Important People
Important Conflicts
Important Terms
Human Rights Violations
Modern Middle East
100

He created 5 year plans in the Soviet Union.

Joseph Stalin

100

Started with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Ended with the Treaty of Versailles. 1914-1918.

World War I

100

People moving from one area to another.

Migration

100

The mass killing of an entire group of people. Can be based on race, ethnicity, religion, etc.

Genocide

100

Ataturk is known for this

Westernization

200

He believed everyone has natural rights like life, liberty, property.

John Locke

200

This conflict began when Germany invaded Poland on 9/1/39 and when Japan invaded Manchuria and China in the 1930s. Important events: D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Holocaust.

World War II

200

The spread of culture and ideas through trade, conflict, and communication.

Cultural Diffusion

200

Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws, Concentration camps, final solution.

Holocaust

200

The belief/idea that Jews should have a homeland in Palestine

Zionism

300

He lead and won the communist revolution, eventually made everyone carry his 'red book'

Mao Zedong

300
Russia was defeated by Japan in this conflict that ended in 1905.

Russo-Japanese War

300

Giving into demands to avoid going to war.

Appeasement

300

Hutu vs. Tutsi in this country.

Rwanda

300

Using fear and violence to achieve a goal

Terrorism

400

He was partially responsible for the collapse of the USSR because of Glasnost + Perestroika. He also had a large birthmark on his head. Mikhail...________

Gorbachev

400

This conflict was an attempt by Chinese citizens to rid their country of foreign influences.

Boxer Rebellion

400

When all members of a country contribute to the war effort in some way.

Total War

400

The international peace keeping organization that issued the universal declaration of human rights.

The United Nations

400

The Ayatollah Khomeini led an Islamic fundamentalist revolt in this country

Iran

500

He helped to modernize and westernize Turkey.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

500

This conflict was the last war between France and Prussia, resulting in a United Germany.

Franco Prussian War

500

Type of government that has total and complete control over all aspects of society.

Totalitarianism

500

Pol Pot's Cambodia, The Armenian Genocide, The Holocaust, are all examples of Human _________ __________.

Human Rights Violations.

500

The goal is to return to a strict interpretation of a particular religion.

Religious Fundamentalism