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21 Cards in this Set
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When was the Yalta Conference? |
February 1945 |
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When was the Potsdam Conference? |
July 1945 |
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What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact? |
USSR and Germany agreed neutrality so they wouldn't attack each other again |
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What's Operation Barbarossa? |
June 1941 - Hitler broke Molotov Ribbentrop Pact by starting a surprise attack on Soviet Union |
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Feudalism |
Political system in which land was held by vassals in exchange for service |
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Spheres of Influence |
A country where another county has power over it although has no formal authority |
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Predominance |
Possession of power |
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Geostrategic |
Areas that have importance to a state/the strategy of dealing with geopolitical problems |
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Peasant unrest |
A member of low-class that depends on agricultural labour |
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Pro-agrarian parties |
Eastern European states who had political parties that focused on representing farming communities |
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Economic imperialism |
A state could use it's economic power to ensure an economically weaker state becomes dependant on it |
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Isolationism |
Minimal involvement in external affairs |
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Containment |
To prevent the spread of communism by aiding those states exposed to it |
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Collective Security |
States cooperate with each other to reduce insecurity |
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Unilateral |
Performed by one person/country without the agreement of others |
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Bloc |
Group of states that have common military, economic or political interests |
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Imperialism |
Extending a country's power through colonisation |
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Agricultural Collectivisation |
Food and crops were grown and re-distributed by the goverment |
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Sovereignty |
Recognition by the international community of a state's independence and its right to govern itself without interference |
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Veto |
The right to vote against something |
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Strategic planning |
Planning to establish some degree of military, political or economic control by pursuing actions which will result in one+ of these |