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History Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prejudice | A thought or feeling about a group of people |
| Discrimination | Acting upon prejudice-unfair treatment |
| Scapegoat | Someone who is unfairly blamed (Jews for economic depression) |
| Nuremberg Laws | No citizenship, no marriage, wear the Star of David |
| Nuremberg Trials | Military trials after WWII, Nazi officials were tried there |
| Israel | Country established in 1948as an independent Jewish homeland and safe haven for holocaust survivors |
| Bipolar world | 2 powers and everyone takes a side |
| Iron curtain | Imaginary boarder separating east and west Europe |
| Madam Mao | Maos 4th wife, played a crucial part in chinas cultural revolution |
| East Europe, Soviet Union vs democracy | |
| Warsaw pact | |
| Maos red book | Small book of maos beliefs that was expected to be carried |
| The red gaurd | Teens who worked for Mao to eliminate threats |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Leader of USSR in 1980s |
| Glasnost | Openness, freedom |
| Perestroika | Change, private ownership |
| Deng Xiaoping | Leader of china after Mao died, who opened china to foreign investment |
| Four modernizations | Farming, industry, science/technology, defense, was VERY successful |
| Economic reform, not political reform | China policy of adopting free market |
| Pros of British imperialism | Modern infrastructure, education, medicine |
| Cons of British imperialism | Poverty, discrimination, took all the money |
| Violent methods | Sepoy mutany |
| Non violent methods | Civil disobedience |
| Religious differences | Muslims/hindus |
| Amritsar massacre | 1919slaughter, turning point |
| Mahatma | “Great soul” |
| Salt March | Walked 240 miles to ocean, made salt, sold it, was the high point of Gandhi’s career |
| Congress party | Hindu party |
| Muslim league | Muslim lead by jinnah |
| Jinnah | Was founder of Pakistan and leader of Muslim league |
| Partition | Separation, boarder, India was particulates into east/west pakistan |
| Bangladesh | Used to be east Pakistan then seceded |
| Nehru | 1st prime minister, Gandhi’s most rated follower |
| Prime minister | Highest position |
| Kashmir | In the Himalayas, made fabric and had silk, India and Pakistan wanted it |
| Homespun | Making their own cloths, hurt British clothing industry |
| Nuclear powers | Access to nuclear weapons |
| Aparteid | Segregation in africa |
| ANC | (African National congress) lead by Nelson Mandela, ended aparteid |
| Problems today | Poverty, discrimination, unemployment, aids |
| Globalization | Growth of connectednessof countries through trade |
| United nations | International organization of countries maintaining peace |
| NAFTA (North American free trade agreement) | Canada, Mexico, US |
| Outsourcing | Hiring workers from other countries |
| Wealth/income economy | Rich get richer poor get poorer |
| Free trade | No tariffs |