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4232069144Five Year PlansStalin's system of economic planning0
4232085568Benito Mussolinileader of fascist Italy1
4232074942National Socialist Workers PartyHitler was the leader of this political and ideological party2
4232126443"Total War"during WWI, refers to the mobilization of economic, natural, and human resources for the war effort3
4232118143Balance of Power in Europelate 1800s-early 1900s, destabilizing factors included strong sense of nationalism, colonial rivalries in Africa and Asia, and German aggression4
4232144074WWIconsidered a global conflict due to the warring powers holding colonies that participated in the war5
4232196808Battle of the Marne1914, forced Germany to abandon its general plan for winning the war quickly6
4232136350Outcome of WWILeague of Nations called for disarmament and global security; United States became a world economic power; Treaty of Versailles required Germany to pay war reparations7
4232213517Mandate System after WWimost Arab countries were divided among the British and French who sent armies to prevent independence even though they could have achieved independence8
42321646341916, western front WWIsettled into a stalemate, many people died for little gain9
4232184671Treaties that ended WWILeague of Nations was formed, Germany was forced to accept blame and pay reparations, Austria-Hungary was divided up into separate countries10
4232254901Scientific Revolution after WWIpsychoanalysis, sociology, theory of relativity11
4232160424sea warfare of WWIconsisted mostly of German submarine warfare on commercial shipping12
4232234942France and Belgiumexperienced the greatest environmental damage from WWI13
4232203482Mustafa Kemalpolicies included abolishing the Sultanate, instituting civil marriage and divorce, civil equality for women and the right to vote, and discouraging the veiling of women and the fez hat for men in order to modernize Turkey14
4232225468weaknesses of League of Nationsfailure of the world's new power to join and in fighting among the great Allied powers (US did not join and therefore this organization could not effectively enforce sanctions that threatened peace)15
4232241217Treaty of Brest-Litovskallowed Russia to withdraw from WWI, allowed Germany to shift their focus from the eastern to the western front, Russia lost territories along the Baltic16
4237597636Fear of Communismthe primary reason for the rise of totalitarian regimes after WWI17
4232148619Bolsheviksgroup of Russian Marxists that adopted Lenin's ideals and approaches18
4232081599Japanese military aggressionresulted in the conquest of Manchuria, Korea, and Taiwan by the end of 193819
4232087172Hitler's nonaggression Pactsigned with the Soviet Union to avoid a two-front war in 193920
4232093569BlitzkriegGerman war strategy during WWII ("lightning war")21
4232096615Battle of BritainBritish victory due to the bravery of the royal family, high morale of citizens, and radar detection22
4232101322Hitler's "Final Solution"targeted Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, the mentally-ill, homeless in mass executions23
4232277978Japan and Germany before WWIIboth withdrew from the League of Nations over land disputes24
4232285754Causes of WWI and WWIIpolitical instability of the nations in Eastern Europe25
4232157447Russia and Austria-Hungarythese two nations were in direct diplomacy and competition over the Balkans26
4232169955Balfour Declarationa Jewish settlement in the Middle East was promised by the British in this document27
4232194567Electricity, Automobiles, and Skyscrapersthese technologies had major impacts on urban living in the early 20th century28
4232260116Japan's "sphere of influence" late 1800sJapan believed the countries were China, Korea, and Manchuria at this time29
4232304986demilitarization of Japan after WWIIthe impact was the ability to devote a significant share of the nations budget to industrialization30
4232132032Sun Yat-Senthe first Chinese leader who was neither a foreign invader nor part of an imperial dynasty31
4232281217Chinese Communist Partyadapted Marxist communism in order to accommodate and fain support of a large peasant population32
4232290033end of the Cold Warthe economic costs to both the US and Soviet Union that were required to sustain the conflict eventually was the largest factor that brought it to an end33
4237545529Chinese and Mexican Revolutionsboth generated land redistribution policies34
4237550585Chinese peasant women in the 1940s and 1950sMaoist policies that banned arranged marriages and made women an important part of the Communist movement35
4237553333the Great Depressiontriggered by the collapse of the American stock market36
4237606241Axis aggressions before WWIIGermany annexed Austria, Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, and Italy invaded Ethiopia37
4237556862Hitler and the Jews prior to WWIIGerman Jews were forced to wear armbands, their property were seized, and they were forced to leave professional jobs38
4237599033Hitler's Platform for the Nazi PartyGermans were a superior race, Jews were responsible for the German defeat in 1918, employment would be made available for all men, all German peoples should be united and Germany needed living space39
4237558893Fascist Germanyfactors leading to the development include the impact of the Depression, the treaty arrangements after WWI, and the shaky tradition of parliamentary government that was forced on Germany40
4237570825Francethe Allied landing in this country in 1944 created a European front against Germany in WWII41
4237574099Battle of Midwaygreatest battle in naval history; Japanese fleet was put out of commission in 1942 due to loss of many of its carriers42
4237564528Germany under Hitlereconomic planning helped to reduce unemployment through rearmament of the military; established a totalitarian government43
4237572767Battle of the BulgeHitler's last effort to repel the Allied armies in 1944 due to weakness in the Allied lines44
4237614345Manchuriain 1931, Japan marched in and declared this an independent state, which led to Chinese boycotting Japanese goods45
4237576091European theater in WWIIby summer 1940 most of France was in German hands with a collaborative regime in Vichy to deal with the rest of it46
4237587649German government after WWIIFrance, Britain, and the US merged their territories to form the Federal Republic of Germany during the Cold War47
4237580077United Nationsthis institution was created as a result of WWII to prevent future wars48
4237585123The Marshall Plana program of loans designed to aid Western European nations in rebuilding from WWII's devastation49
4237578353Japan's surrender in the Pacificcaused by the use of atomic weapons on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US50
4237543602Greece and Turkeythe Truman Doctrine was put to use first in these countries51
4237567625CollectivizationSoviet agricultural policy following Stalin's concentration of power in 192852
4237542582Berlincity that was the symbolic point for the beginning and end of the Cold War53
4237546685Africa after 1946most African colonies gained National Independence54
4237548548Mao Zedong and Mohandas Gandhiboth appealed to peasants as a base for support55
4232262839Cold War strategiesSoviet Union supplied Middle Eastern nations with military supplies and advisers, US and Soviets built up arsenals of traditional, biological, and nuclear weapons in order to prevent war, the US supported totalitarian dictatorships in some Latin American and Middle Eastern countries56
4237583338Iron Curtainthe phrase Winston Churchill coined to describe the division between free and oppressed societies after WWII57
4237589283"Third World" countriesdistinguished by the lack of industrialization when compared to other countries58
4237590507"First World" countriesoriginal nations include the US, Japan, and Britain59
4237592493Latin America in the 20th centuryremained remarkably unchanged, the old institutions and patterns of politics and economy have adapted to new situations60
4237602232German appeasement in 1930European powers appeased Germany in 1930 due to weakness of the western democracies, fear of communism, and a yearning for peace61
4237616879Hitler's rise to powercame to power in Germany as a result of legal and constitutional means62
4237618158Korean Warthis Cold War event benefited Japan in the 19502 due to the US purchasing of supplies and spending by servicemen stationed in Japan63
4237621003Vietnamboth France and the US lost wars against communist insurgents in this country in the 1950s through the 1970s64
4237622430Launching of Sputnikthis Cold War event was primarily responsible for a massive technology race between the USSR and US beginning in the 1950s65
4237624693Warsaw Pacta military alliance of the Soviet Union and its eastern bloc satellite nations to counter/respond to NATO66

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