Sharlow Honors History Term 4 Exam

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Communist Leader from Cambodia
led the Khmer Rouge genocide of Cambodians during Vietnam War

occurred because of the policy of containment
N. Vietnam had invaded S. Vietnam who was supported by US

Dr. Livingstone

explorer who trekked through uncharted regions
goal was to find a navigable river to open up Central Africa to trade and Christianity

Japanese navy base that Americans were trying to take by island hopping

Philippines
wife of opposition leader Benigno Aquino who was killed by Marcos
became president and worked for democracy

Ferdinand Marcos

president of the Philippines
caused fraud and corruption
killed Benigno Aquino

Stalin's plan
designed to industrialize the USSR & speed up farm production

land between two opposing trenches

Hitler's autobiography
written while he was in prison

part of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by Germans
taken back by Germany

when Germany annexed Austria

Self-Determination

US allowed the new countries to choose which type of government they wanted

an organization of countries that would work to keep peace

Battle of Stalingrad

German sixth army lost this battle (most elite military force)
marked the end of Germany's invasion

plan to restore the economic stability of Europe

a state with a dominant position in international relations
characterized by its ability to exert influence or power on a global scale

Japan bombs the shores of Hawaii

murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis

genocide in Cambodia
led by Pol Pot

Heinrich Himmler

leader of the SS (Nazi secret police)

communist leader of China
created the Great Leap Forward

suicide mission
young Japanese pilots flew planes into US fighting ships

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
wanted to end western oil country
embargoed US for supporting Israel

also called the USSR
later became Russia
fought against US in Cold War

phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries

process of getting troops and supplies ready for war

period of political tension following WWII and ending with the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union

Chiang Kai-shek

Chinese nationalist in charge during WWII
fled to Taiwan after defeat

Iraqi dictator
took advantage of the Islamic Revolution in Iran to take a border area
sparked a long war

communist leader of North Vietnam

Panama's independence

Roosevelt supported a rebellion for Panama to separate from Columbia and become its own nation
US was given a strip of land

successor of Lenin in the USSR
sent thousands to labor camps in Siberia and executed those who opposed him

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Britain during WWI
allied with US and gave Iron Curtain speech

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
denounced Stalin and allowed criticism

communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War
overthrew the previous dictator and set up a totalitarian regime

Franz Ferdinand

archduke of Austria-Hungary and was killed by a Serbian
his assassination was the immediate cause of WWI

Leonid Brezhnev

Krushchev's successor who help power for almost 20 years
known for arresting and imprisoning his critics

exploration
economic expansion
political
ideological
military
religious

Motives for imperialism

Motives for imperialism:
countries sent out explorers to find new territories and trade routes

economic expansion

Motives for Imperialism:
increase agricultural production and export more goods

Motives for Imperialism:
make a country more powerful by expanding their political power over a specific region

Motives for Imperialism:
countries believed that their own superiority gave them the right to take the land and resources of others

Motives for Imperialism:
claim territory to protect the empire and boost national pride and security

Motives for Imperialism:
desire to spread christianity, european values, and slave trade in Africa

protect their interests

Why did the US send military to Latin America?

low wages
high taxes

How did colonial powers treat their subject?

"peace without victory"
League of Nations

goals or ideas of President Wilson

Armenian Genocide

the Ottoman government accused Armenians of supporting the Russians and killed almost 1 million people

militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism

MAIN causes of WWI

everyone was building up their armies to protect themselves

if one country got into a war a lot of other countries were sucked in because of promises they make to protect each other

everyone wanted more and more land - there was bound to be some fighting because of territory issues

the countries that were imperialized wanted their own countries

took advantage of corrupt governments and destroyed economies

How did dictators rise to power?

the reason Japan invaded China and Manchuria

economically crushed Europe

What was the economic impact of WWII on Europe?

destroyed land, resources, economy

effects of total war on the homefront

economies and resources within their own countries

What did governments control during total war?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

the end of the war in the Pacific

frighten citizens
weaken morale

motive for bombing citizens

good wives and mothers

Role of women in total war (Nazi)

work in factories and have jobs

role of women in total war (American)

complete equality
worked in factories, fought in the war, received jobs

role of women in total war (Soviet)

how Japan fueled their war effort

scared that Soviets would support Great Britain

why did Germany invade the Soviet Union?

first ideological conflict between US and Soviet Union

Who did the US support in the Vietnam War?

North Vietnam invaded the South when the South was not prepared

Chinese Civil War

Mao Zedong and the communists take control of China

defense initiative to protect the US from Soviet Attacks
Reagan's plan

support rebel groups in Afghanistan

How President Reagan "fought" the Soviets

Satellites protested

effect of Soviet exploitation on the satellite states

US failed invasion of Cuba

Cuban Missile Crisis

Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba after US placed missiles in Turkey

UN pressure on Klerk to end it

the end of apartheid in South Africa

over dependence on one resource
genocide and war
inability to unify

What hinders economic prosperity in many African nations

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