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hh2 unit 4
Terms and Key Concepts
| term | definiton |
|---|---|
| Comintern | The Communist International, or ________, was formed in 1919 to encourage worldwide revolution. |
| kulaks | Stalin believed that ________,or wealthy Russian farmers, were behind the resistance to his collectivization policies. |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | In 1928, the ______ renounced war as an instrument of policy. |
| Gestapo | Adolf Hitler’s secret police,the ______ , rooted out all opposition to his policies. |
| totalitarian state | A ________ is a one-party dictatorship that tries to regulate every area of its citizens’ lives. |
| kristallnacht | Nazi-led mobs attacked Jews all over Germany on _______ , or the “Night of Broken Glass.” |
| Black Shirts | The _________ were militant supporters of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. |
| flappers | Liberated young women of the Jazz Age were called _________ . |
| surrealism | A style of art called _________ tried to portray the workings of the unconscious mind. |
| Gulag | The ________ was a system of brutal Russian labor camps where Joseph Stalin sent millions of his enemies. |
| May Forth Movement | The _______ in China rejected Confucian traditions and learning from the west. |
| haciendas | Large plantations called _______ were owned by the Mexican elite. |
| négritude movement | Writers expressed pride in their African roots and protested colonial rule through the _______. |
| Reza Kahn | As shah, _______ modernized Persia. |
| ahimsa | Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi preached the doctrine called _____. |
| Balfour Declaration | The _______ called for setting up a homeland for the Jews in Palestine. |
| Venustiano Carranza | Mexican president _______ approved the Constitution of 1917, but he was slow to introduce many of its reforms. |
| apartheid | A policy of rigid segregation called ________ was practiced by whites against South African blacks. |
| Good Neighbor Policy | The ________ was a promise from the U.S not to get overly involved in the affairs of Latin American nations. |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese Communist _______ led his followers on the Long March. |
| total war | In ______, a nation must use all of its resources to win. |
| neutrality | The sinking of the Lusitania threatened to end the United States’ policy of _______ . |
| T.E. Lawrence | British forces led by ________ helped Arab nationalists fight against the Ottoman empire. |
| militarism | ________ was one of the main forces that led to the outbreak of World War I. |
| zeppelins | Before airplanes came into use, Germany was able to attack the coast of England using ________. |
| Dardanelles | Gallipoli, a major battle of the war, was fought for control of the ___________. |
| propaganda | During the war,the Allied press created _______ based on stories of horrible acts of the Germans. |
| reparations | After the war,Germany was forced to pay huge _______ that included pensions for Allied soldiers. |
| proletariat | Marxist leaders in Russia tried to start a revolution among the ________. |
| Fourteen Points | In 1918, President Wilson issued the ________ to help end World War I and to prevent future wars. |