AP World History Period 6 Part 4 Flashcards
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| 6718578835 | Red Guard | Brigades active during Cultural Revolution supported Mao Zedong's policies | 0 | |
| 6718580226 | Gang of Four | Jiang Qing and her allies opposed pragmatists after death of Mao Zedong | 1 | |
| 6718582527 | Tayson Rebellion | Peasant revolution-southern Vietnam during 1770s; toppled Nguyen and Trinh dynasties | 2 | |
| 6718583826 | Nguyen Anh (Gia Long) | with French support, unified Vietnam under Nguyen dynasty(1802) capital at Hue | 3 | |
| 6718587452 | Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD) | Middle-class revolutionary organization during (1920s) committed to violent overthrow of French colonialism; crushed by the French | 4 | |
| 6718589474 | Communist Party of Vietnam | Primary nationalist party after defeat of the VNQDD in 1929; led from 1920s by Ho Chi Minh | 5 | |
| 6718591999 | Ho Chi Minh | Shifted revolution based on peasantry(1930s), presided over defeat of France(1954) and unsuccessful US intervention in Vietnam | 6 | |
| 6718593165 | Viet Minh | Communist Vietnamese movement; fought Japanese (World War II) and French afterwards | 7 | |
| 6718594538 | Viet Cong | Communist guerrilla movement in southern Vietnam during Vietnamese War | 8 | |
| 6718596048 | Mikhail Gorbachev | leader USSR (1985-1991); inaugurated major Reforms led to disintegration of communist regime | 9 | |
| 6718598625 | Glasnost | Term meaning openness (Gorbachev) policy opening opportunity to criticize government | 10 | |
| 6718600378 | Perestroika | Economic restructuring (Gorbachev) policy economic rebuilding of USSR- allowed more private ownership and decentralized economic control | 11 | |
| 6718602402 | Globalization | Increasing interconnectedness of all parts of world; opposed many environmental and social justice groups | 12 | |
| 6718605640 | Multinational corporations | Business organizations with connections across political borders | 13 | |
| 6718620043 | Western Front | War line between Belgium/Switzerland (World War I) featured trench warfare & massive casualties among combatants | 14 | |
| 6718621100 | Eastern Front | war zone from Baltic to Balkans where Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Russians, and Balkan nations fought | 15 | |
| 6718623655 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austro-Hungarian heir to throne assassinated at Sarajevo(1914) precipitated World War I | 16 | |
| 6718625970 | Nicholas II | Russian tsar (r. 1894-1917); executed in 1918 | 17 | |
| 6718627486 | Gallipoli | World War I battle (1915) unsuccessful attempt in defense of Dardanelles | 18 | |
| 6718630918 | Italian Front | War line between Italy and Austria-Hungary; also produced trench warfare | 19 | |
| 6718631649 | Armenian genocide | Launched by Young Turk leaders(1915) claimed up to one million lives | 20 | |
| 6718633314 | Submarine warfare | Major part German naval effort against Allies (World War I) employed against US precipitated American participation in war | 21 | |
| 6718643580 | Armistice | November 11, 1918 agreement by Germans to suspend hostilities | 22 | |
| 6718644577 | Georges Clemenceau | French premier desiring harsher peace terms for Germans | 23 | |
| 6718645854 | David Lloyd George | British prime minister-attempted to mediate at peace conference between Clemenceau and Wilson | 24 | |
| 6718646954 | Woodrow Wilson | American president who called for self-determination and the League of Nations | 25 | |
| 6718655401 | Treaty of Versailles | Punished Germany w/ loss of territory and payment of reparations; did not satisfy any of signatories (ended World War I) | 26 | |
| 6718657715 | League of Nations | International organization of nations created after World War I; (designed to preserve world peace; US never joined) | 27 | |
| 6718659642 | Indian National Congress | Political party grew from regional associations of Western-educated Indians(1885) dominated by elites; principal party throughout colonial period and after independence | 28 | |
| 6718665375 | Rowlatt Act | Placed severe restrictions on Indian civil rights; undercut impact of Montagu-Chelmsford reforms(1919) | 29 | |
| 6718668941 | M. K. Gandhi | Western-educated Indian lawyer and nationalist politician (many attributes of an Indian holy man) stressed nonviolent tactics and headed movement for Indian independence | 30 | |
| 6718672745 | Satyagraha | "truth force"; Gandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to British rule | 31 | |
| 6718674513 | Mustafa Kemal, Ataturk | President of Turkey (1923-1938); responsible for westernization of Turkey | 32 | |
| 6718676675 | Effendi | Prosperous business and professional urban Egyptian families; generally favored independence | 33 | |
| 6718679436 | Dinshawai incident | 1906 fracas between British soldiers and Egyptian villagers resulted in accidental death; Egyptian protest led to harsh repression timulated nationalist sentiment | 34 | |
| 6718683755 | Mandates | Governments entrusted to victorious European World War I nations over colonies of the defeated powers | 35 | |
| 6718684654 | Balfour Declaration | British promise of support for establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine(1917) | 36 | |
| 6718688656 | Zionism | European Jewish movement (1860s and 1870s) argued that Jews return to their Holy Land; eventually identified with settlement in Palestine | 37 | |
| 6718696851 | Theodor Hertzl | Formed World Zionist Organization(1897) unsympathetic to Arabs, promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine forming Jewish state(Austrian) | 38 | |
| 6718707162 | Alfred Dreyfus | French Jew- falsely accused of treason(1894) acquitted 1906; his false conviction fueled Zionism | 39 | |
| 6718714497 | Wafd Party | Egyptian nationalist party founded after World War I; led by Sa'd Zaghlul; participated in negotiations led to limited Egyptian independence(1922) | 40 |