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theory that says over the past 5 centuries, periods of global war are followed by periods of international rule-making and institution-building
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long-cycle theory
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preponderant state capable of dominating the conduct of international political and economic relations
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hegemon
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How does Franz Ferdinand play into the causes of World War I?
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a Serbian nationalis assasinated him, sparking countermoves by Austria, Germany, and Russia
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Describe how during the pre-World World I period, the rise of German power threatened the British
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under the concept of Welpolitik, Germany began building a massive navy to command respect
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who proposed the League of Nations and why?
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Woodrow Wilson, in order to garauntee independence and territorial integrity of the states
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What did the Treat of Versailles do?
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cut Germany's military, cut their territory, cost them overseas colonies, and charged Germany with paying damages from WWI
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axis trio
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Germany, Japan, Italy
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allies
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Soviet Union, Britain, France, US
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What did Adolf Hitler's book, Mein Kampf, do?
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urge Germany to reclaim territories lost by Treaty of Versailles
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August 23, 1939... Hitler and Stalin form..?
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non-aggression pact
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what caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
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Hitler invading Poland
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what event sparked the end of US isolationist policy at the beginning of WWII?
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Pearl Harbor Attack on US
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What causes Japan to surrender during WWII?
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US bomb Hiroshima
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How was Korea divided after WWII?
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into Soviet and US occupation zones at the 38th parallel
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Who are the Big Three?
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Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
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What is the Truman Doctrine?
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document that defines containment strategy in which US encircles Soviet Union with military alliances and threat of nuclear retaliation
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What causes President Carter to suspend exports to the Soviet Union and boycott 1980 Moscow olympics?
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the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
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What does the Reagan Doctrine do?
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US grants support for anticommunist insurgents seeking to overthrow Soviet-supported government
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Which war proves that great-power rivals can resolve conflict without resorting to global war?
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Cold War
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strategy of making concessions to another state in the hope that, satisfied, it will not make additional claims
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appeasement
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policy of withdrawing from active participation with other actors in world affairs and instead concentrating state efforts on managing internal affairs
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isolationism
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international system with more than 2 dominant powers
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multipolar
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international system with 2 dominant central powers
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bipolar
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metaphor popular during Cold War period which predicted that if one stat fell to communism, its neighbors would also fall
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domino theory
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tendency for ones expectations to evoke behavior that helps to make those expectations become true
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self-fulfilling prophecy
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tendency for weak states to seek alliance with the strongest power, irrespective of that powers ideology or form of government, in order to increase security
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bandwagon
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Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev's 1956 doctrine that war between capitalist and communist states is not inevitable and that interbloc compettion could be peaceful
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peaceful coexistence
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strategy of relaxing tensions between adversaries to reduce possibility of war
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detente
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pledge of US backing for anticommunist insurgents who sought to overthrow Soviet-supported governments
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Reagan Doctrine
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in diplomacy, a policy seeking to reestablish normal relations between enemies
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rapprochment
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international system with one dominant power center
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unipolar
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ability of a country to get what it wants in international affairs through attractiveness of its culture, political ideals, and policies
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soft power
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strategy that relies on independent self-help behavior in foreign policy
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unilateral
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historical tendency of hegemons to weaken themselves through costly foreign pursuits that drain their resources
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imperial overstretch
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