UNIT 1
This meeting in 1884-1885 divided up Africa among European colonizers
What is The Berlin Conference?
All encompassing war
What is total war?
A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. Theory that pushed America to be involved in Korea and Vietnam
What is the Domino Theory?
Catholic teachings in Latin America focused on helping the poor
What is liberation theology?
Leader of the Russian Revolution
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Weakened China following the Opium Wars
What are unequal treaties?
Communist forces gained support on their retreat, later called this
What is the long march?
Night of violence against Jews in Germany
What is the Kristallnacht?
The British did this to India, thus creating India and Pakistan along religious lines
What is partitioned/ partitioning?
Mao Zedong organized this "jump" in production in 1958-1960
What is the Great Leap Forward?
This country saw the Meiji restoration and had rapid industrialization to avoid being colonized
What is Japan?
This promised land to Zionists in Britain during WWI
What is the Balfour Declaration/ agreement?
June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
What is D- Day?
A shapely protest in China over more democratic processes
What is the Tiananmen Square protest/ Massacre?
Final leader of the soviet union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This uprising by "soldiers" in India led to a transition from company to crown rule (British Raj)
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
Loss of resources due to war, corruption, and economic hardship for the working class resulted in this revolution.
What is the Russian Revolution/ Bolshevik revolution?
Its purpose was to create an alliance between the Western democracies to safeguard against a Soviet invasion
What is NATO?
Two reforms made by Gorbachev
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
Policy the British and French followed that allowed Hitler to annex the Sudetenland without consulting the Czechoslovak government.
What is appeasement?
"Survival of the fittest" being applied to human society to justify racial hierarchy
What is social darwinsim?
A movement that emphasized the unity of Africans around the world
What is Pan-Africanism?
What is Lebensraum?
Not siding with either the US or USSR
What is the nonalignment movement? OR
what is the third way?
Oversaw modernization and westernization in Turkey
Who is Mustafa Kamal? (or who is Ataturk?)