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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reparations | Goods or money demanded by the winning countries from defeated countries |
| Terms of the Treaty Of Versailles | Germany lost a lot of land, they were to pay billions of dollars for damage and accept blame for the war |
| The terms of the Treaty of Versailles were harsh on Germany because | Clemencau wanted to make Germany pay |
| Who was Clemenceau? | A French Statesman |
| How did Germany suffer from the Treaty of Versailles | Economic problems, violence, unemployment and uprisings |
| League of Nations | Formed to prevent more wars. Germany and Russia excluded |
| Who was Adolf Hitler? | A german politician who was leader of the Nazi Party |
| What was the Nazi Party | A political group that ruled Hermany between 1933 and 1945. Stands for National Socialist German Workers Party |
| How did the Nazis break the terms of the Treaty of Versailles | They rearmed and marched through demilitarised zones |
| Appeasement | Giving something to a power to keep the peace |
| Why did WW2 start? | Germany attacked Poland for no reason so France declared war on Germany |
| Who were allied powers? | Britain, France and the US |
| Who were the axis powers? | Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Aims of The Final Solution | To exterminate all racially impure people to recreate a stronger Germany in a new state, the Third Reich |
| When did the Final Solution occur? | 20th January, 1942 |
| Who were the victims of The Final Solution | Jews, gypsies and disabled people |
| Where did Australia fight in the Middle East? | Greece and Crete |
| D-Day | When the allies invaded northern France through beach landings in Normandy |
| When did the war in Europe end? | 7th May, 1945 |
| What zones was Germany divided into? | Soviet, American, British and French zones |
| When did the Pacific War occur? | December 7th, 1941 |
| Pearl Harbour is | A place in Hawaii, where the Japanese bombed |
| Why was the fall of Singapore significant to Australia? | Because it made Australia vulnerable to the Japanese |
| Kokoda | A trail in Papua New Guinea, used in the Pacific War |
| Why was Kokoda important? | Because it was the first time that the Japanese had been stopped since the start of the war |
| Where were the Nuclear bombs dropped in Japan? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Why did America drop nuclear bombs on Japan | To stop the war ASAP |
| Communism | Where the government owns all property |
| Which countries were Communist | Russia and the Soviets (Eastern Bloc) |
| Capitalism | Where property is mostly owned by individuals. There is freedom of speech and movement |
| Which countries were Capitalist | USA and Britain (Western Bloc) |
| What is a domino theory? | The idea that once one country became communist, the rest would follow |
| When did the Korean War start? | June 1950 |
| Why did the Korean War start? | Because North attacked South |
| How did the Korean War end? | When Korea divided with a demilitarised zone to seperate it. The border was called the 38th parallel |
| McCarthyism | Making political accusations of being communist without evidence |
| What was the Petrov Affair? | A Cold War spy incident |
| How did the Menzies Government use the Petrov Affair to their advantage? | To win the election |
| When did the Labour Party split? | In 1955 |
| Why did Australia fight in the Vietnam war? | They didn't want Vietnam to fall into communism and they were happy to fight overseas and keep the war out of Australia. They were also obliged to support the US |
| Who did the US and Australia fight in the Vietnam war? | The French |
| Who was Ho Chi Minh | The leader of North Vietnam |
| What are moratorium marches? | A protest to show the power of the anti-war movement |
| How did the Vietnam War end? | When Australia and the US withdrawed. Saigon ended up falling under North Vietnam rule |
| Why was the United Nations founded at the end of WW2? | To maintain peace and recognise human rights |
| Why was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights needed? | Because of the lack of Human Rights in WW2 |
| Why did the Civil Rights movement occur in America? | Because African Americans were being treated as inferior and people were making connections with the Holocaust |
| Who was Martin Luther King? | A baptist minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement |
| What methods were used in the Civil Rights Movement | Non-violent civil disobedience, sit ins, bus boycotts, marches and speeches |
| A referendum | A vote in Australia on a topic passed in Parliament |
| Native Title | Recognising that Aborignal people are the traditional owners of Australia |
| Reconciliation | Unity and respect between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians |
| Who was Charlie Perkins? | Organised the 1965 Freedom Ride |
| The Tent Embassy | Tents established outside Old Parliament House as a protest for Indigenous Rights |
| The Mabo decision | The final decision that in 1788 white settlers had taken the land from its traditional owners |
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