Unit 8 Flashcards
Unit
Define imperialism
A strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically economically and socially
Examples of imperialism The Berlin conference
14 European nations met at the Berlin conference to lay down rules for division of Africa no African ruler was invited to attend these meetings
The Spanish American war
The us fought a war w Spain and took their colonies and led the us to be imperialistic
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Militarism preparing an army
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Alliances triple aillance and triple entente bringing tg diff countries to prove for a common dense
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Imperialism dominating another country using of force to take over govern
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Nationalism love for the country pride
The assassination of ? Of ? Was the spark that started ww1
Archduke franz of Austria Hungary
What is Armenian genocide who caused it n why
Was systematic destruction of the Armenians people and identity the ottoman empire
4 central powers
Germany, Austria Hungary Bulgaria and ottoman empire
5 major allied powers
France Great Britain Russia Italy and maybe later the us?
Describe trench warfare
As the allies and central powers fought to a stalemate on the western front each dug miles of trenches to keep enemy from advancing further into their territory
3 Technology used to break stalemate
Poison gas machine guns tanks
What contributed to the production of these technologies
Because of the Industrial Revolution the us Britain n Germany could mass produce weapons to fight
What was the role of women clock it during the war
Worked in factories men were not the only ones they also volunteered w the Red Cross food n shit
As World War I The Germans the French and the British dug trenches
Stalemate
Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory
Total war
Type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning
Unrestricted submarine warfare
A truce /ceasefire signed to end the fighting of a war
Armistice
2 events led to the us entering the war
Zimmerman note unrestricted submarine
The effect of the us entrance into ww1
The us sent 1000s n the millions of troops to fight the war helped block the North Sea n sent tons of weapons n drs n nurses
An international group of developed after ww1 to prevent war
League of Nations
Was forced to accept guilt for ww1
Germany
Ended ww made Germany pay war reparations disarm lose territory
Treaty of Versailles
Results of ww1 im each area
New nations: Russia Germany Bulgaria ottoman empire women: right to vote loss of lives :millions of lives were lost which made it hard for nations to recover
What difficulties did the Russians experience during ww who was Nicholas ll what happened to him
Lack of everything food and czar was not a strong leader Nicholas was a weak leader who influenced by Rasputin he was forced to quit then he n his family were killed
Who led the October revolution of 1917 n what impact did it have on Russia
Lenin led it with bolsheviks to establish his Soviet tried to rebuilding the Russian economy
What kind of leader was Stalin
A totalitarian leader who forced the Russian people to work in industrial factories or on collective farms to pay brute economic growth
Describe the significance of the Chinese war
Two sides fought mao n the rural peasants beside the Kuomintang and the city ppl business the western nations supported him the war did not end but was paused when Japan in e in1935
John b Pershing
This man led the us forces during ww in France and helped make the plans to win the trenches there
Albert Einstein
Man came up with the theory of relativity and also the formula e=2.718 mc2
Sigmund Freud
Is known for founding psychoanalysis a theory of the mind and a method of treating mental illness
Vladimir Lenin
With the bolsheviks he took over Russia after czar Nicholas ll was overthrown
Mao Zedong
As the leader of Chinese communists this man led the long march and eventually took over chins for communism
Joseph Stalin
After the death of Lenin this totalitarian Lester took over
Woodrow Wilson
This man was the president of the United States before during and after ww1 and had his 14 points
The lost generation Russia
Name given to people who survived the ww 1it’s horrid and after math
