Clarkston High School World History and Geography B
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CHS World History and Geograph B
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CHS World Hisotory and Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tennis Court Oath | *vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French Constitution |
| Righ held in common by the French Revolution's declaration and the American Decalaration of Independence | *liberty |
| Importance of Napoleon's invasion of Russia | *resulted in the near destruction of France's Grand Army |
| 1st industrialized nation | *Great Britian |
| 3 things needed to be a successful trading nation | *navy, merchant fleet, political stability, raw materials and laborers. |
| Political philosophy generated from work of karl Marx | *socialist. |
| Capitalism | *economic system characterized by private ownership of capital goods and that prices, production and the distribution of goods are determined mainly by a free market. |
| Socialism | *economic system where society/government owns and controls some means of production, usually factories and all utilities. |
| Communism | *form of complete socialism in which the means of production - all lands, mines, factories, railroad and businesses would be owned by the people |
| Converatism | *political belief help by European monarchy's that believes people should obey the ruling political authority. |
| Liberalism | *political philosophy originally based largely on Enlightenment Principles because it believed that people should be as free as possible. |
| Countries involved in the Concert of Europe | *the great power of Europe declared the right to send armies into countries where there were revolutions and restore order |
| Reason for the ending of the Concert of Europe | *forces liberalism and nationalism became dominant ideology. |
| White Man's burden belief | *Europeans had a moral responsibility to civilize native peole. |
| S. American v. European colonial events in the 1800's | *many colonies of S. America fought wars of independence against Spain in the 1800's |
| European behavior in China that led to Boxer Rebellion | *chinese were angry that European's tried to kill off their religion and their culture |
| Reason for Japan getting involved with the West | *U.S. navy under Commodore Perry forced japan to sign a treaty. |
| Event that got Japan recognized as a world power | *Japan's victory over Russia during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) |
| 4 M.A.I.N. reasons for WW1 | *militarism *alliances *imperialism *nationalism |
| Central Powers Countries | *Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
| Main goal of Schlieffen Plan | *a 2 front war with Russia and France which had formed a military alliance. |
| Country that was also fighting a civil war during WW1 | *Russia |
| Main result of Traty of Versailles | *Germany was forced to accept all responsiblity. |
| Strategy of Bolshevik party under Lenin to take over Russia | *violent revolution |
| Nation that never joined League of Nations | *USA |
| Ethnic group that was victim of Ottoman genocide | *Armenians |
| Types of government the Great Depression encouraged | *helped encourage authoritarian governments around the world |
| Dictator | *ruler who has compete control of the government and the peole of a nation |
| Totalitarian | *government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens. |
| Fascism | *strong central government which glorifies that nation's interests above individual rights |
| Country that invaded Manchuria in 1931 disguised as Chinese | *Japan |
| Allied response to Hitler's violating Treaty of Versailles | *appeasement |
| Countries that signed Non-Agression Pact in 1939 | *Russia and Germany |
| Nation that fought alone against Germany in 1941 | *Great Britian |
| 2 reasons Japanese were able to conquer Pacific in 1931 | *pacific region was: 1. weak 2. largely a non-industrial area |
| U.S. victory in the Pacific that turned the tide of war | *midway-where the U.S. sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers, the most important naval vessels it had |
| Operation Overload (D-Day) | *drive Germans out of France. |
| President Truman's justification for using the atomic bomb against Japan | *save American lives |
| Leader of India's independence movement against British rule | *Mahatma/Mohandas Ghandi |
| Method used in India's independence movement against British rule | *using methods of civil disobedience, refusing to obey laws condidered to be unjust |
| Leader of China's communist movement | *Mao Zedong |
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