ap world history chapter 20 Flashcards
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| 9294614425 | central powers | world War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. | 0 | |
| 9294614426 | bolsheviks | a party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917. | 1 | |
| 9294616087 | collective security | a system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all. | 2 | |
| 9294616088 | conscription | compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. | 3 | |
| 9294617670 | democratic centralism | decisions were made under central leadership to serve those interests. | 4 | |
| 9294617671 | eastern front | fighting on the German-Russian, Austro-Russian, and Austro-Romanian fronts. | 5 | |
| 9294617672 | fascism | an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. | 6 | |
| 9294619443 | five year plans | Stalin's attempts to increase Soviet industrial and agricultural output. | 7 | |
| 9294680638 | fourteen points | wilson's plan for world peace following world war I. | 8 | |
| 9294680639 | genocide | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group. | 9 | |
| 9294680640 | island-hopping | the act of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others. | 10 | |
| 9294681783 | league of nations | international body of nations formed in 1919 to prevent wars. | 11 | |
| 9294681784 | mandate system | governing without owning the territory. | 12 | |
| 9294701371 | margin (stock) | borrowing money from a broker. | 13 | |
| 9294729328 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. | 14 | |
| 9294729329 | protectionalism | high tariff barriers meant to protect each country's industries | 15 |