World History Flashcards
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what are the 5 reasons/causes of Imperalism -
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- technological advances 2. increased exploration 3. ideological motives 4. economic motives 5. nationalism
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beliefs that race determines traits and capabilities -
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racism
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who overthrew the queen in Hawaii -
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Stanford dole
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were local rulers are allowed to keep their authority/position -
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indirect rule
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where local elites resisted foreign conquests -
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direct rule
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everyone wanted to take over what country?
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africa
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he was a medical missionary, adventurer, and explorer -
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david livingston
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what was David livingston’s goal?
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to find a river that connect to west africa
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a U.S. journalist, he continued exploring after livinston =
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henry stanley
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an established set of rules regarding the competition among the great powers in africa -
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berlin conference
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they are descendants of the original dutch settlers in South Africa -
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Boers
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effect of imperialism on Africa =
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2 african countries remained independent rise of nationalism
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effects in india from Imperalism =
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get involved in political&military affairs rebellion ensued
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indian soldiers protected companies interests -
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sepoys
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why does the Great Rebellion(Sepoy Rebellion) take place?
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because people in india are rebelling
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effects of the Great Rebellion(Sepoy Rebellion) -
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no more indirect rule british took full control
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he studied in London, was a lawyer; he advocated for india independence =
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Mohandas gandhi
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was completed in 1914; they are U.S. protectorate =
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Panama Canal
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did the Sepoy Rebellion work?
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no it failed
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what did the Rebellion lead to tho?
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nationalism
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extension of a nations power over other lands -
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imperalism
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state that is controled & protected by another
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protectorate
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take advantage of peoples resources for personal profit
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exploit
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*take over* incorporate into an existing political unit
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annex
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originating or occuring naturally in a particular place
indigenous
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what are the four causes of WWI?
Nationalism Imperalism militarism alliance system
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what was the spark of WWI -
the assignation of the archduke of Austria-Hungary
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building up of ones army =
militarism
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its biased, misleading, exaggerated, and mostly false persuade, promote, publicize
propaganda
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who is known as the "bully of Europe" -
germany
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what are the two fronts:
western and eastern
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what is the western front like?
trench warfare stalemates huge loss of life
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what was the eastern front like?
lots of mobility huge loss life
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what brought the U.S. into WWI -
the zimmerman note
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what was the zimmerman note?
a note from Germany to Mexico asking to become allies
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everyone is affected, changes the lives of everyone -
total war
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also means the draft pulling out names and picking / registering them for war =
conscription
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eating everything off their plate, not wasting ANYTHING
rationing
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a law that punishes people for speaking out against the war =
Espionage and Sedition Act
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men fighting in ditches, with barbed wire around it =
trench warfare
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they are super radical ; under Lenin's control =
Bolsheviks
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the bolsheviks rename themselves as the .....
communist
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during the Civil War in Russia, who did allie with?
serbia
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who was a victim of the civil war of Russia?
the royal family
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what does Russia that leaves the allied's struggeling?
they back out
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when did germany sign the armistice?
on the 11th day, of the 11th hour, of the 11th month
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when allied's nations met in paris
the paris peace conference
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who offered a peace proposal?
president Wilson
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it was a speech to congress before the war even ended =
"fourteen points"
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letting nations decide for themselves
self-determination
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an organization to ensure security and peace =
League of Nations
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paying money for the costs of war
reparations
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it was the final peace settlement ; i gave germany harsh punishments =
treaty of versailles
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what are the three things germany is required to do in the treaty of versailles?
pay reparations germany losses territory germany losses military
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who takes all the blame for WWI=
germany
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WWI was supposed to be a war to ...
end all wars
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war based on wearing down the other side w/ constant attacks & heavy losses
war of attrition
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assembling troops and supplies, making them ready for war =
mobilizaion
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it was supposed to be quick -
schlieffen plan
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by force, negative
dictatorship
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elected; not mean nor bad. has total control over everything (media, people, farming)
totaltarian
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controls politics and the government
authoritarian
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A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
depression
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a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
dictator
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A political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial rule
facism
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is a set of political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany.
nazism
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is thus a form of socialism—a higher and more advanced form, according to its advocates.
communism
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A system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the governement
collectilization
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was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party
Benito Mussolini
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was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953
Joseph Stalin
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was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party
adolf hitler
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hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
anti-semmitism
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why were the League of Nations weak?
because the U.S. was unable to join
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what are the 2 causes of Great Depression in the U.S. -
downruns in economics of individual nations financial crisis
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extreme forms of government were able to rise to power because ...
because of Great Depressiom
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what was stalin's goal for the S.U. -
to change Russia from an agricultural to industrial
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the problems created by the treaty of versailles were...
Germany starts blaming all their problems on the jews
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what were hitler's core beliefs?
racial purity
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outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany
mein kampf
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allied powers for WWII =
GB FR U.S S.U. 13 other countries
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axis powers -
Germany Italy Japan 3 other countries
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"lightning war" ; fast and efficient
blitzkrieg
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"night of broken glass" it was a coordinated deadly attack on all jews
kristallnacht
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Hitler's plan to "exterminate" all the jews from europe
the final solution
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when did Pearl Harbor take place?
dec. 7th 1941
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what was the attack onPearl Harbor ?
japan attacking U.S
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what was the significance of the attack of Pearl Harbor?
it was the reason U.S. came into WWII
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whoo were hitlers "sub-human" groups =
all european jews anyone w/ dissabilities gypsies mentally ill homosexuals communists/socialist
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The italy-germany alliance is called...
rome-berlin axis
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Hitler started to take over what two countries?
Rhineland and Poland
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what was the official start of WWII -
the invasion of poland
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why atomic bombs?
because they created total destruction
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the bombing of civilians and cities led to what new creation?
radars
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effects of total war in the S.U. -
they gain power and more strength
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this battle was in the middle of the night; men jumped from parachutes; then crossed English Channel; and stormed the beaches -
D-Day
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they were laws that excluded or removed jews from economic and social life =
arayanization policies
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Suicide mission where Japanese flew their planes into US ships ("divine wind")
kamikaze
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Not taking sides in war
neutrality
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Satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability
appeasement
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A doctrine that seizes one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances
isolationist policy
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military strategy employed by the allied powers mainly in the pacific/asian theater (goal was to get closer to Japan)
"island Hopping"
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A practice of expansion usually expansion by a nation (sometimes with military power)
expansionist policy
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mass murder of six million Jews and millions of other people leading up to, and during, World War II
holocaust
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deliberating killing large groups of people
genocide
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put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated
ghetto
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who was involved in the Cold War?
S.U and U.S
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who is communist
S.U
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who is republic
U.S
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how long is the Cold War?
40 years
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ divided berlin into two sides
the wall of berlin
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what are the two sides ?
westt and east side
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wha side is democratic
west
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what side is communist
eastside
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an alliance to protect democracy
north atalntic treaty organization
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the arms race =
nuclear weapons
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what is the Cold War about?
fight between democracy and communism
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what are the effects of the Cold War?
wall of berlin almost nuclear war
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how was china affected in the Cold War?
they lost U.S. trade it led to Korean War
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what are the two heated wars in the Cold War?
Korean War vietnamm war
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what triggered the "hot" wars -
tension of nuclear war agression tension of communism
