history exam revision Flashcards
Definition of political change
Political change occurs when the rulers in a country lose power or the type of governance in the country changes.
Definition of Economic change
A shift in structure, policy or growth in the economy,
Definition of cause and consequence
Cause and consequence is a relationship in history between an event, a condition, or a decision (the cause) and the events or results that follow it (the consequences).
Definition of Continuity and change
Continuity and change refer to aspects of life or of a society that have remained the same or aspects that have changed or developed over time.
Definition of social change
Changes in human interactions and relationships that transform cultural and social institutions.
Definition of cultural change
Culture change is change that occurs over time to the shared way of life of a group.
What was the Paris Peace Conference?
The Paris Peace Conference convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The conference was called to establish the terms of the peace after World War I. The representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Italy became known as the “Big Four.”
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany and the Allied Nations on June 28, 1919, formally ending World War One. The terms of the treaty required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies.
What was the League of Nations?
League of Nations was an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative of the victorious Allied powers at the end of World War I.
Defintion of self-determination
Self-determination is an idea that includes people choosing and setting their own goals, being involved in making life decisions, self-advocating, and working to reach their goals.
Definition of democracy
A democracy is a society in which the citizens are sovereign and control the government.
Definition of capitalism
An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Defintion of isolationism
Isolationism is the national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries.
Definition of communism
Communism is an ideology or system based on the idea that the property of a community should be owned collectively and shared among everyone.
Definition of racism
Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief. Racism also refers to the aspects of a society which prevent people of some racial groups from having the same privileges and opportunities as people from other races.
Definition of Bolshevik
a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
The Jim Crow laws refers to the series of laws that legalised racial segregation from the end of the Reconstruction period in 1877 until the enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
Definition of segregation
The policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion
Definition of unionism
Unionism is any set of political principles based on the idea that two or more political or national units should be joined or remain together
What was The Great Depression?
During the 1920s, economic problems were occurring across the world (Germany’s hyperinflation and the US oversupply of manufacturer goods). As a result, on the 29th of October 1929, the US Stock market crashed. The economic downturn lasted until the outbreak of WWII.
