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16 Cards in this Set
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Friedrich Nietzsche |
German philosopher with a profound influence on recent western philosophy
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League of Nations |
Instituted with the hopes of preventing a tragedy like WWI from ever happening again, though it proved ineffective.
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Scramble for Africa |
The invasion, occupation, and division of Africa among various European powers in the 19th century |
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Bolsheviks |
Leaders of the Russian Revolution, later known as the communist party. |
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Verdun |
One of the largest battles in history, between the French and the Germans in WW1. |
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NATO |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an intergovernmental military alliance which began in 1949. |
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Proletariat |
Working class, industrial wage-earners who labor for sustenance. |
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Bourgeoisie |
An upper-middle class of sorts, who opposed Proletariats. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Signed at the end of World War 1, created to punish German society and enforce reparations. In part lead to World War II. |
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Anti-Semitism |
Hostility or hostile sentiment towards Jews and Judaism. |
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Schlieffen Plan |
A plan devised by the German Chief of Staff to quickly neutralize France in WWI. |
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Marshall Plan |
American plan to aid European recovery from WWII. The United States gave twelve-billion dollars. |
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Lebensraum |
"Living room" in German, refers to the planned expansion of Germany in the Nazi regime. |
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Blitzkrieg |
"Swift war", an extremely effective military tactic still in popular use. |
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Stalingrad |
Now known as Volgograd, housed one of the most violent battles of WWII between Russian and Nazi forces. |
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Social Darwinism |
Darwinian laws of natural selection applied to groups of people. |
