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Cold War

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The period of intense political and military rivalry between the United States and Russia that existed between 1945-1991.

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Yalta Conference

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Meeting of The Allies to determine the future of post war Europe following the defeat of Germany.

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The President at the time of the Cold War

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Truman

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Satellite Nation

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A nation whose policies and governments were controlled by Russia. (These included Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Hungary, and East Germany.)

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Iron Curtain

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The Russians cutting the nations of Eastern Europe off from all contact/information with the West.

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The Marshall Plan

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USA’s aid of over $13 billion in 4 years to help rebuild Europe’s economies and restore faith in capitalism.

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Containment

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The policy that the US would aid any country threatened by communist takeover.

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NATO

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A military alliance of the Western powers to resist the spread of communism.

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Berlin Airlift

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US flying vital fuel and food into West Berlin over a communist blockade.

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Arms Race

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Competition between the United States and Soviet Union to create more powerful armed forces and weapons, especially nuclear bombs.

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Israel

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The Jewish state.

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Zionism

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Desire for a Jewish homeland.

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Balfour Declaration

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A private letter (written by an English Foreign Secretary) that supported the establishment of a Jewish state, so long as the rights of non-Jewish residents were protected.

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UN Partition Plan

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A proposal of boundaries for Jewish and Palestinians states.

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Jerusalem

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A holy city to Jews, Christians and Moslems

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Define nationalism (there are two definitions)

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Feeling of loyalty and pride in country as a whole; desire for an independent state

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Who was the leader of the unification of Germany?

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Bismark

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What was Bismark’s policy for unification?

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“Blood and iron”

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What was the most important war Bismarck fought?

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The Franco-Prussian war

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What was included in the Treaty of Frankfort?

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Alsace and Lorraine go back to France, and Germany must pay an indemnity.

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What three countries were part of the Triple Entente?

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France, Russia (causing a two front war) and England

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What three countries were part of the Triple Alliance?

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

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Define militarism

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The development of a country around a military, and the desire to use it.

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What was the Von Schlieffen Plan?

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A way of dealing with a two-front war, it required that France be defeated in 6 weeks, and then Germany can fight Russia.

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Who was the Austrian Archduke who was assassinated?

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Franz Ferdinand

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Define ultimatum

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A set of demands that cannot be negotiated and must be agreed to within a certain time.

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Define mobilization

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The movement/ equipment of troops

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What were the five weapons first used in WWI?

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Tanks, planes, submarines, machine guns, and poison gases.

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Pogrom

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Condoned attack by mobs on the Jews

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First communist leader of Russia

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Lenin

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Who were three significant leaders of china?

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Chaing Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaping

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Who was Chaing Kai-Shek?

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Leader of nationalist china who loses civil war and flees to Taiwan

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Who was Mao Zedong?

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The man who turned China communism

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Who was Deng Xiaping?

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The man who takes elements of capitalism into communism, meaning private ownership

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What country did Russia try to invade, but failed?

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Afghanistan

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Who was the leader of the party that fought the Russians in Afghanistan?

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Osama bin Laden

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Define embargo

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An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

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Define Middle Kingdom

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The Chinese thought that they were the best of the civilizations, and they thought they were as developed as man could be

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Define purge

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A mass killing of members of one own’s party

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Define conscription

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A decree that Germany would no longer observe the restrictions placed on it by the Treaty of Versailles

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Define appeasement

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Giving into the demands of an aggressive power, in order to avoid war

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Define Opium War

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Two wars between China and Britain resulting from the Chinese refusal to allow the importation of opium.

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Define domino theory

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The belief that if one nation fell to communism, other neighboring countries would

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Who was the leader of communist Cuba?

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Fidel Castro

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Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

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The last communist leader of Russia, and the man who surrendered to Afghanistan

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