The Twentieth Century and Beyond Flashcards

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A formal system of treaties

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Alliances

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System of national organization that prioritizes military spending

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Militarism

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Global Conflict that began in 1914 and ended in 1919

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World War 1

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Style of warfare which reorders national economies

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Total war

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International organization created after world war 1

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League of nations

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6
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Global Conflict from 1939-1945

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World War 2

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Global economic Depression

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Great Depression

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Governmental system organized around extreme nationalism

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Facism

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Leader of Italy’s blackshirts facist.

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Benito Mussolini

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Austrian born German leader facist

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Adolf Hitler

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Took control of Russia after the death of Vladimir Lennon Facist

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Joseph Stalin

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12
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Use of incendiary bombs during warfare

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Firebombing

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13
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Developed in the US during the world war against Japanese cities

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Atomic bombs

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13
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International organization founded in 1945

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United Nations

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14
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Ideological struggle between capitalist United States and communist USSR

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Cold War

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14
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Leader of the Bolsheviks in russia during world war 1

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Vladimir Lenin

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Leader of the Chinese Communist Party in 1920’s and 1930’s

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Mao Zedong

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Mao Zedongs plan starting in 1958 to collectivize all aspects of the economy

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Great Leap Forward

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Guerrilla leader of Cuba who with Che Guevarra disposed Cuban dictator Fulgencio.

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Fidel Castro

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Reigonal Conflicts that typically involve tacit or hidden support from major powers.

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Proxy Wars

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Southeast Asian nation that formed after the french defeat Dien Bien Phu

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Vietnam

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NATO

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Alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc

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Warsaw Pact

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Supranational organization in Europe promoting common economic regulation.

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European Union

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International organization formed during decolonization

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Non Aligned Movement

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Political party founded in 1885 by British educated Hindu leaders

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Indian National Congress

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Leader of the Indian Independence Movement known for a strategy of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience

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Mohandas Ghandi

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Muslim political leader who supported the creation of independent Muslim nation.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Creation of Muslim-Majority Pakistan and Hindu Majority India after Great Britain Granted India independance

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India/Pakistan Partition

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Former French colony and largest nation in northwest africa

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Algeria

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Vietnamese nationalist leader who fought against the Japanese during the Axis Occupation

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HO Chi Min

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Leader of communist China from Mao Zedong death in 1976

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Deng Xiaoping

30
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Large public square in Beijing ,China

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Tianamen Square

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Technological movement in the 1960s and 70s

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Green Revolutions

32
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Acute bacterial infection of the small intestine associated

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Cholera

33
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Movement in Roman Catholic Church that argued for church .

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Liberation Theology in Latin America

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A wide range of political activity and theory founded in the shared experiences.

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Identity Politics