World History Chapter 22 Review

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clique

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an exclusive, elite group

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Sun Yat-sen

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the organizer of the Chinese Nationalist party, Kuomintang

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Chiang Ki-shek

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took control of the Kuomintang, after the death of Sun Yat-sen, beginning a military campaign to reunite China under a nationalist government

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Mao Zedong

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led a radical Communist party in China, stirring up uprisings between the peasants and government

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sanctions

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forbidding the sale of certain materials to Italy

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Third Reich

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Hitler's new German empire

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lebensraum

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"living space"; rearming Germany and ceasing participation in the Geneva Disarmament

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Rome-Berlin Axis

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alliance between Italy and Germany

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Anti-Comintern Pact

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alliance between Germany and Japan, which on the surface was an agreement directed against communism, but in reality was aimed specifically at Russia

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Axis powers

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the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II

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Allies

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opponents of the Axis power during World War II

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Francisco Franco

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general of the Fascist followers in Spain, revolting against Spain's republican government

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Neville Chamberlain

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prime minister of Britain, who sought to fix the conflict between Germany and Czechoslovakia

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Edouard Daladier

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the prime minister of France

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Munich Conference

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when Daladier (French prime minister), Chamberlain, (British prime minister), and Hitler met in Munich in an attempt to avoid war between Germany and Czechoslovakia

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appeasement

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buying off an aggressor by making concessions

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Winston Churchill

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a member of the British House of Commons

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Pact of Steel

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a military alliance between Italy and Germany

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panzer

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Germany's powerful armored military division, used to defeat Poland, along with the Luftwaffe

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Luftwaffe

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Germany's superior air force, used to defeat Poland, along with the panzer

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blitzkrieg

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"lightning war"; a fast-moving attack, using both the panzer and the Luftwaffe

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sitzkrieg

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"sitting war"; a war at a standstill, without either side launching a major defense

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fifth columnists

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term for Norwegian traitors during WWII (a term coined during the Spanish Civil War to refer to individuals within a country who secretly aid the enemy by spying, spreading enemy propaganda, and committing or sabotage or other similar activities)

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Vidkun Quisling

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one of the most notorious fifth columnists, helping the Germans take over his home country of Norway

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Maginot Line

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