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47 Cards in this Set
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Militarism
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def.-glorification of the military.
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Pacifism
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def.- opposition to all war.
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Ultimatum
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def.- final set of demands
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Stalemate
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def.-deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
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reparations
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def.- payment for war damages or damages caused by imprisonment.
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proletariat
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def.- working class
sent.- Marxists tried to ignite revolution among the proletariat |
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Bolshevik
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def.- elite group to lead the worker's Revolution
sent.- The bolsheviks over threw the government leading to the workers being in charge. |
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Collective
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def.- large farm owned and operated by peasants as a group.
sent.-Stalin forced peasants to give up their private plots and live on either state owned farms or collectives. |
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Command economy
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def.- system in which government officials made all basic economic decisions.
sent.- The Soviet Union created the command economy. |
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atheism
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def.- the belief that there is no god.
sent.- In accordance with the ideas of Marx, atheism became an official state policy. |
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appeasement
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def.- the policy of giving inot an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace.
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neutrality
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def.-policy of supporting neither side in war.
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anschluss
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def.-Union of Austria and Germany
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blitzkrieg
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def.- lightning war
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genocide
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def.-deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group
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dissident
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def.- someone who speaks out against the government.
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glasnost
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def.-policy of openness instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
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perestroika
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def.-restructing of the Soviet government and economy in the 1980s.
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ethnic cleansing
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def.-policy of killing or forcibly removing people of certain ethnic groups
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war crime
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def.- act that violates international rules of war.
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What are the MAIN causes of the war (WWI)?
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Militarism
Alliances Imperalism Nationalism |
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Tangle of Alliances before the war (WWI)- why?
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How did the Assassination of Francis Ferdinand start the war? Why/ How did the countries declare war on each other?
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What was the trench warfare? Describe how it contributed to the stalemate on the western front?
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How did the war (WWI) goals of Japan and the Ottoman Empire, and Europe's overseas colonies.
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What was the women's role in the war effort for WWI? Concept of total war (also know this for WWII)
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•took over jobs
•forces and suppliers •nurses- worked in war industry •food shortages= grew nation's food •gave pride and confidence •had to give jobs back after war and got rights later |
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Why did the US enter the war (WWI)?
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1917:
•Germany- unrestricted submarine warfare- Lusitania sunk (cruise ship) •cultural ties to Great Britian- US wanted to help them •Zimmerman note- Mexico (close to US) might enter war on Germany's side |
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Treaty of Versailles- How was Germany "punished"? Why was the treaty a source of dissatisfaction for the Central powers?
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•had to cede the region Alsace-Loraine back to France, Sudentenland to Czechoslovakia, and the "Polish Corridor" to Poland •demilitariazation of the Rhineland •saar coal region was placed under international control for 15 years •disarment: limited to only 100,000 army troops: no reserves, tanks, aircraft, warships, or subs were permitted •had to pay $5 billion in immediate reparations, with future reparations to be determined by May 1921 Central Powers- |
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What were the problems in Russia before the revolutions: absolute monarchy (Nicholas, Alexandra, Rasputin)? What was the impact of WWI?
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For the March Revolution of 1905, what were the moderate goals?
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What did Marxism (power to the have-nots) mean to do? What were the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks?
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What was the November Revolution of 1917? What were its goals? Why were the radicals in power?
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For Stalin (also Hitler and Mussolini), what were the characteristics of totalitarian regime?
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What is the definition of fascism?
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Compare and contrast: fascism and communism?
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Why and how did Hitler rise to power?
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How did Germans have aggression without war? In the western policy of appeasement, why did they give into Hitler?
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What is the Munich conference?
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What is the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact?
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Early in the war what were the Axis advances and victories?
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Why were the USA entering the war, D-Day, El-Alamein, and the invasion of Italy turning points in WWII/
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What was the Allies strategy to defeat the Axis, how was meeting in Berlin and the Elbe River involved?
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After the war: how did Europe divide ( communism vs. capitalism)? Why did the cold war start?
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What were the reforms by Gorbachev? What were the glasnosts and perestroika?
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Why did the Soviet Union collapse?
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How did the Soviets dominate in Eastern Europe: Hungary Czechoslovakia, Poland? How did these countries try to resist and break away?
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Why did civil war in Yugoslavia break out? How did it end?
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