Unit 7 AP World History Flashcards

2535167388	Nationalism	Pride in your country- Hitler's Third Reich and Chinese Nationalism	0
2535167389	Allies	Britain France and Russia- made pact in fear of Germany/Austria's new alliance. U.S. intervenes later.	1
2535167390	War plans	Plans of action in case of war. France- offensive attacking; Germany- Schlieffan plan to stop a two front war and conquer France quickly.	2
2535167391	Mobilization	Key to winning the war; whether it be transport of troops or supplies.	3
2535167392	Western Front	Trenches that zig-zagged all across Western Europe. Close combat, in between was No Mans Land. 2,000 yd. movement in 3 years. Stalemate	4
2535167393	New weapons	Mustard gas, heavy artillery, and advanced machine guns. Now everyone had the same technology.	5
2535167394	Trench warfare	Zig zagged open tunnels in the ground that were separated by No Mans Land. Very bloody and resulted in neither side advancing in large sum.	6
2535167395	Eastern front	Russia invades Prussia(Germany) and is pushed out soon. Devastating impact on Russia and they are unable to help much after this.	7
2535167396	Verdun	Germans assault a French stronghold. No side really wins, both suffer severe casualties.	8
2535167397	Home	Men go off to war, women step into industrial roles to provide for the war. Government takes over a lot of the economy to support the war costs.	9
2535167398	Propaganda	Advertising to draw people to volunteer for war or help support the war. Focused on nationalism and is still used today.	10
2535167399	21 Demands	Japanese take over China practically by force. China had to agree to most of the 21 demands made. China tells Britain and they come to kick out Japan	11
2535167400	Gallipoli	Attack made by the British, Australians, etc... To take an Ottoman stronghold. Muslim forces have the high ground and the Allies get corned on the beach and suffer horrific deaths. Muslims win, both sides suffer high casualties	12
2535167401	Armenians	Muslims see Christian Armenians as traitors and start a genocide of Christians. 1 million died	13
2535167402	Ottomans	Ottomans backed way into their homeland. British promise Arab nations independence if they come together to put down the Ottomans.	14
2535167403	March Revolution	Russian revolution that was unplanned and disorganized. Forced Tsar Nic to step down and got rid of the long lasting monarchy. Created a split in govt.	15
2535167404	Mensheviks	Socialist group in Russia that was the minority. Anti-Lenin.	16
2535167405	Bolsheviks	Group led by Lenin and his communist ideas. Overthrew the govt in Russia.	17
2535167406	Lenin	Takes power in Russia; creates NEP for economy and starts a communist movement in Russia. Red Terror- kill all anti communists	18
2535167407	November Revolution	Bolsheviks led by Lenin take over the Tsar's Winter Palace; they take power and this leads to Russian Civil War.	19
2535167408	Lusitania	British merchant ship that was sunk by a German U Boat, the boat was holding 128 U.S. citizens.	20
2535167409	Influenza	Struck people of all ages, no cure. Killed 20 million	21
2535167410	14 points and treaties	Convention led by Woodrow Wilson (US) to discuss post war plans. Goal- to never let a world war occur again.	22
2535167411	League of nations	Made after the 14 points- Goal was to maintain world peace after WW1. U.S. never joins- congress won't allow it.	23
2535167412	Self determination	Idea from Woodrow Wilson- key to international peace.	24
2535167413	Mandate system	Compromise over colonies after WW1 between Germany and Allies	25
2535167414	Lost generation	Words of Ernest Hemingway to describe the generation of WW1	26
2535167415	Crash 1929	Stock market collapses- no market for farmers and worldwide depression. No consumer demand leads to bad economy	27
2535167416	Keynes	Wrote a book over demand- in order to have a good economy, you need people who have money and are willing to spend it.	28
2535167417	New Deal	Government creates jobs to lower unemployment rates. Govt borrows money to help people	29
2535167418	Civil war	Civil war in Russia- anti communists against communists (Lenin). Lenin wins the civil war and creates NEP. Eliminates Romanov family monarchy	30
2535167419	NEP	New Economic Policy- worked for a little while; trained people to be engineers and technicians	31
2535167420	Stalin	Took power after Lenin; scary dude, who was a control freak and used brutal force. Creates the five year plan	32
2535167421	Five Year Plan	Changed Russia from an agricultural country to an industrial power.	33
2535167422	Collectivization	Taking land from wealthier peasants to give to the poor. The wealthy peasants (Kulaks) revolt by burning livestock and land- Stalin kills them all	34
2535167423	Great Purge	Stalin puts Russia in a purge to get rid of all disloyal people- 3 million died and many moved into labor camps.	35
2535167424	Facism	MILITARY BASED! Attracted nationalists- everything was for the good of the country. Different from communist is form of economy. Used by Hitler	36
2535167268	Mussolini and fascist Italy	Former soldier who convinced Italy to join the Great War- allies w/ Hitler and promises to get Rome back for Italy. Starts a march on Rome and Mussolini takes power	37
2535167269	Hitler	Brings stability to Germany. Creates the Nazi party and rebuilds Germany into a military powerhouse through fascism. Violent man. Starts WW2	38
2535167270	Mein Kampf	Book written by Hitler while he was in jail	39
2535167271	Anti Semitism	Racism of Jews- Hitler put Jews into labor camps and forced them to migrate out of Germany. Burned Jewish houses- Kristallnaucht	40
2535167272	Indian National Congress	Group of Indian Intellectuals to gain more power from Britain	41
2535167273	Gandhi	Brilliant Indian man who starts independence movements in South Africa and India. Nonviolence	42
2535167274	India Act	British offer India new deal- Britain gets to remain in rule but India can now be self governed. Creates a big split between Hindus and Muslims	43
2535167275	Mao	Used communism to restore China. Brings communists together and win Chinese Civil War	44
2535167276	Sun Yatsen and Civil War	Leader of the Guomindang; war between Guomindang and Communists of China. Communists chased around China- forced on the long march	45
2535167277	Mukden	Japanese forces blow up their own rail cars and blame it on China and end up taking Manchuria.	46
2535167278	Nationalism	Nationalism in Africa- tired of foreign people ruling them, unite as one	47
2535167279	Protests and Communism	Student led protests- had new ideas on govt and wanted change	48
2535167280	Rivera	Used symbolism in his artwork- showing how Latin Americans are mistreated. Painted for Rockefeller	49
2535167281	Dollar Diplomacy	Ruling Latin America with our money- no military	50
2535167282	Vargas/ Good Neighbor Policy	U.S. is intervening b/c we are being good neighbors and helping Latin Am.	51
2535167283	Nicaragua	U.S. Invests in fruit	52
2535167284	Cardenas Mexico	Monopolizes Mexican oil- no U.S. HUGE PROFIT	53
2535167285	Nanjing and Chinese Resistance	Japan comes into China and slaughters and rapes thousands in Nanjing. First to be impacted in WW2. 400,000 died. Chinese fight back w/ guerrilla warfare and this is HUGE b/c Japan leaves troops in China and can't use all of them in Pacific war.	54
2535167286	Italian aggression	Mussolini takes the puny Ethiopia and Libya- easy fights for Italy	55
2535167287	Hitlers Remilitarization and Agression	Hitler goes against Treaty of Versailles and makes HUGE military- starts to play the blame game and creates the 3rd Reich. Unifies Germany into one and invades Poland	56
2535167288	Spanish Civil War	Hitler supplies Mexico w/ arms to take down US	57
2535167289	Munich Conference	Conference to discuss Hitlers aggression- goal was to keep peace. Germany agrees to terms but goes against them and invades Poland	58
2535167290	Non aggression pact	Pact between USSR and Germany that they would be allies and not attack each other. LIES	59
2535167291	Blitzkrieg and France	Surprise tactics in invading Poland- SHOCK THE NATION- quick fights w/ lots of tanks and pre bombings. Wipe out France to prevent two front war.	60
2535167292	Battle of Britain	Air raids on Britain. Bombing London. Hurts British bad but they can't be taken over b/c they are on and island and the Nazi can't get them	61
2535167293	Barbarossa	Hitler makes a mistake and invades Russia. Underestimate the resources in Russia and how big they really are. Back and forth kind of war between the two. Stalin moves industry and winter hits the Germans hard	62
2535167294	Stalingrad	USSR stands their ground and holds off the Germans in their advance	63
2535167295	Pearl Harbor	Japan bombs US naval fleet to prevent the U.S. from taking the Pacific. Took place in Hawaii	64
2535167296	D Day	U.S. takes Normandy on Omaha beach. Key event b/c now, the Nazis have a two front war on their hands	65
2535167297	Dresden	British bomb Dresden in retaliation for London bombing. Use Napalm bombs and set the city to fire.	66
2535167298	Midway	U.S. shifts the tide in the Pacific by sinking four Japanese carriers using their code breaker"Magic" CHANGES PACIFIC POWER	67
2535167299	A bombs	Atomic bombs created from the Manhattan Project. Used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki- wipes out Japanese- ends war	68
2535167300	Collaboration	Wanting native rule or wanting foreign rule- native rule for cultural similarities and foreign for money	69
2535167425	Resistance	Spies to gather intel, assassination plots, and sabotage by taking out ammo dumps	70
2535167426	Anti Semitism and Final Solution	Racism against Jews- blamed for everything. Final solution was to be put into death camps like Auschwitz to be killed	71
2535167427	Jewish Resistance	Rebellions in camps, anti Nazi movements and Warsaw Ghetto which was the Nazis last straw in giving Jews a choice	72
2535167428	Women in WW2	Make supplies HUGE role in WW2. The reason why we won, b/c we were a strong industrial power	73
2535167429	Cold War	War between USSR and U.S. over Berlin, nuclear weapons etc	74
2535167430	United Nations	Group to maintain world peace after WW2. Had power to enforce laws	75
2535167431	Truman Doctrine	Anyone who fights against communism will be aided by the U.S.	76
2535167432	Marshall Plan	The U.S. will build back up Western Europe to only the democratic countries	77
2535167433	NATO	USA!- made on the defense against Soviet aggression.	78
2535167434	Warsaw Pact	USSR- made against US	79
2535167435	Berlin Airlift	U.S. and British drop supplies to the people of West Berlin after USSR blocks them off from East Berlin	80
2535167436	Berlin Wall	Separation barrier between USSR territory (West Berlin) and Allie territory (East Berlin)	81
2535167437	Korean War	Separation of communist North Korea and South Korea who was supported by the U.S. We come in and help South Korea and push all the way into North Korea but China backs up North and it remains in war to this day	82
2535167438	Arms Race	USSR and U.S. race on who has the better and more nuclear weapons	83
2535167439	Cuba and Bay of Pigs	USSR tries to put nuclear weapons in Cuba and we block them off. End up withdrawing weapons in Turkey and they withdraw theirs in Cuba	84
2535167440	De stalinization	Getting rid of everything Stalin in USSR- Khrushclev leads movement- change books about Stalin and take down pictures of him and release political prisoners	85
2535167441	Intervention and Détente	U.S. and USSR agree to reduce hostility toward one another	86
2535167442	Indian Partition and violence	Split between Hindus and Muslims in India- creation of Muslim Pakistan	87
2535167443	Nonalignment	Made during the Cold War for developing countries who were not involved in the war.	88
2535167444	Ho Chi Minh	Takes power for Vietnam from France to create Viet Minh- communist country.	89
2535167445	Geneva Conference	Agreement that separated Vietnam in two parts- Viet Minh (North) and State of Vietnam (South)	90
2535167446	American War	U.S. troops go into Vietnam to aid the south which is bad. No one wants to fight there and we get stuck there. Overall not a smart war to get involved in.	91
2535167447	Palestine and Israel	Jews get Israel after conflict between Arabs and Jews in Palestine. Settled by the UN	92
2535167448	Egypt and Suez Crisis	Israel vs. Egypt and other countries Israel wins and gains much more land including the Suez Canal	93
2535167449	Apartheid	White supremacy in South Africa- system to keep out blacks	94
2535167450	Great Leap	Chinese Communists state they will be more successful than USSR in communism- INDUSTRIALIZE CHINA	95
2535167451	Cultural Revolution	Mao has an idea for people to kill off a sparrows- leads to insects eating all the grain. Red Guard system created- students beat up and kill intellectuals. Serious problems- no more smart ppl.	96
2535167452	Dengs Revolution	Deng comes to power and sends ppl to US to learn- come home w/ democracy ideas.	97
2535167453	Tiananmen	The students are disrespectful to Deng and he orders tanks to move on the strikes. Stops protests	98
2535167454	Islamism	Gods Will for them to attack for religious reasons	99
2535167455	Iranian Revolution	CIA put Pahlavi in charge of Iran, Shia Muslims don't like US influence so the Shia Muslims take over and shut down military bases and take US embassy members hostage. Iraq led by Saddam Hussein invade Iran	100
2535167456	Iran Iraq War	Modern war w/ chemical weapons- Iran has a strong counter attack against Iraq- 1 million died	101
2535167457	Cardenas	PEMEX oil and creates two reforms- land reform and govt control. Creates PRI	102
2535167458	El Milagro Mexicano	Plan to rebuild Mexican Economy	103
2535167459	PRI to PRD	PRI- conservatives who care for the rich and PRD- helps out of the peasants. Big power struggle between the two	104
2535167460	Juan Peron	Military based leader of Argentina who neglected US influence.	105
2535167461	Evita	Wife of Juan Peron- huge supporter of helping the poor. She came from nothing to being well known. Helped poor children and gave a sort of welfare to people	106
2535167462	Globalization	Free trade, transportation of money and trade over countries borders	107
2535167463	Free Trade	Being able to trade freely over borders. Large companies thrived and foreign trade prospered.	108
2535167464	WTO	World Trade Organization- rules between nations trading policies	109
2535167465	Tigers	Asian Economy trade union- bank networks	110
2535167466	1997 Crisis and BRIC	Financial crisis in Asia and BRIC- Brazil Russia India China- good economies	111
2535167467	China's Rise	Reopening of Chinese markets to the outside world	112
2535167468	European Union	Union made in Europe- compete against the U.S.	113
2535167469	OPEC	Economical alliance between oil producing states- Iran Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia Venezuela	114
2535167470	Mcdonaldization	Fast food becoming big- being like the U.S.- everyone gets what we have- wants to be like us	115
2535167471	Population Capacity	Global population is near its maximum - leads to shortage on resources	116
2535167472	Climate Change	Global warming etc	117
2535167473	Kyoto	Worked with climate control in China- stop developing countries from polluting	118
2535167474	Population Control	Death rates declining- birth rates increasing- too many ppl- China has birth control rates	119
2535167475	Poverty Causes	No resources, unequal distribution of resources, and the widening gap between rich and poor	120
2535167476	Child Labor and Trafficking	Child labor in Asia- 250 million children- human sex trafficking. Slavery	121
2535167477	AIDs and Africa	No cure to the disease, no treatment in poor countries like Africa. Easier to get b/c there are no meds or sanitary conditions	122
2535167478	Terrorism	Assassinations, hostages, bombing, etc	123
2535167479	911	al-Qeuda- drive planes into World Trade Center and fail to put one into the White House.	124
2535167480	Afghanistan War	U.S. vs. Taliban- still struggle today- war over terrorism	125
2535167481	Iraq War	Operation Iraqi Freedom- US attempt to get rid of Saddam Hussein- chaos erupts in Iraq once he dies	126
2535167482	NGO	Non governmental organizations- Red Cross	127
2535167483	Human Rights	Abolish slavery and giving races the same rights as whites	128
2535167484	Women's Rights	Voting and jobs the same as males	129
2535167485	Internal Migration	People moving all over the world, most well known- New Zealand	130
2535167486	Urbanization	Created of metro areas- big cities who are forced to adapt and being modern	131
2535167487	Transience and Tourism	Vacation and tourism- migrating to places for fun and enjoyment	132