Shifting Power After 1900
Define: Bolshevik
A member of the radical faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party that led the October Revolution of 1917.
Which event is often considered the direct trigger for the start of World War 1?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Organization formed partially upon the recommendation of Wilson in his Fourteen Points. It was meant to promote international cooperation and peacekeeping efforts.
League of Nations
Fascism was an ideology shared by these THREE European leaders.
Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
This group carried out genocide(s) against Assyrians, Armenians, and other primarily Christian minorities from 1914-1922.
Ottoman Empire
The Russian Revolution of ___ was carried out in two waves. In the first, the imperial family was removed from power. In the second, the Bolsheviks took power. This event is often seen as the start of the Russian Civil War
1917
The mobilization of all resources and manpower for the war effort is called
Total war
This epidemic turned pandemic infected 33% of the global population and was likely spread by soldiers returning from WWI.
Spanish Flu
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement are terms usually associated with the policy of __.
Nationalism
An ethnic conflict between these groups in Rwanda, a legacy of colonial tensions, resulted in a genocide in 1994.
Hutus & Tutsis
Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People guided the Republic of China under the ___ Party.
Nationalist (Kuomintang/KMT) aimed to establish democracy for political freedom
What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War 1?
Harsh reparations on Germany and the redrawing of European borders
What event triggered the start of the Great Depression in 1929?
The Wall Street Crash (stock market crash , black thursday)
Tactic used by the Allies in the Pacific in which forces focused only on strategically important locations instread of attempting to capture all areas on the way to Japan.
Island hopping
List FOUR of the groups targeted by the perpetrators of the Holocaust.
Jews, homosexuals, people with physical and/or mental disabilities, Poles, Slavs, Romani ("gypsies"), Jehovah's Witnesses, "undesirables"
What is ONE internal factor that caused the collapse of land-based empires in the early 20th century?
Resistance to modernization/industrialization, revolts, decentralization, nationalism and ethnic tensions
List THREE technologies that were used to fight in WWI that were either new or vastly improved for use in combat during this time.
machine guns, tanks, submarines/uboats, planes, poison gas, flamethrowers, aircraft carriers
What were some of the causes of the Great Depressin?
Stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction and underconsumption, high tariffs and trade policies
What event marked the official beginning of World War II?
The invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939
When is Mrs.Mendieta's birthday?
December 29
This document, the result of an ongoing revolution in the 1910s, limited the power of the Catholic Church, broke up haciendas, guaranteed workers rights, and made public education available.
Mexican Constitution of 1917
How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the conditions that led to World War II?
Unfair treatment of Germany sowed resentment and economic instability, setting the stage for future conflict
What impact did the Great Depression have on global economies beyond the United States?
Economic downturns and instability spread worldwide, leading to increased unemployment and poverty
treaty of versailles, rise of totalitarianism, failure of appeasement and league of nation, invasion of poland
This country is both an island and a continent.
Australia