WW1 Part B

Question 1

The Philippines

Answer 1

rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release.

Question 2

Burma

Answer 2

the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.

Question 3

vietnam

Answer 3

SS definition. An elite corps of combat troops (SS is short for Schutzstaffel, which is German for “protective shield”) formed originally within the German Nazi party as a bodyguard for Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders and led by Heinrich Himmler.

Question 4

Geneva Records

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a police force working in secret against a government’s political opponents.

Question 5

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 5

Spanish Civil War definition. A war fought in the late 1930s in Spain. On one side were the Loyalists, Spaniards loyal to a recently elected government in the form of a republic; on the other side were fascists (see fascism), led by General Francisco Franco.

Question 6

TET Offensive

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an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

Question 7

Laos

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noun. a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km). Capital: Accra.

Question 8

Cambodia

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The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century.

Question 9

Muggabi

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an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

Question 10

Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso (/pɪˈkɑːsoʊ, -ˈkæsoʊ/; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo piˈkaso]; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973), was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.

Question 11

Abstract Expressionism

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Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s.

Question 12

Nazi Party

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The Nazi Party was a political group that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945. “Nazi” is a short form of the official name. In English the official name is the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Under Adolf Hitler’s leadership, the Nazis started World War II.

Question 13

Mass Communication

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the imparting or exchanging of information on a large scale to a wide range of people.

Question 14

New Economic Policy

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The New Economic Policy was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who described it as a progression towards “state capitalism” within the workers’ state of the USSR.

Question 15

Collective Farms

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a jointly operated amalgamation of several small farms, especially one owned by the government.

Question 16

Irlvenza Pandemic

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a. Buddhism A state in which the mind, enlightened as to the illusory nature of the self, transcends all suffering and attains peace.

Question 17

Surrealism

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a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

Question 18

Cubism

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an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.

Question 19

Prohibition Era

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n the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. Synonyms: prohibition Type of: period, period of time, time period. an amount of time.

Question 20

Black Tuesday

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October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.

Question 21

Great Depression

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a long and severe recession in an economy or market.

Question 22

The New Deal

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New Deal definition. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression.

Question 23

FDR

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

Question 24

Maginot Line

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Definition of Maginot Line. 1 : a line of defensive fortifications built before World War II to protect the eastern border of France but easily outflanked by German invaders. 2 : a defensive barrier or strategy that inspires a false sense of security

Question 25

Ramsey McDonald

Answer 25

(1866-1937) a British prime minister. He was leader of the Labour Party (1911-14 and 1922-31) and the first Labour prime minister (1924 and 1929-31). His second government failed to deal with economic difficulties, and was replaced by a coalition government (= one supported by all parties). MacDonald continued as prime minister (1931-5), but left the Labour Party, an act which made him unpopular with Labour supporters. In 1935 he resigned and was replaced by Stanley Baldwin.

Question 26

Irish Republican Army

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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several armed movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic. It was also characterised by the belief that political violence was necessary to achieve that goal.

Question 27

The Easter Rising

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Easter Rising. noun. an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed.

Question 28

The Weimar Republic

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The Weimar Republic was the democratic government founded in Germany following Kaiser Wilhelm II’s abdication near the end of War World I. It continued in name until 1945, but actually ended with Hitler’s seizure of dictatorial powers in 1933.

Question 29

Mohandas Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Question 30

Igbo Women’s War of 1929

Answer 30

The “riots” or the war, led by women in the provinces of Calabar and Owerri in southeastern Nigeria in November and December of 1929, became known as the “Aba Women’s Riots of 1929” in British colonial history, or as the “Women’s War” in Igbo history.

Question 31

Kenya

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Kenya is a country in East Africa with coastline on the Indian Ocean. It encompasses savannah, lakelands, the dramatic Great Rift Valley and mountain highlands. It’s also home to wildlife like lions, elephants and rhinos. From Nairobi, the capital, safaris visit the Maasai Mara Reserve, known for its annual wildebeest migrations, and Amboseli National Park, offering views of Tanzania’s 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Question 32

Pan-Africanism

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the principle or advocacy of the political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa.

Question 33

Civil Disobedience

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the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

Question 34

Indian National Congress

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A broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it dominated the independence movement in the 1930s under Mahatma Gandhi, and has been the principal party in government since 1947.

Question 35

Mussolini

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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943.

Question 36

Stalin

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The man responsible for the most deaths caused worldwide. This is hardly recognized, and those he killed were his own people,

Question 37

The Black Shirts

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Definition of Blackshirt. : a member of a fascist organization having a black shirt as a distinctive part of its uniform; especially : a member of the Italian Fascist party.

Question 38

Corporate State

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Corporate statism or state corporatism is a political culture and a form of corporatism whose adherents hold that the corporate group which is the basis of society is the state.

Question 39

Egypt

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Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza’s colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor’s hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs. The capital, Cairo, is home to Ottoman landmarks like Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities.

Question 40

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

Question 41

Anglo

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a white, English-speaking American as distinct from a Hispanic American.

Question 42

Jazz

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a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Brass and woodwind instruments and piano are particularly associated with jazz, although guitar and occasionally violin are also used; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz.

Question 43

Functionalism

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belief in or stress on the practical application of a thing, in particular.

Question 44

Egyptian Treaty

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The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 (officially, The Treaty of Alliance Between His Majesty, in Respect of the United Kingdom, and His Majesty, the King of Egypt) was a treaty signed between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt.

Question 45

Five Year Plan

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(especially in the former Soviet Union) a government plan for economic development over five years. The first such plan in the Soviet Union was inaugurated in 1928.