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90 Cards in this Set
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Why did colonial subjects fight in WWII?
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Comintern
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Advocated worldwide communism
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Japan’s Invasion of Manchuria
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Greater E. Asia Co Prosp. Sph. like Lebensraum
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler’s book to fix Germany
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Blitzkrieg
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Combined air and ground attack
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Axis Powers
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(JIG) Japan, Italy, Germany
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Nazi Invasion of Poland
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First country taken by Germany
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Pearl Harbor
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Japan bombed our ships, but not our carriers nor oil supplies
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Turning Point In Pacific
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Battle of Midway
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Turning Point in Europe
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Stalingrad’s successful defense from Germany
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Dunkirk
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Germany occupied France, and pushed the French into Britain
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Holocaust
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Mucho
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Operation Sea Lion
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Germany’s plan to attack Britain
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Sudetenland
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This area was demanded by Germany, Chamberlain appeased w/ Munich Pact
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Death Camps
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Auschwitz
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Bataan Death March
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Americans in Philippines forced to walk under horrible circumstances
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Potsdam Conference |
Truman decided to bomb Japan |
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Non-Aggression Pact
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Germany & USSR make “peace.” Germany wanted to avoid two-front war, while USSR wanted time to rebuild their army
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Battle of Britain
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German Luftwaffe bombed plane factories in Britain
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Yalta Conference
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Plan to re-establish Europe after WWII
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Aryans
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Blonde hair, blue eyes
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Einsatzgruppen
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German killing squads who killed Jews
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Why Stalin wanted to create Satellite States
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To spread communism and cushion Russia
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Iron Curtain
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Communist countries that bordered non-communist Europe
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Containment
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Kennan’s idea to prevent communism from spreading
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Marshall Plan
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US gives $13 million to Europe
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China Falls to Communism
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Warsaw Pact
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If a country leaves USSR, USSR declares war on it
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; all countries for one, one country for all
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Bay of Pigs
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America’s failed attack on Cuba with Cuban exiles
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
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America supplied Afghanistan with stingers, and Taliban started
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Tried capitalistm in USSR, removed missiles from Cuba
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Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
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Cultural Revolution
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Mao Zedung’s Little Red Book, Red Guard, millions killed
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Berlin Blockade
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USSR blocked allied railways, roads, and waterways
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Korean War
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NK attacks SK, we help SK push back, China attacks when we reach Yalu River
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Xiaoping |
Four Modernizations, One Child Policy |
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Mao
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100 Flowers Campaign (rekt), Great Leap Forward (steel), Cultural Rev (Little Red Book, Red Guard)
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COMECON
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Prevented eastern European countries from accepting help from US
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Berlin Wall
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Built by USSR-occupied Germany to separate communists from noncommunists
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Supplied Cuba with missiles
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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US blockades USSR, Bay of Pigs, USSR removes missiles from Cuba, US removes missiles from Italy
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Joseph McCarthy |
Accused and arrested people of being communist |
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Harry Truman
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Wants to help countries stand up against communism
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Vietnam Conflict
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Vietcong invade SV where we try to defend and eventually leave
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Détente
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Period of peace between USSR and US
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Brezhnev Doctrine
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Don’t help communist countries or they’ll be attacked
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China vs Soviet Union in Mongolia leads to?
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Khmer Rouge
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Led by Pol Pot, did Cambodian Genocide
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De-Stalinization
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Russia removed the Gulag, cult of personality, etc
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Tiananmen Square
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Tank man protests
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Agribusinesses
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Government-controlled farms
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Muslim League
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Jinnah led this which gained Pakistan’s independence
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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PM of India; Industrialization and Green Revolution
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Kurds
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OPEC |
Middle-eastern oil monopoly |
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Islamic Fundamentalism
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Sykes-Picot Agreement
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French and English divided Ottoman Empire into mandates
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Hezbollah
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Leaders of this group were followers of Khomeini
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Iraq Invasion 2003 |
Hussein might have had WMDs in Iraq, so we invaded and sadly found none |
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Why was Al Qaeda upset with U.S. |
US was on Wahhabist holy lands |
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Sept 11
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Most infamous terrorist attack
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Non-Aligned Movement
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Led by Nehru in India
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Globalization
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Integration from world views and goods
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WTO
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Sets global rules to ensure trade flows smoothly
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Free Trade Zones
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Sustainability
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The ability for a country to support itself
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BRICS Nations |
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; third-world countries trying to get up into world trade |
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Rwandan Genocide
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Tutsis slaughtered by Hutu majority
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Darfur
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Arab extremists slaughtered black civilians here
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Janjaweed
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Arab extremists who slaughtered civilians in Darfur
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Liberation Theology
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Christians want change for the poor
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Beslan Attack
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School bombed in Chechnya by terrorists
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Wahhabism
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Non-followers were seen as enemies of God
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Black Hawk Down
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Warlords trained by al Qaeda
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Operation Enduring Freedom
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We invaded Afghanistan to get Osama bin Laden, Taliban resisted
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Israel hated by Arab Neighbors
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They were forced to move from their land
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Intifada
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Uprising by PLO
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Mandate System
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Ottoman Empire split up into these after Sykes-Picot Treaty
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Shari’ah Law
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Wanted to implement Islamic Law
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Islamists
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Muslim extremists
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Ayatollah Khomeini |
Set up theocracy in Iran |
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Muslim Brotherhood
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Arab Spring
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Wave of protests by Arabs against government
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Osama bin Laden |
Created al Qaeda |
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Taliban
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Took over Afghanistan, set up theocracy, supported by al Qaeda
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Camp David Accords
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Israel gave back Sinai to Egypt and made peace
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al Qaeda |
“the foundation,” follows Wahhabism, US is occupying holy land, Pakistan Iraq |
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Terrorism
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Violence against civilians, political purpose
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Islamism & Islamists
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Extremists vs Muslims
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