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387306995November CrimeHitler referred to the signing of the 1918 armistice as this0
387306996OkinawaKamikaze pilots were first introduced during this battle1
387306997KashmirIndia and Pakistan fought over this in 19472
387306998Truman DoctrinePolicy to contain the spread of communism3
387306999MagicSecret weapon in the Pacific (Code-breaking operation)4
387307000NormandyThe U.S. victory here led to the end of German resistance in western Europe5
387307001Marshall PlanU.S. provides economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after World War II6
387307002YaltaWartime conference in 1945 between the 3 principle Allied leaders7
387307003MidwayTurning point in the War in the Pacific8
387307004Warsaw PactA military alliance of communist European nations and the Soviet Union9
387307005BlitzkriegLightening War10
387307006Operation BarbarosaCode name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union11
387307007Spanish Civil WarItaly and Germany intervened here before the outbreak of WWII (practiced their new weapons and military skills)12
387307008Munich ConferenceHigh point of appeasement took place here.13
387307009AnschlussGermany's union with Austria14
387307010Non-Agression TreatyAn agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union which shocked the world15
387307011SudetenlandWestern part of Czechoslovakia with many ethnic Germans16
387307012ManchuriaAn undeclared war in the Pacific began with Japan's invasion here17
387307013PolandWorld War II in Europe began with Hitler's invasion here18
387307014RhinelandIn 1936, Hitler remilitarized this area that bordered France19
387307015Neville ChamberlainBritish prime minister who promised "peace for our time" to support his appeasement policies toward Hitler20
387307016The Berlin AirliftAfter the Soviet Union blockaded all of Berlin, the US responded with this that changed the attitude of the German people in favor of the Allies21
387307017capitalism and communismIdeologically, the two competing sides in the Cold War22
387307018Soviet UnionThe German Democratic Republic was controlled by what superpower23
387307019domino theoryEisenhower's belief that if one nation fell to Communism than so would its neighbors24
387307020Bay of PigsFailed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro planned by the US government and JFK, who failed to provide air support25
387307021Cuban Missile CrisisThis Cold War event was the closest to the United States and the Soviet Union came to war with one another26
387307022Brezhnev DoctrineThis act reserved the right for the Soviet Union to invade any socialist country that was deemed to be threatened by forces hostile to socialism27
387307023detentereduction in hostility between nations28
387307024AfghanistanThe Soviet Union's "Vietnam"29
387307025GorbachevThe Russian leader who brought massive reform to the Soviet Union beginning in 198530
387307026SolidarityA combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland31
387307027Boris YeltsinLeader who dismantled the Soviet Communist party and pushed Russia towards free market reforms32
387307028Bandung ConferenceThe first international conference of colored people33
387307029Ho Chi MingLeader of North Vietnam from 1945-196934
387307030DienbienphuThe disastrous 1954 defeat that forced the French out of Vietnam35
387307031Indira GandhiIndian leader who tried to control the population through involuntary sterilization36
387307032Mao ZedongHe initiated the disastrous "Great Leap Forward"37
387307033NehruLeader of India's Congress Party; India's first Prime Minister38
387307034Gamal NasserLeader of the Arab world in the 1950's and 1960's39
387307035Deng XiaopingOpened China to foreign, capitalist economic values40
387307036DiemFirst president of South Vietnam41
387307037Ali JinnahLeader of the Muslim League, wanted an independent "Pakistan" (land of the pure)42
387307038De KlerkReleased Mandela from prison and worked to dismantle the apartheid system43
387307039Ayatollah KhomeiniHe led the Iranian Revolution44
387307040NehruOne of the main leaders of the nonaligned movement45
387307041Contrascounterrevolutionary group in Nicaragua funded by the CIA that opposed the communist regime46
387307042AtaturkEstablished the Republic of Turkey and became its first president47
387307043Fran FerdinandHis assassination was the spark that ignited World War I48
387307044FDRPresident of the United States who implemented the "New Deal"49
387307045Sun YatsenEarly leader of the Nationalist People's Party, proclaimed China a republic in 191250
387307046Nicholas IILast czar of Russia51
387307047Marcus GarveyA pivotal figure for black nationalism, wrote "Africa for Africans"52
387307048DuBoisBlack U.S. activist and leading proponent of Pan-Africanism53
387307049Chiang Kai-shekLeader of the Nationalist Party (Guomindang) after 1925 in China, launched the Northern Expedition54
387307050GandhiInfluenced Indian Nationals to work toward independence55
387307051Wilfred OwenGreat poet during WWI, wrote "Duce el decorum est"56
387307052Mao ZedongLeader of the Chinese Communist Party57
387307053KenyattaLed Kenya to independence from the British58
387307054John KeynesHe urged the U.S. government to expand the money supply and undertake public work programs59
387307055StalinHis 5-year plans were designed to turn Russia into an industrial power house60
387307056LeninInstituted the New Economic Policy in Russia61
387307057MussoliniThe leader of the Italian fascist movement62
387307058the Marne RiverThe German offense of 1914 was halted here63
387307059VerdunThe massive German assault on the western front in 191664
387307060Little Big HornLast major Indian victory against the U.S.65
387307061HerzlFounder of Zionism66
387307062Elizabeth Cady StantonOrganizer of the Seneca Falls Conference67
387307063LockeAuthor of the Second Treatise of Civil Government68
387307064BolivarWanted to unite the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation like the United States69
387307065L'OuvertureLeader responsible for the Saint-Domingue uprising70
387307066San MartinLeader of the independence movement in Argentina71
387307067BismarckBelieved that the great issues of his day would be determined by "blood and iron"72
387307068BessemerHis innovations made it possible to produce cheaper steel73
387307069RockefellerThe petroleum monopoly, Standard Oil Company74
387307070MarxAuthor of Manifesto of the Communist Party75
387307071Henry FordHis assembly line made the production process quicker, cheaper, and more efficient76
387307072RousseauIn his Social Contract argued that equality should include the right to vote for all77
387307073RobespierreRadical period of the French Revolution took place under his leadership78
387307074Reign of TerrorRadical stage of Revolution, leader was Robespierre, guillotine was symbol79
387307075Von MetternichLeading Conservative politician at the Congress of Vienna80
387307076James WattInventor of the Steam Engine81
387307077JennerVaccination against smallpox82
387307078No taxation without representationSlogan of the American Revolution83
387307079National AssemblyExpressed the guiding principles of the French Revolution by issuing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen84
387307080Liberty, equality, fraternityBattle cry of the French Revolution85
387307081Great BritainIndustrial Revolution began where?86
387307082bourgeoisieMiddle class in revolutionary French: the doctors, lawyers, merchants, business owners87
387307083factory systemThe dominant form of industrial organization by the end of the nineteenth century88
387307084capitalists and proletariatMarx and Engles proposed that capitalism divided people into which two classes?89
387307085Hong XiuquanLeader of the Taiping Rebellion90
387307086Wounded KneeLast major Indian resistance battle in 189091
387307087LincolnU.S. president dedicated to "free soil"92
387307088Alexander IIEmancipated the Russian serfs93
387307089Muhammad AliEgyptian leader who overthrew Ottoman control94
387307090Mahmud IISultan in 1826 who slaughtered mutinous Janissaries and opened the door for reform within the Ottoman Empire95
387307091Sergei WittePrime mover behind Russian industrialization96
387307092NanjingThis treaty ended the Opium War97
387307093Self-Strengthening MovementWanted to blend Chinese cultural traditions with western technology98
387307094CixiRuled China for most of the last fifty years of the Qing Dynasty99
387307095BoxersForeign embassies in China were attacked by this group ("get rid of the foreign devils")100
387307096Cecil RhodesLeading British imperialist who said, "We are the finest race in the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race"101
387307097Thomas RafflesFounded the Port of Singapore102
387307098BoersDutch settlers in South Africa103
387307099Rudyard KiplingAuthor of The White Man's Burden104
387307100Berlin ConferenceThis set the rules for European colonization of Africa105
388733464Prague SpringAlexander Dubcek's reform in Czechoslovakia; promised "socialism with a human face"106
388733465hinduMohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a ________ extremist107
388733466AmericanThe Vietnam Declaration of Independence was modled on the _____________ Constitution108
388733467Great BritainThis country served as the mandate power in Palestine after WWI109
388733468Balfour DeclarationThis supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine in 1917110
388733469Year of the AfricansThis refers to the independence in 1960 of 13 former European African colonies111
388733470Tiananmen SquareA pro-democracy demonstration in China in 1989 that was crushed by a bloody crackdown.112
388733471Saddam HusseinBecame president of Iraq and attacked Iran hoping to become the new leader of a revived pan-Arab nationalism113
388733472BelgiumThis country established the Congo Free State114
388733473Russo-Japanese WarJapan became a major imperial power after its victory in this war115
388733474teaUnder British control, Ceylon became a major producer of _____116
388733475IndiaIn the nineteenth century, the majority of indentured laborers came from which country?117
388733476Young TurksRebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform with universal suffrage and free education118
389159824RussiaSlavic cultural unity was actively promoted by ______________.119
389159825World War IThe worlds first total war120
389159826May Fourth MovementA 1919 protest in China against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign influence.121
389159827Mukden IncidentWhen Japanese soldiers disguised as Chinese attacked a Japanese railway; used by Japan as an excuse to seize Manchuria122
389159828Treaty of Brest-LitovskA treaty between Russia and the Germans that allowed Russia to exit World War I123
389159829DubcekLeader of Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring, he expanded freedom of discussion and other intellectual rights at a time when they were being repressed in the Soviet124
389159830FranceLouisiana Purchase was purchased from _________125
389159831FranceVietnam, Cambodia, and Laos came under control of which European country126
389159832StalinMeans "Made of Steel"127
389159833PakistanMeans "Land of the Pure"128
389159834Brown vs Board of EducationUS Supreme Court case making the segregation of schools unconstitutional129

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