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WORLD CULTURES FINAL

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cold war
state of tension and hostility among nations w/o conflict
Pearl harbor
naval base in HI that was attacked by japan (reason for entering WWI)
nurenberg laws trial
laws restricted jews marrying non jews/ prosecuted crimes against
hiroshima
japan city destroyed by atomic bomb
Rasputin
had greate influence over czarina, his enimies poisened him
El alamein
site of a tank battle in egypt
operation sea lion
bombing blitz on london
hirohito
emporer of japan
princip
member of the terrorist group that assassinated franis ferdinan
social darwinism
survival of the fittest in business or war
bicameral
2 house legislature
weighting
punishment that factory owners used for children late for work
kulak
wealthy peasent(chickens from animal farm)
mandates
ottoman lands after WWII
propaganda
ideas spread in order to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause
dick cheney
vp of the us
operation barbarose
hitlers biggest mistake
Garibaldi
Italian nationalist who helped unify him with his red shirts
spanish civil war
dress rehersal for WWII
entente
non binding agreement to follow policies
socialism
economic system where society owns large farms and industry
Betty Grable
pinup girl that inspired sailors
Pankhurst
womens right activist who advocated violence
tupac amuru
leader of N.A revolt against the spanish system of foced labor
operation overload
d-day/ normandy
impressionism
painting that tries to capture the fleeting effects of light
reperations
payments for war damages
Appeasement
giving in to the demands of an agressor to keep peace
corporation
held by stock holders
stalin
big 3 soviet leader who brought all economic activity under government control
F Roosevelt
One of BIG 3 was his idea
archduke francis ferdinand
heir to the austrian throne assination caused WWI
operation torch
invasion in italy
metternich
dominated austrian polotics 30 years
refugee
people who flee their homelands for safety in another place
assembly line
a way to organize workers and machines to assemble a project more efficiently
com intern
policy where communism shouold spread around the world
communism
a form of socialism that ends class struggle
kamikaze
suicide japanese pilots
william II
german kaiser who was sworn in the hall of mirrors in versailles
Daniel O'Connell
irishman "THE LIBERATOR" forced the repeal of laws prohibiting the irish from holding off
facism
authoritarrian govt that is not communism
Nicholas II
Last russian czar who was killed in red square
Louis Philipe
citizen king who wore pants last king of france
Hemophilia
blood doesn't clot
ultimatum
final set of demands
urbanization
moving from the country to the city
home rule
local self govt for ireland
NIght of broken glass
beginning of holocaust
axis powers
italy japan germany
L'overture
leader of the haitian revolution
pandemic
spread of disease acroos widespread area
herzl
founded the modern zionist movement
militarism
glorification of the military
atrocities
often used in propoganda/hurrendous acts of vioolence
totalitarian state
govt whrere one party dictator regulates every aspect of a citizens life
The battle of the bulge
america highest casualty rate
battle of stalingrad
8 month seige in russia where people ate wallpaper
mobolize
to prepare military forces for war
lenin
marxist leader of revoluntionary russia (OLD MAJOR)
United Nations
WWII FDR
vichy
puppet govt in france
weimar republic
german govt from 1919 to 1933
Hitler
Leader of the nazi movement
miracle of dunkirk
evac of british forces out of france using every available boat
Industrialization
britain 1st country to industrialize
franco
created a fassists dictatorship in spain
Adam smith
wrote wealth of nations, Laizze faire
league of nations
WWIpres. Woodrow wilson/unsucessful
apartheid
system where races are segregated
conservative
wants a monarchy
queen victoria
ruled britain for 65 years
ataturk
george washington of turky
Allies WWII
Britian russia u.s
impearialism
domination by one country of the political economic our cultural life
Berlin Wall
seperated east and west germany
no mans land
land between 2 trenches
isolationism
limited evolvement in war affairs
pan slavism
believed all slavic people shared a common nationality
pogrom
organized massacre of helpless people
purges
stalins way of getting rid of political enemies
treaty of versailles
treaty after ww1 horrible harsh treaty
truman doctrine
policy stating amercans would stop soviet expansion
Karl Marx
thought that their were a few rich people while majority were poor wanted socialism
lusitania
sinking of the ship/u.s. enters WWI
Winston Churchill
prime minister who rallied britain to fight against nazi aggression
polygamy
men can have more than one wife
mussolini
italian leader who created the fascist dictatorship
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
russia becomes communist and withdraws from WWI
central powers
germany austria hungary WWI
Guernica
town that was brutally attacked during spanish cival war (Picasso Painting)
Zaibitsu
power banking and industrial families in Japan
trotsky
competed w/ stalin for power
theater WWII
europe,n africa, pacific
allies WWI
britain russia u.s france italy
Genocide
an elimination of an entire people
Louis XVIII
king of france who waas restored to power congress of vienna
anarchist
person who wants to abolish all govt
liberal
wants a constitution and bicameral legis
victor emanuel
1st king of a uinified italy
Balfour Decleration
british viewing with favor
total war
all nations resourses channelled
anschluss
uniting austria and germany
containment
limited commuinism to areas already under communist control
hirohito
emporer of japan
manchurian incident
japan blew up their own railroad tracks as an excuse to fight china
penal colony
remote location to send prisoners
recession
gross domestic product decreases two quarters in arow
racism
believes one racial group is superior
pacifism
oposition to all war
Neutrality
the us policy of uninvolvement
muhammad ali
egyptian leader who laid the foundation for a modern egypt
dual monarchy
equal partnership between austria and hungary
Mao Zedong
communist leader of china
gordon brown
pm of great britain
collaborator
one who cooperates w/ an enemy force occupying a country
privateer
pirate sanctioned by govt
civil disobedience
non violent protest used by ghandi
brain drain
top scholars leaving germany
protectorate
country w/ own govt but under control of outside power
Blitzkreig
lightning war
Midway island
turning point in the war in the pacific
proletariat
working class
Woodrow Wilson
league of nations was his idea
v-j day
victory japan
holocaust
massacre of 6 mil. jews 5 mil other
suffrage
the vote
Nationalism
one e of the forces that led to the outbreak of WWI
big bertha
german gun named after alfred krupp's mother
Franco Prussian War
germany defeats france
condoleezza rice
sec of state
goebell
nazi propoganda minister
marshal plan
loans to europe after WWII TO rebuild
eisenhower
supreme ally commander in europe
armistice
agreement to end fighting
v-e day
victory europe
otto von bismarck
prussian leader who unified germany
big lie
aryans are the master race
anti semitism
hatred of jews
Ghandi
political / spiritual advisor of india
harry truman
pres who instituded a policy stating america would resist soviet expansion in the world
Iwo jima
marines holding up flag
Dreyfus
Jew french army officer unjustly accused of spying
sudetenland
dimilitarized zone practiced appeasement
francis joseph
emperor of asutria/king of hungary
trench warfare
method of fighting where soldiers barricade below ground
zeppelin
gas fille balloon WWI weapon
Persia
political, economical, religion , social, intellectual, art
coalition
alliance of political parties
steam engine
could travel upstream ROBert Fulton
realpolitik
bismarcks politicacl policy
textile
clothing industry
plebiscite
yes or no vote

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