Global History Ii Flashcards - Trizna

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The Balfour Declaration of1917

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agreement that the Zionist movement used to justify the creation of Israel

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Causes of World War II

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The war ended inEurope after D-Day won back France and started a 2-front war. The war ended for good when U.S. PresidentTruman dropped atomic bombs in Japan

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Mao Zedong

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▪ Chinese communistleader

▪ Long March- gainsrural peasant support as flees from Chiang Kai-shek (aka Jiang Jeishi) andNationalist Party

▪ Took power afterbattling Chiang Kai-shek – Nationalist Party flees to Taiwan

▪ “Great Leap Forward” economic plan to increase output- fails

▪ Communes Resulted in famine and economic inefficiency

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Mohandas Gandhi

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▪ Indian nationalist leader

▪ Fought for rightsof women and untouchables

▪ Fought for IndianindependenceNon-violence – homespun cloth, Salt March (1930), hungerstrikes

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Chinese Communist Revolution

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After the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing Dynasty falls. War breaks out between nationalists and communists

Mao = communism wins

▪ Long March (8,000 mile retreat when losing civil war)

▪ Economic failure under Great Leap Forward (5-yearplans / Collective Farming)

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Totalitarianism

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▪ government has total control

▪ leader is a dictator

▪ methods ofcontrol: police terror, brainwashing, ethnic persecution, censorship

▪ Examples: Hitler,Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, absolute monarchs

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two nationalist leaders of African independence:

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▪ Kwane Nkrumah

▪ Jomo Kenyatta

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Cultural Revolution?

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Mao Zedong's attempt to recreate a revolutionary spirit in China. Schools were closed, teachers were attacked, and Mao eliminated his political opposition.

The economy shrank by 12% during this time.

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command economy

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An economy where supply and price are regulated by the government rather than the market (this is anti-supply and demand)

Examples include Stalin's Russia

and Mao's forced communes in China

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United Nations vs. League of Nations?

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The UN has greater participation on the part of themajor powers including the United States.

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Response to Holocaust

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Nuremberg Trials 1945-1946 found 21 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes. 12 were sentenced to death.

This lead to the creation of the United Nations and the declaration of human rights

This also gave support for the establishment of Israel

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Marshall Plan

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The US aimed to stop communism by providing war torn countries with economic assistance

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two military alliances during the Cold War

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--Nato (1949) The US and allies

Versus

--Warsaw Pact (1955) the Soviet Union and communist satellite states

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Name two examples of Gandhi's nonviolent protest:

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"homespun movement" and the Salt March

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concluding military event of WWII

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United States bombing of Hiroshima and 
Nagasaki 


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Cold War

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The following terms relate to which historical event?▪ Marshall Plan▪ Berlin Airlift▪ Nato▪ Civil Rights▪ African Nationalism▪Truman Doctrine

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United Nations

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The unprecedented violence and human rights atrocities of WWII led to the establishment of which organization?

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Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia

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During the Munich agreement France and Great Britain appeased Hitler. Which region did they allow the German leader to occupy?

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# of casualties in WWII

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Casualties: 60 million

50% are civilians

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What happened at the Munich Conference of 1938?

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France and Britain appeased Hitler and allowed him to take control of the Sudetenland

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four MAIN causes of World War I

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Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

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relationship between World War I and the Russian Revolution.

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The war acted as a catalyst for the revolution by creating widespread homelessness, increasing the price of bread, and bringing Lenin back to Russia

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Civil Disobedience

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Mohandas Gandhi's protest of the salt tax imposed onIndia by the British is an example of

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What policy did India pursue during the Cold War?

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neutral/non-alingment

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What was one result of the Great Leap Forward?

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It resulted in famine and 20 million deaths due to starvation

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"FromStettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent."––Winston Churchill (1946)

What is the 'Iron Curtain' according to Churchill

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The influence and aggression of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe during the Cold War

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Which social group supported Mao Zedong during the Chinese Civil War?

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Peasants

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Napoleon's defeat in 1812 and Hitler's defeat at Stalingrad in 1944 were effects of what aspect of Russian geography?

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Harsh climate--most of the soldiers were unprepared for winter

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk changed the Turkish government by

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--introducing democratic reforms

--secularizing the country

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What was the BIG PICTURE effect of Mao's Great Leap Forward

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20 million people starved to death as a result of famine

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What was the major method of murder was used as part of the final solution during the Holocaust?

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gas chambers

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What is the purpose of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

Where are most of its members located?

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Regulate the price of oil

Most countries are in the Middle East

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Define Cult of Personality

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Arises when a politician uses the mass media in order to increase their popularity and control of a group of people

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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan

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to offer aid and assistance to war torn capitalist states after World War II

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Who was Martin Luther?

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Luther founded the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 1517 with the posting of the 95 Theses and in doing so, challenged the power of the Catholic Church

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Who was Henry VIII?

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Henry VIII was the King of England and challenged the power of the Catholic Church with the formation of the Anglican Church (in order to get a divorce)

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Absolute monarchs

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Ruled across Europe with the goal of centralizing political power for themselves (i.e. Louis XIV, Peter the Great)

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John Locke

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Argued that governments should be based on the consent of the governed

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Primary Cause of the French Revolution

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Heavy taxation on the poor in France

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Laissez-faire capitalism

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An economic system that focused on private ownership and the end goal of profit

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Cause of late 19th Century European Imperialism

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Desire for cheap raw materials and expanded markets

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What was the Berlin Conference?

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A meeting in which Africa was carved up by European powers