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Freshman Year - Semester 2 Finals > World History (H) > Flashcards

World History (H) Flashcards

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Colonies 6

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A foreign nation or territory, under the control of another nation, without a full the foreign nation being full incorporated, but rather used for resources .

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Protectorate 6

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A country with its own government, but under the control of an outside power - Puppet state

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Sphere of Influence 6

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Area in which an outside power claims exclusive investment or trading privileges

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Proletariat 7

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The working class

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Simon Bolivar 5

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South American Solder and leader in the revolutions against Spain.

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Fascism 8 + 9?

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Centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state.

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Otto von Bismarck / Franco - Prussian War 5

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Otto von Bismarck’s editing of the Ems Dispatch was the tipping point that he planned to cause the war.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi 5

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Nationalist and ally of Mazzini. 1000 Red-shirts and unified Italy.

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Propaganda 7

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Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause.

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Total War 7

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funneling an entire nation’s resources into the war effort

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Fourteen Points 7

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Terms for resolving WWI by Woodrow Wilson in January 1918, included League of Nations.

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Reparations 7

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Payment for war damage or damage caused by imprisonment

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Militarism 7

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Glorifying war and the military

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Neutrality 7

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Policy of supporting neither side in a war

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Benito Mussolini - Black Shirts 8

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Created a fascists Italian Party. Black Shifts were the violent militants.

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Adolf Hitler 8

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Chancellor of German, and WWI Solider. Leader of the Third Reich and of Nazi Germany

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Toussaint L’Ouverture 5

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Leader of the Haitian revolt against slavery. Died, but in 1798 his revolution won.

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Totalitarian State 8

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Government in which a one-part dictatorship regulates a citizen’s everyday life

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Kristallnacht 8

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Night of Broken Glass, Raid of Jewish owned stores and property by Nazi’s in Germany

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The Holocaust / Nuremberg Laws 8 + 9

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Racist and discriminatory laws against the Jewish in Germany. Forbid Jewish to marry non-Jewish, Job restrictions, etc. This lead to the Holocaust because of how they both choose to punish the Jewish, and any else that was against Nazi Germany

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Lend-Lease Act 8

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Allowed FDR to sell or lend war supplies to countries vital to the United States

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Causes of WWI / Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 7

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MAIN Acronym (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism). The assassination was just the push that causes all of this tension to cause war. Pride, faith in military and allies, and protection over their colonies all caused this . Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne. Visiting Bosnia.

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Allied Powers / Central Powers 7

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Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Great Britain, France, US, Italy, Russia

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Appeasement 7

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Policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands in order to keep peace

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Blitzkrieg 9

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Lighting war - Fast invasions

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Pacifism 9

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Opposition to all war - No fighting

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Hiroshima 9

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Where the first Atomic Bomb was dropped, August 1945 : Little Boy Uranium

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Nagasaki 9

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Fat Man Plutonium-

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Superpowers 9

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a Nation strong than other powerful nations, US + Soviet Union

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The Cold War 9

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Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

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Direct/Indirect Rule 6

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Direct Rule - Actively participating or taking over a colony through military means or taking over the government fully (FRANCE)

Indirect Rule - Leaving Puppets in the government to enact your rule. (BRITAIN)

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Realpolitik 5

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Realistic Politics based on the needs of the state

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Causes of the New Imperialism 6

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Humanitarian and Religious Goals, Social Darwinism, Industrial Revolution required raw goods.

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Social Darwinism and its Connection to Imperialism

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The idea of natural selection that was thought by some to apply to humans. Foreign Nations were turned into colonies under the thought process of those humans being lesser than and needing to be reformed.

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Berlin Conference 6

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European Powers meeting to avoid bloodshed, by splitting up Africa, with any Africans present.

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Importance of Ethiopia-Colonialism 6

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Italy colonizing Ethiopia showed how weak the League of Nations truly was against any threat and how they weren’t that bothered.

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Meiji Resotration 6

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Reign of Emperor Meiji - Rapid Industrialization

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League of Nations response to Axis Powers Pre-WWII 9

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Appeasement, basically

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Munich Conference 9

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A failed attempt to stop WWII before it started. Forced the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland to Hitler, in exchange to stop any expansion

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Island-Hopping in the Pacific 9

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General MacArthur Allied strategy for recaptured Japanese held island, while bypassing others.

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Laissez-faire 5 + Glossary

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Allowing business to operate with minimal government interference

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Treaty of Versailles 7

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Treaty made at the end of WWI, crippling Germany with debt and forcing their military to stay small.

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Ems Dispatch 5

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A Letter from William I edited by Bismarck to make it seem like William had insulted Napoleon III , causing Napoleon to declare war on Prussia

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Sepoy Rebellion 6

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Soldiers, named Sepoy, under the British East India Company due to the take over causing many of their traditions to be forcefully violated (Rifle Cartridge Animal )

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D-Day - Dwight Eisenhower 9

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Code name for June 6 1944, an invasion of France by the Allied powers

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Allied/Axis Powers 9

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Axis - Japan, Germany, Italy
Allied - United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France

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Pearl Harbor 9

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Harbor attacked by the Japanese to prevent or slow down the United States from joining WWII, backfired heavily.

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Zimmerman Note 7

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A letter from Germany to Mexico, hoping to gain a military alliance against the United states. WWI

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VI Lenin 7

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Brought into power during Russian Revolutions, signed treaty with Germany allowing for Russia to escape WWI. Brest-Litovsk

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Joseph Stalin 9

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Ruler of the USSR/Soviet Union for 33 Years, and joined forces with German at the start of WWII.

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Vichy France 9

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Where a puppet state governed unoccupied France and the French colonies

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The Marshall Plan 9

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Aid packages from US to Europe, post WWII

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V-E Day / V-J Day 9

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VE - Victory in Europe
VJ - Victory in Japan

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