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Japan was the first Asian country to become
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industrialized.
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The U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the settlement of the Russo-Japanese War was
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Theodore Roosevelt
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In 1935 Persia became officially known as
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Iran
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The new influence throughout the developing countries of the world during the interwar period was
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nationalism
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Who led young Turkish nationalists in a successful revolution in 1922?
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Mustafa Kemal
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As one step in the modernization of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk ordered the Turkish people to
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adopt Western style clothing
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The new constitution of Turkey severed the long-standing relationship between the government and
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Islam
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In which country did Reza Shah Pahlavi exercise dictatorial control?
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Iran
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Politically, the vast British empire had become burdensome as more colonies demanded
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independence
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Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa joined with Great Britain as equal partners in the
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British Commonwealth of Nations
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The chief advocate of Indian nationalism, ______________________, led the Indian National Congress and promoted civil disobedience against the British.
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Gandhi
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The ________________________ stated that Britain would "view with favor" the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
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Balfour Declaration
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A nationalist movement called ______________________ aimed to build a Palestinian homeland for the Jews
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Zionist
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Following WWI, ______________________ took control of the mandates of Transjordan, Palestine, and Iraq.
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Great Britain
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An isolationist movement whose supporters attacked foreigners at every opportunity
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Boxer Rebellion
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Two-year, 6,000-mile trek made by Chinese Communists
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Long March
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Leader of the Chinese nationalists after 1925 who established the Nanjing government
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Leader of the Chinese Communists who lead peasants into a revolution
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Mao Zedong
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FDR's policy that all nations would have equal rights to trade anywhere in China
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Open Door
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Treaty that settled the Russo-Japanese War was
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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The Western education provided by colonial powers
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promoted independence movements
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By the end of the 1930s, many African anti-colonialists were calling for
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complete independence
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The Chinese Communist Party gained most of its support from
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peasants.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe was one of the first African leaders
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to speak out in favor of independence
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Why were many Africans who had fought on the side of Great Britain and France disappointed after the war?
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they had hoped to be rewared with greater political freedom.
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In 1902 Japan signed an alliance with ______________________, in which they agreed to aid each other in cases of escalated conflicts over China.
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Great Britain
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Japanese military leaders saw ____________________________ as a prime target for expansion.
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Manchuria
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To preserve the nation, Japanese ministers felt that they must do everything in their power to eliminate _______, which would sap the patriotism and dedication of the people in case of war.
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discontent
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The Treaty of ___________________________ eliminated conflict in Manchuria and signaled Japan's growing power
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Portsmouth
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the Nationalist People's Party, directed by Sun Yixian
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Guomindang
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appealed to Europeans as a cure for the uncertainty of the postwar years; a form of government in which all societal resources are monopolized by the state in an effort to penetrate and control all aspects of public and private life, through the state's use of propaganda, terror, and technology.
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totalitarian regime
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experienced by the United States in the postwar years; there is a high level of aggregate demand, inflation increases, unemployment falls, and growth in national income accelerates.
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economic boom
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Marked by several inventions and discoveries of far reaching consequences; emergence of unprecedented industrial boom and accelerated consumer demand and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the lifestyle; and a series of events, national as well as the international, which shaped a large part of the history of the 20th century.
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Roaring Twenties
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Period during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal
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Prohibition
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Term used to describe policies which are guided by the idea of protecting domestic consumption, labor and capital formation, even if this requires the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on the movement of labour, goods and capital.
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Economic nationalism
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risky investments in the stock market in the hope of quick, high profits
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market speculations
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buying stock with money borrowed
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on margin
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massive global economic recession that ran from 1929 to approximately 1939
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Great Depression
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a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, machine gun posts and other defenses which France constructed along its borders with Germany and with Italy in the wake of World War I
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Maginot Line
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The principal treaty was between Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy, under which the first three signatories undertook not to attack each other, with the latter two acting as guarantors. In the event of aggression by any of the first three states against another, all other parties to the treaty were to assist the country under attack.
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Locarno Pact
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a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country
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general strike
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an alliance of left-wing political parties (the Communists, the Socialists and the Radicals), which was in government in France from 1936 to 1938; enacted the law mandating 12 days (2 weeks) each year of paid vacations for workers; enacted the law limiting to 40 hours the workweek (outside of overtime)
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Popular Front
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the act of taking assets into state (government) ownership
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nationalized
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a militarily unsuccessful rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916.
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Easter Rising
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authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini; generally attracted political support from big business, landowners, and patriotic, traditionalist, conservative, far-right, populist and reactionary individuals and groups
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Fascism
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Used by Mussolini to reshape the economy; a nation in where the major economic activities, such as agriculture, transportation, manufacturing, and commerce, are organized into syndicates that resemble corporations
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corporate state
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(German for "My Struggle") is a book written by Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology of Nazism - National Socialist German Workers Party
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Mein Kampf
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refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the control of the National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as head of state
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Third Reich
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the treaty of friendship signed between Mussolini (Italy) and (Hitler) Germany on October 25 1936. The two countries would form an "axis" around which the other states of Europe could revolve. Later, in May 1939, this relationship transformed into an alliance, dubbed the "Pact of Steel".
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Rome-Berlin Axis
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started by Lenin and revised by Stalin; agriculture where peasants are not paid wages, but rather receive a share of the farm's net output.
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collective farm system
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economic system in which government planners make all economic decisions
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command economy
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the executive organization of the Communist Party; the party is seen as the "vanguard of the people" and therefore usually has the power to control the state, and the non-state party officials in the politburo generally hold extreme power.
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Politburo
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international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Lenin, Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State."
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Comintern
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to remove people considered by the group in power to be "undesirable" from a government, political party, a profession, or from community or society as a whole, often by violent means
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purge
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used by workers who wanted their demands met
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general strike
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Music and art after World War I
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broke with tradition
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The literature of the postwar era depicted
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Dissatisfaction with society
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The Great Depression began in
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United States
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The New Deal was a
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Government attempt to end the Depression
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Why did Hitler blame the Jewish population for all of Germany's troubles?
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Hatred of Jews, or anti-Semitism, was a key part of Nazi ideology
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Which of the following does fascism stress?
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nationalism
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Nazism was the German form of
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fascism
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The governments of Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler were
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dictatorships
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In his book Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler expressed the spirit of
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Nazi movement
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In 1922 Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party gained control of the government of
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Germany
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What was the name of Hitler's secret police?
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Gestapo
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What was the name of Stalin's secret police?
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KBG
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Under Stalin all of the following events took place EXCEPT
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The New Economic Policy was introduced
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Hitler's program found appeal among all of the following groups EXCEPT
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communists
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In a command economy
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Government planners make all economic decisions
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Communism is different from fascism in all of the following categories EXCEPT its
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Authority over the people
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