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AP World Test 3
Terms for Chapters 11-12, and a few extras.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
| Triple Entente | Pre World War I Alliance between England, France, and Russia. |
| Otto Von Bismarck | Architect of German Unification. He was a Prussian statesman. |
| World War I | Global conflict between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. |
| Total War | A conflict where a nation mobilizes its entire population, resources, and economy to support the war effort. |
| Treaty of Versailles | The peace treaty that officially ended WWI. |
| Russian Revolution | Social upheavals in Russia that caused the overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy. |
| Lenin | The leader of the Russian Revolution and helped create the USSR. |
| Stalin | Consolidated power to become a dictator of the Communist Party in Russia. |
| Collectivization of Agriculture | Private farmland was talken over by the state and organized into large, collective farms. |
| Great Depression | A severe global economic downturn characterized by high unemployment, reduced industrial production, and bank failures. |
| Fascism | Political ideology characterized by strong, centralized government power, often under a charismatic leader, and exteme nationalism. |
| Mussolini | Founder of the National Fascist Party and dictator of Italy. |
| Nazi Party | National Socialist German Workers' Party, responsible for the murders of millions, especially Jews. |
| Hitler | Leader of Nazi Germany. |
| Revolutionary Right (Japan) | A group that advocated for radical, often violent, shifts in Japanese society. |
| World War II in Asia | WWII in Asia began due to Japan's aggressive expansionism in China and Korea. |
| World War II in Europe | Intense battles on the Western and Eastern Fronts resulting in the widespread occupation of European countries. |
| Holocaust | Genocide of European Jew during WWII by Nazi Germany. |
| Communism in Eastern Europe | Political and economic system that was imposed on the region by the Soviet Union. |
| Ho Chi Minh | Communist leader of North Vietnam that played a role in the struggle for independence and Unification. |
| Chinese Revolution of 1949 | Series of events that led to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese Communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. |
| Guomindang | National People's Party of China, a major political party in the Republic of China. |
| European Economic Community | Regional organization established by the Treaty of Rome witht the goal of fostering economic integration among its member states. |
| Marshall Plan | United States' program of economic aid to Western Europe in the aftermath of WWII. |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese Communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. |
| Great Leap Forward | Aimed for rapid industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. |
| Cultural Revolution | Sociopolitical movement initiated by Mao Zedong aimed at reinforcing Communist ideology. |
| Cold War | Period of geopolitical tension and indirect conflict between the US and Russia and their respective allies after WWII. |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | An alliance between 12 nations founded in 1949 to resist the spread of Communism and protect against its forces. |
| Warsaw Pact | Collective defense treaty formed by Russia and seven other Communist countries in Easter Europe. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | tense confrontation during the Cold War between the US and Russia where Russia placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. |
| Decolonization | Process by which colonies gained independence from their colonizing powers. |
| Indian National Congress | Political party in Inida the played a role in the struggle for independence from British colonial rule. |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Known for his nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to challenge British colonial rule. |
| Muslim League | Organization established by the Treaty of Rome with the goal of fostering economic integration among its member states. |
| Globalization of Democracy | The spread democratic ideas, institutions, and practices across the globe. |
| Deng Xiaoping | Served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China. |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Last leader of the Soveit Union, his reforms attempts caused the fall of the Soviet Union. |
| Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) | Chinese-led global infrastructure and investment project. |
| Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Decades-old fight over land, ingnited when the British tried to split Palestine and Israel after the Holocaust. |
| Iranian Revolution | Overthrow of the pro-Western, authoritarian regime in Iran and its replacement with an Islamic Republic. |
| Syrian Civil War | Multi-sided armed conflict in Syria rooted in pro-democracy protests. |
| Dunkirk | Large scale rescue operation where Allied troops were evacuated from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France. |
| Battle of Britian | Aerial conflict fought between the Royal Air Force (Great Britian) and Luftwaffe (German). |
| Barbarossa | Code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Aimed to conquer vast Soviet territory. |
| Pearl Harbor | Surprise military attack by Japanese on the U.S. that prompted the U.S. to formally join WWII. |
| El Alamein | Crucial military engagement that pitted British and Commonwealth forces against the Axis powers. |
| Stalingrad | Military engagement fought mostly around the important city of Stalingrad. Marked a turning point in the Eastern Front. |
| Midway | Pivotal naval engagement that was a decisive American victory that halted Japanese advance in the Pacific. Turning point in war. |
| "D-Day" | Refers to the Normandy landings, which were a major Allied invasion of France. |
| Okinawa | The site of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific Theater and a crucial Allied victory. |
| Hiroshima | Japanese city that was the target of the first atomic bomb used in warfare. |
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