Vocabulary
Social critics of the Enlightenment period in France
What are philosophes?
The Italian leader in World War II
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The revolution where a greatly increased output of machine-made goods transformed the way people worked in the mid 1700s
What is the Industrial Revolution?
When Italy, Germany, & Austria-Hungary came together to isolate France
What is the Triple Alliance?
The country that the Bolsheviks dominated
What is Russia?
The period of city building and the movement of people to cities
What is urbanization?
The Ethiopian emperor who successfully resisted the Europeans
Who is Menelik II?
When countries devote all their resources to war efforts
What is total war?
The alliance between the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, & Albania to combat the NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
The country that claimed Malaysia & Burma as their own territory
What is Great Britain?
The economic system where factors of production are owned by the public & operate for the welfare of all people
What is socialism?
The general of the Afrika Korps that surprised British forces & drove them to Tobruk; "Desert Fox"
Who is Erwin Rommel?
The intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, & power of individuals to solve problems
What is the Enlightenment?
The ten-year alliance where the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, offered peace with Hitler, the German dictator.
What is the nonagression pact?
What country split into 11 different Republics
What is the Soviet Union?
The sudden seizure of power; "blow to the state"
What is a coup d'état?
The French leader in the Big Four who rivaled against the US leader in the Big Four.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
A long business slump where unemployment rates began to rise & industrial production, prices, & wages began to decline.
What is the Great Depression?
A defensive military alliance between the US & Canada
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
Where the Gallipoli Campaign took place
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The concept of a sun-centered universe where everything revolves around the sun
What is the heliocentric theory?
the pen name of Francois Marie Arouet (philosophe) who used satire against his enemies who favored intolerance, prejudice, & superstition
Who is Voltaire?
The joint declaration between Great Britain & the US, which gave free trade among the nations & gave the people the right to choose their own government
What is the Atlantic Center?
The agreement that Czar Alexander I, Emperor Francis I of Austria, & King Frederick William III of Prussia signed to combat the forces of revolution
What is the Holy Alliance?
The country that pulled out of World War I first
What is Russia?