Key Terms
The feeling of extreme, often excessive, pride in one's nation.
Nationalism
World War 1 became a world war, not just a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, because of this support system between nations.
alliances
1917
World War 2 started in 1939 when the Germans invaded this country.
Poland
This leader rose to power in 1933 Germany and tried to expand Germany into an empire while working to "purify" the German race.
Adolf Hitler
An economic system that abolishes class divisions, in which private property does not exist and all transactions are controlled by the state.
Communism
The assassination of this Archduke from Austria-Hungary quickly led to a declaration of war.
Franz Ferdinand
During the second Russian Revolution, the government was overthrown by Vladimir Lenin and the communist organization he led. What was the name of this organization?
The Bolsheviks
This night, in November of 1938, is the first event of what would lead to the Holocaust.
Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass)
This leader was a close ally of Adolf Hitler, as the leader of Italy during World War II.
Benito Mussolini
The use of words and pictures to convince people to believe something that may not be completely real or true.
Many new weapons used in WW1 were developed during this period of mass production during the 19th century.
Industrial Revolution
Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing emperor in 1926, ending this many years of dynastic rule in China.
2000
The Americans entered the war after this event which took place in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
This American President helped draft a peace plan called the Fourteen Points during WW1.
Woodrow Wilson
This treaty, signed after World War 1, paved the way for World War 2 by punishing Germany, forcing them to pay reparations and take the blame for WW1.
Treaty of Versailles
This organization, formed after WW1 and designed to keep peace among nations, was a precursor to the United Nations.
The League of Nations
The key factor distinguishing the outcome of the Mexican Revolution from that of China/Russia.
Mexican: Constitution
China/Russia: Communism
This event marks the end of World War 2 in Europe, when the Allied stormed the beaches of Normandy France and defeated the Germans.
D-Day
This Chinese Communist leader organized "The Great Leap Forward", during which time millions of Chinese starved while he continued exporting the food that they grew.
Mao Zedong
This political system requires total loyalty to one's nation in the form of nationalism, extreme obedience to the leader, and few individual rights.
facism
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism/Industrialization, Assassination
The island where the Chinese Nationalist Party was exiled to when the Communists took over.
Taiwan
Japan's government went from being a peaceful democracy in the1920s to a militaristic powerhouse that sought to take over much of Asia after this happened in 1936.
Military coup
This Mexican dictator ruled from the 1870s until 1910 when he was overthrown in the Mexican Revolution.
Porfirio Díaz