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17 Cards in this Set
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Peace of Westphalia |
This ended the Thirty Years' War and was crucial in limiting the political rights and authorities of European monarchs |
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Thirty Years War |
War in Germany that lasted from 1618-1648. It was the last great war in Europe fought for religion. |
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Concert of Europe |
Created in 1815 by ABFPR and they agreed to control and balance power. This system kept peace in Europe from 1815 until WW1 |
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Congress of Vienna |
This was a meeting of major European powers to re-draw the political map of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars to create a system of real and balance power of Europe. |
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Modern Total War |
This is a military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory |
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Detente |
This is the relaxation of tension between East and West (Soviet Union and USA) |
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How did WW1 start? |
Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia |
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What states were involved in WW1? |
Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan. |
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Why were the Central Powers involved? |
These nations banded together, mostly out of national pride, and for revenge for previous losses (i.e the Bulgarians to the Serbs in 1913). These alliances were sloppy: some of the nations were not aligned with others at all times, or declarations of war were not made against all the Allied Powers. |
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Why were the Allied Powers involved? |
Italy initially had a treaty with Germany, but recanted and secretly allied with the Allied Powers. The United States joined the Allied Powers in 1917 after the country could no longer stay neutral, as Woodrow Wilson had planned in the Proclamation of Neutrality and other reasons involving kinship and propaganda. The Allies were ultimately comprised of 25 nations. |
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Hegemony |
Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others |
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Anarchy |
This is a system operating in the absence of any central government |
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Capitalism |
A system of production in which human labor and its products are commodities that are bought and sold in the marketplace |
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How did WW2 start? |
Hitler invaded Poland |
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What states were involved in WW2? |
Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. On the other side were the Allies. They included Britain, France, Australia,Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States of America. |
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Why were the Axis Powers involved in WW2? |
They secured their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. |
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Why were the Allied Powers involved in WW2? |
They all had strong democracies. |
