Ss Chapter 13 - 15 study guide

Question 1

What is militarism

Answer 1

he belief in building up a strong military to prepare for war.

Question 2

Alliance

Answer 2

Agreements between countries for support in case of conflict.

Question 3

What is Imperialism

Answer 3

The policy of extending a country’s power through the acquisition of lands.

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

Patriotic feelins lead to the desire for national advancement or independence.

Question 5

What was significant about the Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand:

Answer 5

Triggered the outbreak of World War I.

Question 6

War Guilt Clause:

Answer 6

Treaty of Versailles provision holding Germany responsible for WWI.

Question 7

League of Nations:

Answer 7

Founded to maintain peace and prevent future wars post-WWI.

Question 8

Woodrow Wilson:

Answer 8

U.S. President who outlined the Fourteen Points.
Advocated for self-determination and the League of Nations.

Question 9

What is Disarmament:

Answer 9

The process of reducing military weapons and forces.

Question 10

Treaty of Versailles:

Answer 10

Ended WI in 1919 with significant repercussions on Germany and its allies.

Question 11

The Great Purge

Answer 11

• Stalin’s campaign to remove threats within the Soviet Union.
  
  • Involved arrests, executions, and forced labor.

Question 12

• The Provisional Government :

Answer 12

• Created after Tsar Nicholas II’s fall.
  
  • Attempted to bring democracy to Russia.
  • Overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

Question 13

The five year plans

Answer 13

• Stalin’s programs for Soviet industrialization.
  
  • Based on centralized planning and state control.

Question 14

Bolsheviks

Answer 14

• Radical socialists led by Lenin.
  
  • Sought socialist revolution and a proletariat dictatorship.

Question 15

Who was Stalin and What did he do?

Answer 15

• Lenin’s successor as Soviet leader.
  
  • Centralized power, collectivized agriculture.
  • Implemented rapid industrialization and political purges.

Question 16

Communism

Answer 16

• Ideology for a classless, property*less society.
  
  • Advocates for common ownership of production.

Question 17

Nicholas II

Answer 17

• Last Tsar of Russia.
  
  • Overthrown in the 1917 Revolution.

Question 18

Duma

Answer 18

• Russian legislative assembly established in 1906.
  
  • Limited powers due to autocratic rule.

Question 19

Pogroms

Answer 19

• Attacks against Jewish communities.
  
  • Often led to widespread violence and killings.

Question 20

Totalitarianism

Answer 20

• Political system with absolute state control.
  
  • Involves censorship and suppression of dissent.

Question 21

• Command Economy :

Answer 21

• State*managed economy.
  
  • Controls production, distribution, and prices.

Question 22

• Vladimir Lenin :

Answer 22

• Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
  
  • Established Soviet state with socialist reforms.

Question 23

• Gregory Rasputin :

Answer 23

• Influential figure in late Imperial Russia.
  
  • Known for sway over the royal family and self proclaimed holy man

Question 24

• Mohandas Gandhi :

Answer 24

• Leader of Indian independence from British rule.
  
  • Pioneered nonviolent resistance.

Question 25

• The Long March :

Answer 25

• Chinese Communist Party’s retreating maneuver.
  
  • Established Mao Zedong’s leadership.

Question 26

• Japanese Invasion of China :

Answer 26

• Japan’s aggressive acts in China from 1931.
  
  • Led to full*scale war in 1937.

Question 27

• Chinese Civil War :

Answer 27

• Clash between Communists and Nationalists in China.
  
  • Resulted in Communist victory in 1949.

Question 28

• U.S. Economy in the 1920s :

Answer 28

• Period of prosperity and consumerism.
  
  • Technological progress.
  • Economic inequalities and speculative practices.
  • Led to the Great Depression.

Question 29

• Nazi Ideology :

Answer 29

• National Socialist German Workers’ Party’s beliefs.
  
  • Aryan racial superiority and anti*Semitism.
  • Aggressive expansionism.

Question 30

• Expansionism in the 1930s :

Answer 30

• Aggressive territorial ambitions by Germany, Japan, Italy.
  
  • Policies aimed at military conquest.

Question 31

• Invasion of Poland :

Answer 31

• Started World War II in 1939.
  
  • Resulted in British and French war declarations against Germany.

Question 32

• Weimar Republic :

Answer 32

• Democratic but unstable German government post*WWI.
  
  • Economic hardships and political strife.
  • Fell to the Nazi Party.

Question 33

Lebensraum

Answer 33

• Hitler’s aim for German territorial expansion.
  
  • Targeted Eastern Europe based on ideology.

Question 34

What was the condition of Europe Post WWI

Answer 34

Economically and politically fractured.
* Redrawing of national borders.
* Rise of extremist movements.

Question 35

Appeasement

Answer 35

• Policy of conceding to aggressive nations.
  
  • Chamberlain’s Britain and Daladier’s France tried to avoid war.
  • Ineffective against German expansionism.

Question 36

• Non*Aggression Pact :

Answer 36

• 1939 treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
  
  • Pledged no military action against each other.
  • Secret arrangement to divide Eastern Europe.

Question 37

Fascism

Answer 37

• Authoritarian, nationalistic ideology.
  
  • Emphasizes dictatorial power and militarism.
  • Exemplified by Mussolini and Hitler.

Question 38

• Munich Conference :

Answer 38

• 1938 agreement allowing German annexation of Sudetenland.
  
  • Britain, France, Italy, and Germany participated.
  • Failed policy of appeasement.

Question 39

• Causes of the Great Depression :

Answer 39

• Stock market crash and excessive speculation.
  
  • Overproduction in industry and agriculture.
  • Banking collapses and protectionist policies.
  • Global debts and trade imbalances.