Section Six Vocab Flashcards

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Marshall Plan

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A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to Europe after World War II

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Karl Marx

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founder of Marxism, the fundamental theory of communism

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master race

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the expression used by the Nazis in Germany for the race they wanted to create-a pure race of white people suited to rule the world

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Mata Hari

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A spy of the twentieth century who worked for both the French and the Germans during World War II

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Mein Kampf

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A book written by Adolf Hitler; it outlines his plan for the revival of Germany from World War I

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What does Adolf Hitler’s book blame all of Germany’s problems on?

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Capitalists
Communists
And Jews

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Moguls

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A Moslem dynasty that ruled India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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Mother Teresa

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Roman Catholic nun who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 for her humanitarian work

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Munich Pact

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An agreement between Britain and Germany in 1938; Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia

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Benito Missolini

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An Italian dictator who formed a fascist government in Italy in the 1920s

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Crowned himself emperor in 1804; he conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in an invasion of Russia. After his final loss to Britain at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic

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Nazis

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A German political party led by Adolf Hitler

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Admiral Horatio Nelson

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He defeated the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in the sea battle of Trafalgar

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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

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a treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade and dismember Poland

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New World

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a name for the Americas during the first exploration

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Florence Nightingale

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an English nurse who established a battlefield hospital for British soldiers; nickname was “Lady with the Lamp”

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invasion of Normandy

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the American and British Invasion of France in World War II; also called D-Day

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Nuremberg trials

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trials of Nazi leaders after World War II

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October Revolution

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the revolution in 1917 in Russia that brought the Bolsheviks to power (communist revolution)

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Old World

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the Eastern Hemisphere

21
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Marie Antoinette

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A French queen beheaded by the guillotine during the French Revolution