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Western Civ
New Imperialism-Third World
Question | Answer |
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The Two Books written by Charles Darwin | The Origins of Species; The Decent of Man |
The Decent of Man | theory of evolution |
Chauvinism | elevated importance; seeing yourself as superior |
Causes of New Imperialism | new technology;lack of demand in Europe; |
What were the 3 obstacles to controlling Africa and how were they overcome | disease, quinine; climate, steamboat;resistence, breech loading rifle; |
The Four Major Causes of WW1 | imperialism;nationalism;economic reasons;failed diplomacy |
The Triple Entente | France, Russia, Great Britain |
The Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria, Italy |
What did A School History of the Great War list as the reasons Germany Wanted War? | War is a profitable business;Germany wanted land; Germany wanted colonies; Germany wanted a place in the sun; the Survival of the Fittest; Wanted to Germanize the World |
The Von Schleiffen Plan | Germany marched through Belgium to catch France unaware because they were allied with Russia. |
The Battle of Somme | British Isle offensive; bombarded German lines for 72 hours; thought it would be a turning |
The Two Books written by Charles Darwin | The Origins of Species; The Decent of Man |
The Decent of Man | theory of evolution |
Chauvinism | elevated importance; seeing yourself as superior |
Causes of New Imperialism | new technology;lack of demand in Europe; |
What were the 3 obstacles to controlling Africa and how were they overcome | disease, quinine; climate, steamboat;resistence, breech loading rifle; |
The Four Major Causes of WW1 | imperialism;nationalism;economic reasons;failed diplomacy |
The Triple Entente | France, Russia, Great Britain |
The Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria, Italy |
What did A School History of the Great War list as the reasons Germany Wanted War? | War is a profitable business;Germany wanted land; Germany wanted colonies; Germany wanted a place in the sun; the Survival of the Fittest; Wanted to Germanize the World |
The Von Schleiffen Plan | Germany marched through Belgium to catch France unaware because they were allied with Russia. |
The Battle of Somme | British Isle offensive; bombarded German lines for 72 hours; thought it would be a turning point because they assumed their enemy was not smart; when the shooting stopped the Germans came up and waited for the British |
Versailles Treaty | Germany lost all overseas colonies, 13% of European Territory;10% population and the ability to wage warDeclared that German aggression had started the war and had to pay for damages |
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points | Identified elements for a new international order; cornerstone would be the League of Nations |
Reasons the League of Nations Failed | Did not represent every state; No military power; no will to make it work |
Vladimir Lennin | leader of the Bolsheviks, looked like Russia could develop normally, and then he died |
Mensheviks | soft socialists; 1st revolution |
Bolsheviks | hard socialists; 2nd revolution |
Fascism | identified the nation as the dominate social reality; favored by italians who feared communism |
Benito Mussolini | father of Fascism, condemned socialism, conservatism and liberalism as outdated |
What does Nazi stand for? | the National Socialist German Worker's Party |
the Enabling Act | passed by politicians because they were afraid of imprisonment; Gave Hitler power to suspend the constitution and pass legislation without majority vote |
Cheka | the secret police of Russia |
Joseph Stalin | Georgian, led the communist party; a man of no moral compunction |
Trotsky | fled the country when Stalin took over because he knew he would not be safe; followed by the Cheka and stabbed with an ice pick |
What is the difference between Stalin and Trotsy? | Trotsky was an internationalist, he thought communism needed to be spread. Stalin was a nationalist, he thought communism needed to be centralized in Russia |
Appeasement | The policy of conciliation and negotation pursused by Britain with Hitler |
Third Reich | Hitler's dream of a renewed German empire that would last 1000 years |
What was the Nazi motto? | "Work, Family, Fatherland" |
Manchu Dynasty | ruled China, near feudalism under this ruling. |
Dr. Sun Yat Sen | commonly known as the father of China |
Three Principles of the People | written by Dr. Sun Yat Sennationalism;Democracy; livlihoodwanted china unified, wanted them to rule their own country under an enlightened government, thought we should improve conditions here and now |
Kuumintang | nationalist party of China |
Chiang Kai Shek | the new leader that emerged after the death of Sun Yet Sen, turned on the communists |
Mao Tse-Tung | led the communist's march to the Western Mountainous part of China |