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World history part 2
exam review for the 2nd semester
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Napoleons title in 1804 | emperor |
| Battle where napoleon was defeated for good | waterloo |
| conservatism | favors maintaining the status quo; no change |
| liberalism | favors some changes in govt policy |
| nationalism | extreme pride in ones country |
| what german state led the german unification movement | Prussia |
| what war brought a unified Germany | Franco-Prussian |
| who was the chancellor during the franco prussian war | Otto van Bismark |
| ___ controls everything in communism | government |
| who wrote the communist manifesto | Carl Marx |
| Africa and Asia | were main areas of colonization |
| factors leading to WW1 | nationalism, militarism, imperialism, alliances |
| Imperialism is.. | competition over territories |
| central powers | germany, bulgaria, ottoman empire, austria hungry |
| allies | GB, France, Italy, Russia and USA |
| president during ww1 | wilson |
| reasons US entered the war | German u-boat sinking, and zimmerman telegram |
| What ended the war | treaty of versailes |
| wilsons plan of peace | wilsons 14 points |
| terms of the treaty of versailes | Striped germany of colonies, reduced germanys size (gave territory to france) reduced military, and forced germany to pay war reporations |
| bolsheviks | wanted radical change to socialism in russia |
| mensheviks | gwanted radual shift to socialism |
| First leader of new russia | Lenin |
| Russians form of government | communist |
| 2nd leader of russia | stalin |
| League of Nations | maintained peace after WW1 |
| mandate | territory of the defeated central powers taken over by allies |
| US and the World economy | dropped into depression |
| How did germany pay the war reporations | printed more money which created an inflation and depression |
| Fascism | political philosophy that promote glorification of the state and nationalism |
| who was in control of japan in the late '30's | tojo and military |
| appeasement | one gives in to keep peace |
| what nation did hitler invade on sept. 1st 1939 | poland |
| what was the turning point on the russian front | stalingrad |
| what event drew US into the war | pearl harbor |
| turning point in the pacific | battle of midway |
| dday | allied invasion of europe |
| atomic bombs... | droped in hiroshima and nagosaki |
| genocide | mass extermination of a particular group |
| rivalries in the cold war include | US and USSR |
| what happened to GB and France's colonies after the war | free and independent |
| marshall plan | george marshalls plan to rebuild europe |
| what happened to nazi leaders after the war | war crimes |
| what was the iron curtain | imaginary line created seperating east and west europe |
| what country dominated eastern europe after ww2 | russia (ussr) |
| NATO | formed to defent western europe against communism |
| warsaw pact | military agreement between soviet union and eastern european allies to defend eastern europe against democracy |
| UN | maintains peace by guaranteeing the security of member nations |
| containment | holding back the spread of communism |
| Form of government US set up in japan after the war | democracy |
| nations that helped north korea | china and russia |
| nations that helped south korea | united states |
| berlin wall | built to keep the citizens of west berlin in |
| hochi minh | north vietnam leader |
| Gulf of Tonkin | drew the US into the Vietnam war |
| North vietnam was... | communist |
| south vietnam was.. | democratic |
| result of the vietnam war | vietnam went to communism |
| china after ww2 | had a civil war and split into 2 nations. (china and taiwan) |
| chiang kai shek | leader of taiwan |
| major reason soviet union collapsed | couldnt support military spendings |
| what country colonized india | Brittain |
| passive resistance | civil disobedience used to gain independence |
| fought for control of a free india | hindu and muslim |
| what nation had a civil war with west pakistan to become independed | bangladesh |
| what religion was pakistan | muslim |
| what religion was india | hindu |
| self determination | the right to rule yourself |
| what country did algeria fight to gain independence | france |
| jomo kenyatto | leader of kenya's independence movemetn |
| apartheid | separation of blacks and whites in south africa |
| most developing countries located here | africa |
| European Union | organization that extended coorperation among European Nations |
| NAFTA | gradual opening of the borders of trade in the western hemisphere |
| world bank and international monetary fund | international body to give to countries in need and makes financial investments in businesses in developing countries |
| hitler | leader of germany |
| mussolini | leader of italy |
| roosevelt | president during ww2 and great depression |
| churchill | prime minister or GB |
| hirohito | emperor of japan |
| stalin | russian leader |
| eisenhower | commander in europe |
| macarthur | leader of US forces in pacific |
| marshall | creator of the marshall plan |
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