Asia
Name of the Indian rebellion that resulted in the British Crown taking control of India from the EIC
Sepoy Rebellion
Describe the system of "trench warfare" that developed in the war, particularly on the Western Front
Defensive positions dug into the earth, machine guns and artillery meant that casualties were extremely high and mobility extremely low
Define the basic tenets of Fascism
The individual must submit to the will of the state
Highly militarized
Highly nationalistic
Ethnic supremacism
Military technology utilized by Harry Truman to bring the war in Japan to an end
Atom Bomb
Name of BOTH of the cities in Japan whose bombing marked the end of the war
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Result of the Russo-Japanese War
Embarrassing loss for Russia, Japan emerges as imperial world power
Outline the steps that led to the war
Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo -> Germany gives Austria assurance of assistance -> Austria gives ultimatum to Serbia -> Serbia responds -> Austria declares war on Serbia -> Germany declares war on Russia, Belgium and France
Name three countries that went from democratic to authoritarian in the 1920s and 1930s
Italy
Germany
Spain
Pretty much all of the Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania)
Pretty much all of the Baltic (Estonia, Latvia)
Name of the planned invasion of France by British and American forces, executed June 6 1944
D-Day
Location of Hitler's failed siege that marked the turning point in the Eastern European theater
Stalingrad
How were the territories of Indochina (Burma, Vietnam, and Siam) divided among the Europeans?
Britain got Burma, France got Vietnam (and Cambodia and Laos), Siam remained independent
Name of the British officer who agitated for independence against the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula
T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
Attempted coup/Beer Hall Putsch -> Jail -> Build NSDAP into nationally competitive party -> Win plurality in parliament -> Hindenburg makes Hitler chancellor -> Reichstag Fire -> Enabling Act
The act taken by Hitler that finally resulted in a declaration of war from France and Britain
Invasion of Poland
Name of the battle in Western Europe that marked Hitler's "last hurrah" on the Western Front
The Battle of the Bulge
What sociopolitical changes were brought about as a result of the Meiji Restoration?
Significant weakening of the daimyos, a new "democratic" government with the emperor as head of state, new western influences in the economy and the arts, land reform, more rights for women.
What was Germany's "Schlieffen Plan"?
The plan to invade France through Belgium and make a separate peace so that Germany would not have to fight on two fronts
Name of the U.S.-backed plan that restructured Germany's debt payments and allowed them to pay what they could
Dawes Plan
Location of two of the three major conferences held by the Big Three Allied leaders
Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Name of the battle in the Pacific that resulted in a severe crippling of Japan's naval capabilities
Battle of Midway
Choose one of the following conflicts and explain why they occurred and what resulted: Opium War, Tai-Ping Rebellion, or Boxer Rebellion
Opium War - British smuggled opium into China, fought a war when China tried to stop them, forced China to give massive trading concessions and pay reparations
Tai-Ping Rebellion - Jesus Christ's Chinese younger brother led a massive left-leaning rebellion, captured the capital, resulted in a decade of civil war and tens of millions of deaths
Boxer Rebellion - Chinese traditionalist cult fought a rebellion against the westernizing influences in China, eventually put down by European armies
Name of the ill-advised siege in Turkey that resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties and failed to open up a new front
Gallipoli
Name of the two visual art movements in the interwar years that challenged traditional understanding about the rules of art
What did Japan's plan for the New Asian Society entail for East Asia?
Japan would use their natural resources to enrich themselves and use their populations to work for them, although they positioned themselves as liberating Asia from European influence.
Name of the battle in Egypt that marked the turning point against Rommel's forces in the North African theater
El-Alamein