AP World History Vocab- Chapter 31 Flashcards

4244272651	National Soviet (Nazi) Party	Founded by Adolf Hitler in the period of the Great Depression in Germany.	0
4244272652	Winston Churchill	British prime minister during World War ll; exemplified British determination to resist Germany.	1
4244272653	Blitzkrieg	German term meaning lightning warfare; involved rapid movement of troops and tanks.	2
4244272654	Vichy	Collaborationist French Government established at Vichy in 1940 following defeat by Germany.	3
4244272655	Battle of Britain	British defeat of the Nazi air offensive.	4
4244272656	Holocaust	Germany's attempted extermination of European Jews and others; 12 million, including 6 million Jews,died.	5
4244272657	Battle of the Bulge	Failed Nazi effort in 1943-1945 to repel invading allied armies.	6
4244272658	Pearl Harbor	American naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan in December 1941; caused American entry into World War ll.	7
4244272659	Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway Island	United States air Naval victories over the Japanese homeland.	8
4244272660	United Nations	Global organization, founded by the Allies following World War ll.	9
4244272661	Teheran Conference (1944)	meeting between the leaders of the United States, Britain, and the soviet Union; decided to open a new front against Germany in France; gave the Russians a free hand in eastern Europe.	10
4244272662	Yalta Conference (1945)	agreed-upon Soviet entry into the war against Japan, organization of the United Nations; left eastern Europe to the soviet union.	11
4244272663	Potsdam Conference (1945)	meeting between the leaders of the United States, Bitain, and the Soviet Union in 1945; the allies accepted Soviet control of eastern Europe; Germany and Austria were divided among the victors.	12
4244272664	Total War	Ware fare of the 20th century; vast resources and emotional commitments of belligerent nations were marshaled to support military effort reflecting technological innovation and organizational capacity.	13
4244272665	Atlantic Charter	1941 pact between the United States and Britain; gave Britain a strong ally; in return the document contained a clause recognizing the right of all people to select their own government.	14
4244272666	Quit India movement	mass civil disobedience campaign against the British rulers of India in 1942.	15
4244272667	Muslim League	Indian organization that emerged at the end of World War ll; backed Britain in the war.	16
4244272668	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	Muslim Indian nationalist; leader of the Muslim League; worked for a separate Muslim state; first president of Pakistan.	17
4244272669	Convention Peoples Party (CCP)	political party established by Kwame Nkrumah in opposition to British control of colonial legislature in Gold Coast.	18
4244272670	Jomo Kenyatta	leader of Kenyan African Union, a nationalist party; became first president of independence Kenya in 1962.	19
4244272671	Kenya African Union (KAU)	leading nationalist party in Kenya; adopted nonviolent approach to ending British control in the 1950's.	20
4244272672	Land Freedom Army	Kenyan underground group, led by radicals from the Kenyan African Union; engage in terrorist acts against British and other opponents.	21
4244272673	National Liberation Front (FLN)	Algerian nationalist movement that launched a guerrilla war during the 1950's; gained independence for Algeria in 1962.	22
4244272674	Secret Army Organization (OAS)	Algerian settler group opposed to independence from France; gained strength in France.	23
4244272675	Afrikaner National Party	became the majority in the all-white South Africa legislature in 1948; worked to form that rigid system of racial segregation called apartheid.	24
4244272676	Apartheid	Policy of strict racial segregation imposed in South Africa to permit the continued dominance of whites politically and economically.	25