World War I
What event triggered alliances and was the spark that started WWI?
the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Kemel Ataturk
established the Republic of Turkey and introduced many reforms, most of which were kept even after his death
Detente Policy of SALT
relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. US & USSR signed a treaty limiting the number of nuclear warheads & missiles they built.
Totalitarianism
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Neolithic Age
AKA "New Stone Age"
- humans use agriculture and domestication as means for nutrition
- switch from nomads to settled farmers
- farming provided a steady food supply
- permanent villages turned into civilizations
- Neolithic Revolution
Western Front
A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. Scene of most of the fighting between Germany, on the one hand, and France and Britain, on the other.
Zionists
Jews who believed in a country of their own in Palestine
1984 Olympic boycott
In this year, in response to the 1980 Western boycott of the Moscow Olympics, the USSR and Soviet-bloc athletes boycotted the Los Angeles Olympic Games.- Response to the USSR invading Afghanstan and not upholding SALT boundry agreements
Great Purge
(1934), Stalin cracked down on Old Bolsheviks, his net soon widened to target army heroes, industrial managers, writers and citizens, they were charged with a wide range of crimes, from plots to failure to not meeting production quotas.
Cultural Diffusion
the exchange of goods and ideas between societies.
Ex. Silk Road led to the exchange of silk (good) and Buddhism (idea/religion) between civilizations
Explain the historical cirucmstances that lead to the development of the Treaty of Versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
British Suffrage Movement
Militant protests fighting for right to vote. Hunger strikes. Got the vote in 1919.
Perestroika
A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society
Command Economies
economic systems in which the government largely decides what goods and services will be produced, who will get them, and how the economy will grow
Result of Opium War
China is forced to sign the unequal treaties
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Fascism
A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
Glasnost
a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
Five Year Plan
Stalin's economic policy to rebuild the Soviet economy after WWI. tried to improve heavy industry and improve farm output, but resulted in famine
Salvador Allende (Chile)
The first Marxist politician elected president in the Americas. He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.
Tripe Entente
Britain, France, Russia
Totalitarian countries are characterized by
government control of newspapers, radio, and television
Poland in the 1980s was the first country to
openly stand up and say no more communism. "Reverse Domino Theory"
Civil Disobedience
A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
Apartheid
Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas. - the divid and conquer technique - persistence of segregation and economic inequalites still exsist