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APWH Unit 6
APWH Unit 6; Aliza Ancheta, Tong Period 3
Question | Answer |
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Genocide | The Nazi attempt to methodically exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, along with other “undesirable” populations. |
The Little Tigers 1980 | The earliest and most successful imitators of remarkable and rapid growth of the Japanese model for economic development were Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. |
Allied powers | France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, United States. |
Benito Mussolini 1922 | an Italian politician and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. In 1926 Mussolini seized total power as dictator and ruled Italy as Il Duce from 1930 to 1943. He promised to bring glory to Italy. |
Operation Barbarossa 1941 | Operation Barbarossa was the name given to Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia on June 22nd 1941, lead by Von Leeb. Barbarossa the largest military attack of World War Two and was to have appalling consequences for the Russian people. |
What is the significance of the fighting on Iwa Jima and Okinawa? | It lead to the fall of Saipan In July (1994) and its conquest left an open target within easy reach of U.S. bombers. |
The Final Solution 1941 | A solution that entitled the attempted murder of every Jew living in Europe. |
Cold War 1947 | Confrontation for global influence principally between the United States and the Soviet Union between political and economic systems, liberal democracy and communism. |
Truman Doctrine March 12, 1947 | Crystallized the new U.S. perception of preventing any further expansion of Soviet Influence. |
Marshall Plan 1947 | Proposed to rebuild European economics through cooperation and capitalism. |
Berlin Wall 1961 | A barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. |
Fidel Castro | Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008. Overthrew the autocratic Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar |
1950-1953 | Korean War |
Isolationism | A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries |
Paris Peace Conference 1919 | Held in Versailles just outside of Paris to establish terms of peace after World War. form a League of Nations that would serve as an international forum and an international collective security arrangement |
Influenza Pandemic of 1918 | Worst pandemic ever recorded in human history. Started with a high fever, died days later. Killed more than casualties in war. |
Wilson's Fourteen Points 1918 | compromised the secret wartime agreements by which they had agreed to distribute among themselves territories and possessions of defeated nations. |
Russian Revolution 1917 | Ended imperial rule and led to the Soviet Union's creation |
Warsaw Pact 1955 | Soviets response to NATO |
1939-1945 | World War 2 |
Bolshevik Revolution | Took Russia out of the War in 1918 |