
Cold War
United Nations
Three-World Model
Modernization
Dependency Theory
United Fruit
Fidel Castro
Mao Zedong
Great Leap Forward
Mikhail Gorbachev
Perestroika
OPEC
Neoliberalism
Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan
Mohamed Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Khomeini
Ecology
Third Agricultural Revolution
Fritz Haber
Thomas Midgley
Rachel Carson
Sixth Extinction
Antrhopocene
A proposed geological epoch that is defined by the impact of human activities on the Earth’s ecosystems and geological processes. It is argued that human activity has fundamentally altered the Earth’s climate, geology, and ecosystems to such an extent that we are now in a new epoch that is distinct from the Holocene, which began around 11,700 years ago
What were the most significant consequences of the Second World War?
- The division of Europe
- The establishment of the United Nations
- The beginning of decolonization
- The development of nuclear weapons
What are specific examples of nationalism being used in history?
- WWII with Nazi Germany and Italy
- Trump
- India/Gandhi
What was the Industrial Revolution’s most significance consequences?
- The rise of industrial capitalism
- Urbanization and the growth of cities
- Increased productivity and standard of living
- Environmental impact