Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History 132 > World Civ Final > Flashcards

World Civ Final Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

Dual Alliance

A

Bismarck’s Alliance System- Germany & Austria-Hungary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Triple Entente

A

Russian-British-French defensive alliance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Von Schlieffen Plan

A

How to win a quick 2-front war: quick invasion of France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Helmut von Moltke

A

Executed The Von Schlieffen Plan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Erich Ludendorff

A

Fought with Hindenburg & liberated E. Prussia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Paul von Hindenburg

A

General in WWI, President of Germany, & appointed Hitler chancellor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Philip Petain

A

Sued for peace (France WWII)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Woodrow Wilson

A

Goals after WWI- 14 Points, democracy, & League of Nations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Nicholas II & Alexandra

A

Disbands Duma & Abdicates

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Rasputin

A

The man with “healing abilities”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

V. I. Lenin

A

Returned to Russia with Germany’s assistance “Peace, Land, Bread!” The October Revolution (Bolshevik Coup) Signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

New Economic Policy

A

Implemented by Lenin- small-scale capitalism where Gov’t retained control of banks, heavy industry, & transportation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Joseph Stalin

A

Bolshevik Revolutionary promoted to party secretary. Ran against Trotsky with polar opposite platform. After beating Trotsky, adopted his platform. Political & Military purges (Gulags) Makes treaties with France, Czechoslovakia, & attempts alliance with Nazi Germany.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Leon Trotsky

A

Ran against Stalin with a platform of rapid industrialization, collectivization of farms, & international spread of communism. Removed from the party in 1927. Exiled in 1929. Assassinated in Mexico- 1940

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Alexander Kerensky

A

Prime minister of provincial government in Russia after abdication of Nicholas II

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

New Weapons of WWI

A

The Machine Gun, Chlorine Gas, & Airplanes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Lusitania

A

British passenger boat sunk by German U-boats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Moroccan Crisis

A

Wilhelm gives speech against French

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

A

Prince of Hungary- Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Sarajevo-1914

A

The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand- Plot involved high-ranking officials of Serbian Army

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Mao Zedong (China)*

A

Not on Test

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Jiang Jieshi (China)*

A

Not on Test

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Gustav Streseman

A

Created a new currency (German Inflation control)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Russian Civil War

A

Red Army vs. White Army
Red- Leon Trotsky & ruthlessness (Cheka)
White- disorganized conservatives/socialists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Western Front in WWI (major battles)

A

The Battle of Verdun- Falkenhayn vs. Petan
The Battle of the Somme- Brit offensive to relieve French at Verdun, British tanks, hundreds of thousands of casualties
The Battle of the Marne- Massive offensive by Ludendorff; ends further German offensive capabilities

26
Q

Benito Mussolini

A

Editor of Avanti & Popolo d’Italia. Wounded in WWI. Led the Fasci di Combattimento & The Squadristi. “I am Fascism”

27
Q

Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)

A

Wounded in WWI, assigned job infiltrating extremist groups after WWI ended, & took over GWP (extremist group)
The 25 Points Speech
Arrested for Beer Hall Coup (Munich Putsch)
Writes “My Struggles” in jail

28
Q

Reinhard Heydrich

A

2nd in command of SS. Devised the special mobile killing squads (Einsatzgruppen) & oversaw the planning for the Final Solution

29
Q

Sigmund Freud*

A

Not on Test

30
Q

Albert Einstein*

A

Not on Test

31
Q

Herman Göring

A

Air Minister (Luftwaffe) & 1st Gestapo Leader

32
Q

Heinrich Himmler

A

Combined the Gestapo & police under SS authority

33
Q

Ernst Roehm

A

Leader of the Stormtroopers; Killed during the Night of the Long Knife

34
Q

Kurt von Schleicher

A

Former Chancellor of the late Weimar Republic; Killed during the Night of the Long Knife

35
Q

Joseph Göbbels

A

Propoganda Minister extraordinaire

36
Q

Nazi view of women

A

Jobs- teaching, nursing, domestic service, & social service

Guardians of German culture/Preservation of German Race

37
Q

Versailles Treaty & Art. 231 (World War I)*

A

???

38
Q

Anschluss

A

German-Austrian unification (forbidden by Treaty of St. Germain)

39
Q

Dawes Plan

A

Lowered & varied reparations according to economy

40
Q

Great Depression

A

European Governments feared massive inflation
Price of agricultural goods dropped
The circle of loans

41
Q

Ataturk = Kemal Pasha

A

Turkish nationalist that led resistance against Greek-British forces

42
Q

Sykes-Picot Agreement

A

Britain & France agreed to divide up Ottoman Empire

43
Q

Balfour Declaration

A

British promise Jews homeland in Palestine

44
Q

Ibn-Saud

A

King of newly formed Saudi Arabia

45
Q

Hussein ibn Ali

A

Lost to Ibn-Saud for control of Arabia

46
Q

Faisal Hussein

A

First King of Iraq

47
Q

Wilhelm II

A

Leader of Germany
Fires Bismarck
Allows Reinsurance Treaty to lapse
Creates new government towards the end of WWI then abdicates

48
Q

WW II = major Battles

A

The Invasion of Poland
The Battle of Dunkirk- British retreat (France alone)
The Battle of Britain- Heavy German bombing
Operation Barbarossa- The Invasion of Russia
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Stalingrad- German army surrender
D-Day
The Battle of the Bulge

49
Q

Stalingrad (battle)

A

German army surrounded & surrenders; Germans now fighting defensive war on eastern front

50
Q

Battle of Britain

A

Months of heavy bombing on Britain

51
Q

Pearl Harbor

A

Surprise attack by Japanese

52
Q

Poland 1939

A

Invaded and divided by Russia & Nazi Germany

53
Q

Holocaust

A

Approximately 5.5 to 6 million Jews killed

54
Q

Winston Churchill

A

Prime Minister of Great Britain

55
Q

Tannenberg (battle) WWI

A

Crushing defeat for the Russian Army

56
Q

Marshall Plan

A

Economic aid to Europe

57
Q

Truman Doctrine

A

US support to nations “subjugated by armed minorities”

58
Q

Merle Haggard – “Walkin’ on the Fightin’ Side of Me” (Song)

A

Pro-American nationalist song aimed at those against war (Vietnam)

59
Q

Beatles – “Revolution” (Song)

A

Song expressing doubt about revolution (Vietnam)

60
Q

Rolling Stones – “Street Fightin’ Man” (Song)

A

Song about protesting war (Vietnam)

History 132 (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions