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22 Cards in this Set
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Who were apart of the Triple Alliance?
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-Germany
-Italy -Austro-Hungarian Empire -(+ Turkey) |
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Who were apart of the Triple Enteunte?
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-France
-Great Britain -USA -Russia -(+ Australia) |
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What were the short term causes of WWI?
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-Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria -- domino effect, tension explodes
-Took 6 weeks |
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What were the long term causes of WWI?
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-Imperialism
-Arms Race (Militarism) -Nationalism - patrism gone mad (Germans) - wanted to take over other countries and gain land and make them like Germany -Alliances |
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What were the causes of The Holocaust?
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-Hitlers rise and the Nazi party's view on the Jews
-His anti-Semitistic beliefs |
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What were the effects of The Holocaust?
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-The mass killings of the Jews (eradication)
-Most Jews moving to Israel, needed a place to call home -Death and suffering of the Jews |
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Hitler's and the Nazi's view of the Jews
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-Because Hitler thought of them as unhuman, they had to be eradicated
-Wanted a perfect country and nation and they did not fit into that -Ayran race (blonde hair and blue eyes) - didn't fit into that |
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Measures taken against the Jewish population
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-Attacks take place on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues across Germany and Austria
-Looted shops -Put policies into place which made them not able to do business = because they were inferior -Moved to Ghettos, had to wear star of David and deported into concerntration camps |
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How is drone warfare being used in the war in Pakistan?
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-100's of attacks on targets in north-west Pakistan since 2004 using drones controlled by the CIA
-(Apart of the United States War on Terror campaign) -Since 2004 till present there has been 364 strikes and 312 from Obama |
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Evidence of how drones are used (quotes, facts, figures, historians opinions)
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-Frequent drone strikes on north-west Pakistan since 2004 (used by America and controlled by the CIA) as part of the War on Terror campaign, seeking to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaeda
-Six times mre strikes under Barrack Obamas presidency compared to Bush (312 out of 364 have been from Obama) -Total reported killed between 2,534-3,573 -Civilians between 411-884 -Out of those 168-196 have been children |
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Negative effects of drone warfare
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-Many civilian lives have been lost due to drone strikes (411-884 reported to have been killed)
-The lives lost don't get the chance to live a full life, aren't able to start a family and in some cases not being able to grow up |
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Positive effects on drone warfare
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-Used as a stealth and precision attack
-Don't have to put toops on the frontline -Being able to dictate where you fire |
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What were the causes of WWII?
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-End of WWI/Treaty of Versailles
-Rise of the Nazis and Hitler -Japanese Imperialism -The Great Depression |
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What were the steps to WWII?
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-Violation of Treaty of Versailles (1930s onwards)
-Germans reclaim the Rhineland (1936) -Annexation of Austria (1938) -Hitler demands return of Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) (1938) -Germany invades Czechoslovakia (March 1939) -Germany invades Poland (September 1939) -World War II (September 1939) |
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WWII event - summary of The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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-The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a project by the Americans to create and put into use two atomic bombs (‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’) which destroyed two Japanese cities and as a result, Japan were forced to surrender in the war
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Evidence and historical opinion regarding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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-Whether it was justified or necessary to win the war and that the bombings saved millions of lives by preventing the need for an invasion of the Japanese Home Islands
-Japan’s ‘never surrender’ warrior culture meant that without the bombings , Japan would have never surrendered -Atomic bombs were the inevitable outcome of both sides engaging in total war -The bombings started war crimes, or crimes against humanity -And some people believe that the surprise bombing of civilians with atomic weapons was morally wrong |
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Short term consequences
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Hiroshima:
-80,000 people were killed (30% of Hiroshima’s population) -70,000 people were injured -Roughly 69% of the city’s buildings were completely destroyed Nagasaki: -Between 40,000 and 75,000 were killed immediately -74,000 people were injured |
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Long term consequences
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Hiroshima:
-Many years’ later people were suffering from severe burns, radiation, cancer and many other side effects related to the bomb Nagasaki: -80,000 people died due to long term effects -Also, 2000 Korean forced labourers and an unknown number of Allied Prisoners of War were killed by the atomic bombings |
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What restrictions were placed on Germany by The Treaty of Versailles?
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-Territory
-Military -Financial |
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What was the Cold War?
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-A war of propaganda, espionage and rivalry in everything from sports events to weaponry and other forms of technological development
-Fought against USA and USSR -Competition re: building of armed forces (weaponary) -Communism vs anti-communism -Berlin Wall - East/West Germany |
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What is historical empathy and evaluating reliability of sources?
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-Historical empathy - understand motive
-Evaluating Reliability of Sources - cross referencing |
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Hitler and the Nazis
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-Fuhrer
-Dictator -Fascist -Fought in WWI -WWI contributed to WWII -Went to jail in the mid 1920s (1923) -Wrote a book (Mein Kampf) -WWII -Persecution of Jews, homosexuals, disabled etc. -Genocide (Holocaust) -Orator -Cancelled out their oposition (politically) -Suicded (poison) -Aryan nation (perfect race) -Political party (NSDAP) -German poverty/debt -Austrian |