Shifting Power
This group of reformers emerged during the decline of the Ottoman Empire. They advocated for a constitution for the country and to push its multiethnic culture to accept only the Turkish culture.
The Young Turks
German ruler during WWI
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Otto von Bismarck
The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash of 1929 in the US
The Great Depression
The reason why Russia pulls out of WWI in 1917
Russian Revolution
The bombing of this port city by the Japanese led to the US joining the war on December 7th, 1941
Pearl Harbor
An organization representing the revolutionary working class of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. Believed in the ideology of Communism
Bolsheviks
Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria-Hungary)
deliberate killing of a group of people, especially of a particular ethnic group or nation
genocide
hostility or prejudice against Jews
Anti-Semitism
"lightning war"; a fast moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
Blitzkrieg
A Turkish Nationalist who became the first President of Turkey once the Republic of Turkey is established in 1923
Limited portion or allowance of food or goods, typically during total war in the home front
The night of broken glass; on November 9th, 1938, mobs in support of Naziism destroyed Jewish properties and terrorized Jews in Germany; it was a precursor to the Holocaust
Kristallnacht
Organization formed after WWI to promote cooperation and peace, but was ineffective because it could not stop aggressive nations from invading other nations
League of Nations
An allied assault on the beaches of Normandy (Northern France) to take France back from under German control in 1944. It was the largest amphibious assault in history and led to an allied victory
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
Led the first Chinese Republic after the fall of the Qing Empire in 1911. Was only in office for two months before conflicts arose between various warlords as well as the Chinese Communist Party.
Sun Yet-Sen
What were the four MAIN causes of WWI?
- Militarism
- Alliances
- Imperialism
- Nationalism
This incident happened in a Chinese city which the Japanese invaded in 1937. It led to the murder, rape, and torture of thousands of Chinese civilians by the Japanese military
Nanjing Massacre
The policy of giving into the demands of aggressors
Appeasement
A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to blame Jews as a scapegoat and to ensure German superiority. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, communists, homosexuals, and the mentally and physically disabled
Holocaust
After the fall of the Qing, China will fight a civil war both before and after World War II which involve these two major groups.
- The Chinese Nationalist Party
- The Chinese Communist Party
The ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand forces) fought against the Ottoman Empire at this location for a year that led to massive losses on both sides
Galipolli
The name of the German government that accepted the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles after WWI.
Weimar Republic
Identify three ways Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles
- Blame for WWI
- Reparation payment
- Disarming of military
- Loss of territory
- No alliances/unification between Germany and Austria
Nickname of the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Little Boy & Fat Man