Unit 7 Flashcards
Explain the Apartheid
1948 - The all-white government lived separately from their South African population they governed.
Why did the Europeans engage in imperialism?
to extract resources
Who wasn’t at the Berlin Conference?
An African Nation
________ is a conflicts between 2 countriess about the rivaling imperialistic desires in Korea and Manchuria.
Russo-Japanese War
The Tanzimat Reforms were made by ______ to _________.
Ottoman Empire, make a modern state based off of European ideas.
What was a outcome of the Mexican Revolution?
Establishment on a new government.
World War 1 was also called _____________ or _________.
“The Great War” “The War to end all Wars”
What were the causes of WW1?
(MAIN) Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
_________ created prior to the war began. Everyone rushed to back their ___.
Alliance System, Alliances
______ new tech and weapons that leads Europeans states to spend a lot of money.
Militarism
____ devotion to one’s state. Belief that your nation is superior than other countries.
Nationalism
_________ the rivalries between states and colonies led to unrest.
Imperialism
Why was the Mexican Revolution fought?
policies of Porfirio Diaz that favored wealthy landowners. (he offered land grants and tax exemptions to businesses)
What was the outcome of the the Mexican Revolution?
Liberal Democracy (Constitution)
Who was the leader of Mexican Rev.?
Francisco Madero
Ottoman Empire becomes _____ after WW1. The cause was ________.
Turkey, Treaty of Versailles
The Ottoman Empire gets broken up into ______. Led by ______.
Mandates, Mustafa Ataturk
China becomes a _________.
Republic
Russia is an _______ to a _________. The leader is Vladimir Lenin.
absolute monarch, communist dictatorship
This country shifted from absolute monarch to communist dictatorship.
Russia
WW1 is a ______. This means the government mobilized citizens. All work was made towards war efforts.
Total War
Total wars include ________ and ______.
political propaganda (art, media) to gain citizen support
intense forms of nationalism
New military tech. such as ____, ___, and ____ caused heavy damage.
tanks, planes, artillery
What happens when Laissez Faire is gone?
Governments begin taking a more active role in the economy.
Half of the world finished goods come from the _____ and then their stock market _____. many citizens have no jobs which led to the rise of _____.
U.S, crashes, The New Deal
The New Deal - ____ made by _____.
U.S gov offers jobs to help economy after Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt
5 year plan - ______ made by _____.
was created in order to create rapid industrialization across Soviet Union, Stalin
Rise of fascist/totatalrian regimes.
everyone looks alike, talks alike, not question leader
WW1 and WW2 was a _____.
total war
WW2 uses _____.
atomic bombs
________ is a communist purge in Cambodia.
Cambodian Genocide
______ the first one that happens in world war 1.
Armenian Genocide
Name the empires that collapse in this time period due to conflicts. (1900-present)
Ottoman, Qing, Russian Empire
One of the causes was a flawed alliance system in this war.
WW1 cause
military tech, atomic bombs/ fire bombing
WW2
The start that led to the wars was the assassination of ___________.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of The Austria-Hungarian Empire.
The US stock market crash of 1929 made the US go into _____________.
The Great Depression
U.S tried to help economy through ________.
Keynesian economics. (Government sends checks to economies
Rise of fascism during WW2. Fascism is known for _____, _____, and ______.
extreme nationalism. military violence, blame ethnic minorities
______ was an Italian Dictator was a part of the __________. Increased hostility towards Jews caused ________.
Benito Mussolini, Weimar Republic, Kristallnacht
India pushed for _____ and _______.
civil disobedience, decolonization
_____ and _____ faced conflict in the Middle East. Balfour agreement stated that there should be a ______ in Palestine.
Jews, Muslims, Jewish homeland
Main causes of WW2 was _____ and _______.
Hitler, failure of the League of Nations
What was the League of Nations? Why did it fail?
Prevent war through security and settle disputes between countries. Didn’t have armed force to enforce claims.
WW1 has ______ which changed to a much faster version in WW2.
Trench Warfare, planes
Hitler used strategy of Blitzkrieg which was ________ during Holocaust.
intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.
Failure to modernize and nationalism in Eastern Europe led to the collapse of the __________.
Ottomans
Poor treatment of peasants led to the collapse of the ________.
Russian Empire
Began with Opium Wars, boxer rebellion, Taiping Revolution leads to the collapse of _______.
Qing Dynasty in China
What led to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917?
Loss in WW1 and Communist ideology
What change did the Bolsheviks make?
Made a Communist/Totalitarian State
In 1910, the Mexican Revolution challenges _______.
corrupt government and lack of resources of peasants.
____ were EXTERNAL factors that led to change in states after 1900.
New political ideologies (communism, socialism), Imperialism
_____________ build up of weapons and each thought theirs was the best.
Militarism
What role did the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Triggered Austria Hungary then Germany and Russia.
Propaganda usage was seen through ___. It was seen through all countries.
encouraged enlistment in army, war bonds, demonized other side.
Submarines, tanks, machine guns, poison gas are examples of _______.
new military technology.
Causes of Great Depression -
overproduction in factories, consumerism, a farm crisis cause of overuse, gambling in stock markets
The Great Depression creates _____ for U.S. They emerged out of it by ________.
Widespread unemployment, changing gov. selling weapons
Effect of five year plan-
Ukraine starves to death
