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Unit 6: 1914-1990
Unit Review Assignment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Holocaust | Hitler's attempt to kill off the population of all Jews. |
| World War I | Also known as The Great War, it lasted for four years. It began in 1914 and ended in 1918. More than thirty nations joined in the fighting and it mainly centered on Europe and the world's great powers. |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to try and defeat France and conquer Paris within six weeks. |
| Trench Warfare | In 1914, two European fronts, the Western and Eastern front resulted in one of the most horrific styles of combat in human history. Both the West and East were matched with the latest industrial weaponry. They both had machine guns, and modern rifles. |
| The Great Depression | In the U.S. the American stock market crashed in 1929, leading to mass unemployment. |
| Destalinization | In the 1950's, the Soviets had a process that led to reforms such as loosening the government's censorship. |
| Containment | Keeping communism from spreading. |
| Communism in the Soviet Union, October - November 1917 | The Soviet Union was a communist regime that rose up into power during World War I. |
| Fascism in Italy | After World War I, dictatorship started to come around, and Italy was rocked by economic depression and political turmoil. Strikes and communist agitation brought the country major chaos. |
| Genocide | the killing of a race, for example, Hitler killed millions of jews, which was a genocide because he eventually wanted to wipe out the whole ethnic group. |
| Adolf Hitler | was a German Nazi and the leader of the Nazi party. He also tried to abolish the entire Jew society. |
| Appeasement | Satisfying demands in an effort to maintain peace. |
| Benito Mussolini | anticommunist leader of the Fascist Party. He invented fascism, meaning that it was a revoolution seeking to prevent change. |
| Totalitarianism | dictatorship using modern technology and bureaucracy in an attempt to control every aspect of its subject's life. |
| Balfour Declaration of 1917 | British governmen's intention to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine, 90% of which consisted of Arab people. |
| Paris Peace Conference | Meeting to settle peace after World War I. |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty imposed on Germany by the allies which demanded repairation from the Germans in 1920. |
| The League of Nations | an organization of nations formed together after World War I to promote peace. |
| Self Determination | People choose what type of government they prefer. |
| Collectivization | Putting together little farms and creating large factory farms owned by the government. |
| National Congress Party | An organization that was located in Morocco. |
| Mohandas Ghandi | A philosopher from India who was a very peaceful and spiritual leader that wanted to gain India's independence from Great Britain. |
| BG Tilak | An Indian leader who helped bring together a military. |
| Zionism | Developing a homeland for Jews in Palestine. |
| Waft Party | A National Egyptian Party pushing for its independence. |