Vocabulary
The build up and glorification of one’s military.
What is militarism?
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
What is a Revolution?
The policy of satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace.
What is appeasement?
Who was South Africa's first black president after Apartheid ended?
What is Nelson Mandela?
The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Asia would too.
What is The Domino Theory?
A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
What is a guillotine?
Napoleon's uniform system of laws
What is the Napoleonic Code?
What ship containing U.S. citizens was sunk by German u-boats?
What is the Lusitania?
What is apartheid in South Africa?
What is A series of restrictive segregation laws based on race?
Labor camps holding people designated as enemies of Germany.
What are concentration camps?
A situation in which neither side of a battle can win or gain victory.
What is a Stalemate?
Before the French Revolution, which estate were the nobles in?
What is the Second Estate?
Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb on Japan?
What is He hoped to avoid an invasion that would result in massive Allied casualties?
What was the Bantu Education Act designed to do?
What is Separate economic opportunities between white and black citizens?
The creation and movement of cities.
What is urbanization?
Political movement that consists of a strong, centralized government headed by a powerful dictator; emphasizes the State over individuals.
What is Fascism?
This man ruled France as a dictator and cut off the heads of anyone that he thought was against the revolution
What is Maximilien Robespierre?
Which Jewish concentration camp was the most well known?
What is Auschwitz?
What did the Bantu Authorities Act do?
What is Created “homelands” for black South Africans?
A system of government where power belongs to a ruling family and is obtained by birthright.
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
The term for middle class Bankers, factory owners, merchants, professionals and skilled artisans.
What is the Bourgeoisie?
Napoleon sold this large portion of French-America to the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Who were the Big Three that met at the Yalta Conference?
What is Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin?
What is said to mark the end of apartheid in South Africa?
What is the first multi-ethnic democratic election?
Gorbachev’s policy of openness to encourage freedom of speech and to allow expression of new ideas.
What is Glasnost?