AP World History Chapter 31 Flashcards

9558187065	National Soviet (Nazi) Party	Founded by Adolf Hitler in the period of the Great Depression in Germany.	0
9558187066	Winston Churchill	British prime minister during World War ll; exemplified British determination to resist Germany.	1
9558187067	Blitzkrieg	German term meaning lightning warfare; involved rapid movement of troops and tanks.	2
9558187068	Vichy	Collaborationist French Government established at Vichy in 1940 following defeat by Germany.	3
9558187069	Battle of Britain	British defeat of the Nazi air offensive.	4
9558187070	Holocaust	Germany's attempted extermination of European Jews and others; 12 million, including 6 million Jews,died.	5
9558187071	Battle of the Bulge	Failed Nazi effort in 1943-1945 to repel invading allied armies.	6
9558187072	Pearl Harbor	American naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan in December 1941; caused American entry into World War ll.	7
9558187073	Battles of the Coral Sea	ww2 pacific battle; united states and Japanese force fought to a standoff	8
9558224433	Midway Island	WW2 pacific battle, decisive US victory over powerful Japanese carrier	9
9558187074	United Nations	Global organization, founded by the Allies following World War ll.	10
9558187075	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.	11
9558187076	Yalta Conference (1945)	agreed-upon Soviet entry into the war against Japan, organization of the United Nations; left eastern Europe to the soviet union.	12
9558187077	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.	13
9558187078	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.	14
9558187079	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.	15
9558187080	Quit India movement	mass civil disobedience campaign against the British rulers of India in 1942.	16
9558187081	Muslim League	Indian organization that emerged at the end of World War ll; backed Britain in the war.	17
9558187082	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	Muslim Indian nationalist; leader of the Muslim League; worked for a separate Muslim state; first president of Pakistan.	18
9558187083	Convention Peoples Party (CCP)	political party established by Kwame Nkrumah in opposition to British control of colonial legislature in Gold Coast.	19
9558187084	Jomo Kenyatta	leader of Kenyan African Union, a nationalist party; became first president of independence Kenya in 1962.	20
9558187085	Kenya African Union (KAU)	leading nationalist party in Kenya; adopted nonviolent approach to ending British control in the 1950's.	21
9558187086	Land Freedom Army	Kenyan underground group, led by radicals from the Kenyan African Union; engage in terrorist acts against British and other opponents.	22
9558187087	National Liberation Front (FLN)	Algerian nationalist movement that launched a guerrilla war during the 1950's; gained independence for Algeria in 1962.	23
9558187088	Secret Army Organization (OAS)	Algerian settler group opposed to independence from France; gained strength in France.	24
9558187089	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.	25
9558187090	Apartheid	Policy of strict racial segregation imposed in South Africa to permit the continued dominance of whites politically and economically.	26
9558191333	Haganah	Zionist military force engaged in violent resistance to British presence in Palestine in the 1940's	27