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Final Review Flashcards

semester 1

1
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Triple alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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Triple Entente

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France, Russia, Britain

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Zimmerman note/Mexico

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Germen proposal for Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for territory. This is the key reason for U.S. entry into WW1

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Lusitania

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British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat in 1915. Increased tension between Germany and the U.S.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne assassinated in Sarajevo on 1914. Sparked the outbreak of WW1

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Black Hand

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Serbian nationalist group responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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Western Front

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Key WW1 battleground in France. Known for trench warfare and stalemates

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Imperialism

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Competition for colonies increased tension between European powers

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Nationalism

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Pride in one’s nation; led to rivalries and independence movements

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Militarism

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Arms race and focus on military strength heightened tensions.

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Mobilization

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Rapid preparation and movement of armies

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Trench Warfare

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Soldiers fought from trenches; characterized by harsh conditions and high casualties

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Armistice

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Agreement stop fighting signed November 11, 1918

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New technology

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Tanks, machine guns, poison gas, airplanes, and submarines revolutionized warfare

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Paris Peace Conference

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1919 meeting to negotiate peace treaties; resulted in Treaty of Versailles

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Germany After the War

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Faced reparations, territorial losses, and economic hardship

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Allied Powers

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Britain, Soviet Union, U.S., France

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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan

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Hitler

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Dictator of Nazi Germany; initiated WWII with the invasion of Poland

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Rommel

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Germen general known as the “Desert Fox” for campaigns in North Africa

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Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan during WWII

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Poland/Date

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Germany Invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting WWII

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Pearl Habor

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Japanese attack on U.S. naval base on December 7, 1941; led to U.S. entry into WWll. Known as day of infamy.

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D-Day

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Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944; turning point in Europe

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Atomic Bomb

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Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945; ended WWll in the Pacific

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Island Hopping

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U.S. strategy to capture key islands in the pacific, moving closer to Japan

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Holocaust

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Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews and other groups

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Final solution

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Hitler’s plan to exterminate Jews in concentration camps

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Mein Kampf

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Hitler’s book outlining his ideology and future plans

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Third Reich

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Nazi regime in Germany from 1933 to 1945

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appeasement

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policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands to avoid conflict (e.g. Munich Agreement)

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Czar Nicholas ll

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Last emperor of Russia; overthrown in the 1917 revolution

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Bolsheviks/Lenin

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Communist group led by Lenin; took control after the Russian Revolution

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Superpowers

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U.S. and USSR dominated global politics during the Cold War

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Satellite states

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Eastern European countries controlled by the soviet union

36
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Buffer zones

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Soviet-controlled countries created to protect USSR from invasion

37
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Cold War

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ideological conflict between U.S. (capitalism) and USSR (communism)

38
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Berlin wall

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Divided East (communist) and west (democratic) Berlin

39
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Iron Curtain

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Term for the division of Europe into communist and non-communist areas

40
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Winston Churchill

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British Prime Minister; coined the term “Iron Curtain”

41
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Warsaw pact

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military alliance of soviet and eastern bloc countries

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NATO

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military alliance of western nations to counter soviet power

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containment policy

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U.S. strategy to stop the spread of communism

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