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Holocaust Test 2
Question | Answer |
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Militarism | (M) main causes of war |
Alliances | (A) main causes of war |
Imperialism | (I) main causes of war |
Nationalism | (N) main causes of war |
world war 1 was a ___. Changing the scope of war and increasing the death toll of civilians | Trench war |
the causalities of WW1 | 9 million |
used to clean out a room | Flame thrower (new weapons) |
Poison Gas | (new weapons) |
Submarines (new weapons) | Dishonorable sneak attack used by Germans |
Machine gun | (new weapons) |
Tanks (new weapons) | Very slow but used as a shield for soldiers |
Blockade | when the war began Britain instituted a ___ against the German Coast starving Germany and depriving them of food and materials |
Asia and Africa | WW1 was truly a world war as fighting took places in ___ and __ due to imperialism. |
Planes (new weapons) | two types bomb raiders and fighter |
Long Range Artillery (new weapons) | Known as Big Bertha |
Central Powers | Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-France |
Allied Powers | France, Russia, Britain, Italy |
Submarines | was considered illegal under international law as they have a devastating impact on civilians |
Unrestricted Submarines Warfare | In response to the Britain's blockade Germany used ___ which sank British vessels without a warning and a clear violation of the "rules of war" |
France (western front) | Germany had to deal with two sides the east and the west. This site resulted in a stalemate and where the destruction was worse in the Capitol. It was nearly destroyed by this war as Germany invaded |
Russia (eastern front) | Germany had to deal with two sides the east and the west. Germany sent men to hold the line and sent back a Russian revolutionary by the name of Vladimir Lenin who tried to start a communist revolution. |
Lusitania | a British passenger ship that was destroyed by the Germans that killed over 100 Americans. Germany apologized, but before America remained neutral but banks started to loan Billions to the Allied Powers |
The Holy Roman Empire | While technically a new country Germany is well grounded in history and culture of the ___. |
Iron and Blood | Bismarck founder of the nation said the issues of the day would be decided by ___ and ___ |
Prodentist Reformation | Martin Luther started the ____ ____. He was considered the national hero in Germany to this day. He is controversial to Germany as Jefferson is controversial to the U.S. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Chief Philosopher of the German Nation. Most influential modern philosophers in the history of the world |
Christianity | Nietzsche believed that ___ is a "slave" religion. As it asks people to subjugate themselves and natural desires in this life for a promise of a unverifiable "afterlife". Nietzsche said "God is dead". |
Superman | Nietzsche believed that a "___" would naturally rise to lead the German people to greatness rejected the idea that all people are created equal |
War | Nietzsche believed that "all ___ is good". As it preserve the natural order of countries and rewards and perpetuates the strong who will create a "New World Order" with a better future |
Herman Treitschke | Professor and author at the University of Berlin during this era will teach the children of the wealthy and powerful, including the children of the wealthy and powerful, including several military officers |
Democracy | Treitschke said ___ is evil as it violate the clear rules of nature |
socialism and feminism | Treitschke rejected the ideas of ___ and ___ said that it not only violates nature but both are "preservatives" of mankind. The acceptance of wither will lead to the fall of society |
Eugenics | Treitschke believed in ___ and accepted the idea that races could be ranked according to "value" to the world |
Richard Wanger | he was the most famous classical musician of his era and is considered one of the greatest of all time in history. Considered a national hero in Germany to this and idolized by millions of Germans in the 19th century |
sexist | Wagner's operas tended to be ___ and reinforced gender stereotypes of the era |
notes | Wagner venerated war as good events that always favored the strong |
art and soul | was violently antisemitic and said "Jews are incapable of ___ because they have no ___" |
Holy Roman Empire | fell in 1806, and for the next 60 years central Europe was divided into city-states. Italy and Germans |
France and Austria | the separation of the Holy Roman Empire benefited them as they only had to compete with each other |
Prussia | the largest of the old City-States. Was at the heart of the old Empire's Military and upper class, they had money and soldiers to fight in wars |
Otto Von Bismark | the Prime Minister of Prussia. He wanted to unite the old "German" City-states to form a greater "Germany". Many of the city states already have the common language and culture |
Notes | There was never been a Democracy on the Europe. Bismark hated the idea of Democracy and issues would not be settled by votes but instead by "blood and iron" |
Blood and Iron | blood: nationality and race iron: war |
Jews | would not be apart of the Second Reich |
Denmark | this war gain control of most Northern City-states who wanted to join the Empire. Easy win for the Prussians |
Austria-Hungary | essentially fighting Prussia's big brother. The Empire shared a cultural language and heritage. The result of this war these two countries would continue as powerful Allies in Central Europe |
France | known as the Franco-Prussian war. The biggest war out of the three, the world knew that whoever won would dominate the continent in the next generation. Prussia won and formed "Germany" (in 1871). |
Fredrick I | first rule of Germany in 1871 |
Rematch | France wanted a ___ against "Germany" and he next war will be bigger and finally settle all business in Europe (WW1) |
the new Germany was growing fast and was becoming a world power and colonizing large parts of Africa and Asia. This growth frighten France and Russia who later signed an alliance with England | |
Aspirin | Germany invented the "wonder drug" which brought millions in revenue from around the world. - Also Germany had the largest most technologically advance military in the world. - Germany invented an early form of "Social Security" for its older citizens |
Concentration Camps | from 1900-1905 Germany fought with Namibia one of its African colonies, thinking the natives had to be re-education using ___ for the Natives to learn German ways |
"Evidence" | 1. Killing Jesus 2. Blood Libel 3. Plague spreaders 4. Martin Luther 5. "Greedy" Jew |
First Reich | First German Empire in the History known as the Holy Roman Empire |
Martin Luther | German priest who started the reformation and turned on the Jews |
Enlightenment | Era in world history that stressed reason and humanity over religion |
Napoleon | Emperor of France who asked the Jews are you French or are you Jewish - Became known as the "loyalty" question |
George Washington | First president of the US said Jews have the right to live in America freely and openly |
Second Reich | Second German Empire that lasted from 1870 until 1919 lead by Wilhelm II the Kaiser Reich |
Old Testament | First several books of the Christian bible considered Holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims |
Abraham | Prophet who would start of all three major western religions |
Moses | Jewish prophet who saved the Jews from slavery in Egypt |
New Testaments | Books of the christian bible that recognize the teaching of Jesus |
Jesus of Nazareth | Christian Messiah and son of God 1. Christians follow Jesus 2. Islam follow Muhammad 3. Jews follow Moses |
Christianity | Off shoot of Judaism that recognize Jesus as holy 1. The original sin and the death of sin 2. the Jews encouraged the Roman Empire to kill them - "Jews killed Jesus" - If you are able to kill God then you are True Evil |
Israel | Biblical homeland of the Jews recreated by the UN in 1947 1. The Holy Land 2. Muslims, Christianity, and Jews all live in Israel, Palestine does not recognize Israel as a country |
Blood Libel | Refers to a string a murders in Europe in the 12th and 13th where Christian children were killed and their blood was drained |
Crusades | Series of religious wars in the Middle ages between Christians and Muslims, both sides killed Jews to get into Heaven |
The Plague | Bubonic plague that killed over 1/3 of Europe population in the 13th hundreds, blamed on the Jews |
Ghettos | Walled off parts of cities Jews were forced to live in starting in the Middle Ages - There were two Ghettos, one for the strong and one for the weak |
Usury | charging high levels interest for a loan, forbidden for Christians by the Pope |
Edicts of Expulsion | Laws of Europe passed up through 18th century that removed all Jews from the territory |
Pogrom | Anti Jewish program usually passed in Europe |
feudal system | what was entrenched in Europe where kings and nobles ruled with very little thought given about how to govern |
black plague and ninety-five theses | what two events broke the old world and caused change in the history of the world - ___ killed around 1/3 Europe's population, this lead to the Renaissance or the rebirth |
black plague and ninety-five theses | - ___ was written and distributed in 1517 by Martin Luther, change the world by questioning the rule of the Catholic people |
martin luther | wrote the 95 theses |
The Prince | written by Niccolo Machiavelli, a book about power, how to gain and keep it |
Machiavelli | was a realist |
fox or lion | both are better the trick is to know when to be each |
since the Prince was about power | it was outlawed by the Catholic church, which also suggests that the government can do what it wants at all times as nothing in the book protects individual or human rights |
a king | is an autocrat answerable to no one |
Man | is not necessary to rule or lead |
note | the power of the government is unlimited |
john locke | man was reasonable |
thomas hobbes | who said man was instinctual |
Armernian Genocide | refers to the murder of 1-2 million Armenians in WW1 by the Turks. |
Madison Grant | author of the “Passing of the Great Race,” that ranked races according to their “value”. (eugenics) |
Joseph Stalin | communist dictator of the Soviet Union for over 30 years. One of the worst murders in history. |
Purges | refers to the Stalin led genocide that killed all political opponents. Estimated 10 million. |
Holodomor | refers to the murder of between 2-10 million Ukrains by Stalin in the early 1930s by famine. |
Weimar Germany | Refers to Germany between the worlds war which was ruined by, inflation, unemployment, and crimes |
November Criminals | The name Hitler gave the Weimar government for signing the treaty of Versailles |
Rosa Luxembourg | Leader of the German Communist party between the world wars |
Paul Von Hindenburg | President of Germany after world war 1 before Adolf Hitler and war hero Communism kills the king and Hindenburg was the king of Germany (Chancellor) |
Adolf Hitler | Fascist dictator during world war 2 |
Beer Hall putsch | Hitler's first attempt to overthrowing the German government quickly put down by the police, 1923 |
Mein Kampf | Hitlers book that outlines his plans for world domination |
Geli Raubal | Hitler’s niece and love interest who died before he took over Germany |
Enabling Act | Law by the German Reichstag that suspended the Consitution and made Hitler dictator of Germany. |
Nuremburg laws | Anti jewish laws in Germany that defined who was jewish |
SA | Paramilitary group that helped Hitler gain power lead by Ernst Roehm |
SS | Hitler’s elite soliders who help run the death camp and destroyed the SA |