Between The Wars Ch. 9 Review

Nationalism

100

A movement for the establishment of Jews in Palestine. 

Zionism 

200

Prejudice against jewish people. 

Anti-Semitism 

300

During WWI, Britain made two conflicting promises to win over Arabs and Jews

They told Arabs that they can have their own kingdom in the former Ottoman lands, and they told jews that they would support the idea of establishing a “national home for Jewish people”

This jewish promise was called?

 The Balfour Declaration

400

Why did Jews settle in Palestine? (Besides for the holy land)

Anti-semitism grew in Europe, so jews wanted to establish their own state so they went to their holy land, Palestine. Theodore Herzl, a Jewish journalist became alarmed at the strong anti-semitism he witnessed in France so in 1896 he called for jews to establish a state, changed to Isreal.

500

expelling or massacring ethnic groups occurred in Europe and Russia

Pogroms

Nationalism Cont'd

100

A movement to unify all Arab people based on their shared history, language, etc. 

Pan-Arabism 

200

Name 2 historical changes that Turkey (and other western countries) underwent in a societal attempt to modernise. 

• Islamic law was replaced by European model laws

• Muslim calendar was replaced with Western (Christian) one

• People wore western dress

• Arabic script was replaced with western (latin) alphabet

• Women no longer wore hijab

300

Leader of Indian National Movements to remove foreign rule, establish democracy, declare self-rule, etc. 

Mohandas Gandhi

400

Chinese order was in great chaos after the WWI. What did their peasants turn to? 

Communism/Communist leaders because the people were not listened to by their previous rulers.

Depression

100

A country that experienced prosperity and boom after WWI. 

USA

200

Was the Great Depression a domestic or foreign issue, or both?

Both

300

Great Depression was during:

1930-1940 

400

Causes of the depression? 

- Bank failures

-collapse of money supply 

-weak economies post war 

500

Impacts of the depression: List two 

• American investors pulled their money out of Europe

• Unemployment across the globe 

• People lost faith in democracy and capitalism

• Extreme ideas arose 

• Communists celebrated the fail of capitalism

• Intense nationalism, militarism, and a return to authoritarian rule 

Fascism

100

Fascism is: 

-The rule of people by dictatorial gov’t that is nationalistic and militaristic, and anti-communist 

- loyalty to the state and obedience to leader

-denial of individual rights

200

Two main fascists during this time period were:

Germany, Adolf Hitler

Italy, Benito Mussolini 

300

What paved the way for the rise of fascism? 

Economic despair