Ch. 28 A Vocab. Flashcards

150346074	Russo-Japanese War	Russia and Japan were fighting over Korea, Manchuria, etc. Began in 1904, but neither side could gain a clear advantage and win. Both sent reps to Portsmouth, NH where TR mediated Treaty of New Hampshire in 1905. TR won the nobel peace prize for his efforts, the 1st pres. to do so.	0
150346075	Sick Man of Europe	the ottoman empire was referred to as the sick man of europe. Europe was waiting for it to die (fall) so it could colonize	1
150346076	Triple Alliance	Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I.	2
150346077	Triple Entente	Great Britian, France, and Russia allied together to stop Germany's aspirations. They also worked to keep a hold on Austria-Hungary.	3
150346078	Western Front	A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany, on the one hand, and France and Britain, on the other.	4
150346079	Armenian Massacre	turkish troops killed tens of thousands of armenians (1890s), armenians supported enemies of the turks in WWI, 2 million armenians are deported, 600,000 are killed by turkish troops or starved to death.	5
150346080	Faisal	Arab leader deposed by French in Syria but named as king of Iraq by British; gave British advisers broad control and accepted British ownership of Iraqi oilfields (giving British control of economy); secured Iraqi independence after years of steady reform in 1932 on grounds of long term military alliance with Britain	6
150346081	Zionism	A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel.	7
150346082	Herzl	father of Zionism, wrote The Jewish State about the establishment of a hometown in Palestine.	8
150346083	Weizmann	Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952)	9
150346084	Balfour Declaration	statement issued by Britain's foreign secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.	10
150346085	Bolsheviks	The "majority" - Communist party led by Lenin. Although they were not the majority and actually received a terrible percentage of the Russian Congress's vote, Lenin kept the name to create attraction and support. After the Russian Congress received the low voting, the Bolsheviks and Lenin took over and simply disregarded the Russian Congress from there on out.	11
150346086	Lenin	-founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924. -leader of Bolsheviks	12
150346087	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk	Treaty between Bolsheviks and Germans to get Russia out of the war. 1) Russia lost 1/3 of her population. 2) Height of German success in WWI. Signed by Lenin.	13