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46 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism |
- Love of one's country
- It helped to unify Germany & Italy
- It led to the break up of Austria-Hungary Empire & Ottoman Empire |
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Otto Von Bismarck |
- The leader who united Germany |
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Imperialism |
- A stronger country taking over a weaker country for natural resources and trade |
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Social Darwinism |
- Strong people or countries survive and conquer territory
- Weak people or countries die or are conquered |
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Westernization |
- When a ruler decides to modernize their country, bring it up to date with new ideas
- Make a country more like Europe or the US |
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Napolean Bonaparte |
- France
- Leader following the French Revolution
- Attempted to gain control of Russia and other territories, failed though due to the cold winters |
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Industrial Revolution |
- Transition to new, more modern manufacturing methods using machines
- Began in England in 1760
- Use of coal, iron and waterways to power new technology |
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Capitalism |
- Economic policy in which the government stays out of business dealings for the most part
- Countries like Great Britain and the US use this policy |
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Laissez-Faire Capitalism |
- "Hands-off"
- Belief that the government should have absolutely no say in business dealings
- Supply and demand should determine prices in the free market
- Adam Smith was the economist who came up with this idea |
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Communism/Socialism & Karl Marx |
- Called for the workers (proleteriats) to overthrow business owners (capitalists) and run the factories themselves
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Irish Potato Famine |
- Massive starvation due to the failure of the Irish to grow potatoes
- Forced the migration of many Irish people to other parts of Europe and America
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Suez Canal & Panama Canal |
- Ocean shortcuts |
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Sepoy Mutiny & Boxer Rebellion |
- Attemps to remove foreign influence in the countries of India (Sepoy) & China (Boxer) |
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Meiji Restoration |
- Japan westernized, modernized and industrialized its country |
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Reason For Japanese Imperialism |
- Japan lacked natural resources and had to take over other countries to acquire these resources |
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Causes of World War I - MANIA |
- Militarism
- Alliances
- Nationalism
- Imperialism
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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Treaty of Versailles |
- Agreement that ended World War I
- Placed all the blame for the war on Germany
- Ruined Germany and was one of the reasons Hitler came to power |
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Russian Revolution |
- Led by Vladimir Lenin who promised peace, land and bread to all
- Violent revolution that made Russia a Communist country
- Russia became the Soviet Union |
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Joseph Stalin |
- Communist Dictator of Soviet Union after Lenin died
- Ruled with an iron first |
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Five-Year Plans & Farm Collectivization |
- Stalin's attempt to increase the Soviet Union's industrial and agricultural production
- Led to famine and starvation |
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Kemal Ataturk |
- Leader of Turkey
- Good ruler who modernized and westernized Turkey
- Introduced democracy |
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Mohandas Gandhi |
- Leader of the independence movement in India
- Used non-violent protest & civil disobedience
- His methods worked and Great Britain gave India independence |
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Totalitarianism |
- When one ruler has total control over a country
- Government censorship and propaganda are used to brainwash people
- Germany (Hitler) & Italy (Mussolini) during WWII |
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Great Depression |
- Time period of economic hardship and struggle
- Main reason why people like Hitler came to power |
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Anti-Semitism |
- Hatred of Jewish people
- Hitler and the Nazi's during WWII |
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Nuremberg Laws |
- Hitler and the Nazi's anti-semitic laws designed to discriminate against Jewish people in Germany
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Cold War |
- Time period after World War II in which the democratic countries of the world (US/Great Britain) did not get along with the communist countries (Soviet Union)
- No actual physical fighting took place |
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NATO |
- An alliance against the Soviet Union
- Main goal: contain the spread of communism
- Led by the US & Great Britain |
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Chinese Communist Revolution & Mao Zedong |
- 1950's in which China became a communist country
- The peasants supported the revolution |
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Great Leap Forward |
- Mao Zedong's plan to build China's industry, agriculture and infrastructure |
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Deng Xiaoping |
- China's leader after the death of Mao Zedong
- Introduced some elements of capitalism to China's economy |
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Four Modernizations |
- Deng Xiaoping's attempts to modernize China's economy
- Introduced some elements of capitalism |
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Petroleum & OPEC |
- Oil
- The organization OPEC controls the oil supply
- The Middle East has the most oil supply |
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India & Pakistan Split |
- Religious differences between Hindus and Muslims |
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Pan-Africanism |
- Movement to unite/promote peace between the countries of Africa |
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Jomo Kenyatta |
- African nationalist who led Kenya's independence movement from Great Britain |
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Apartheid |
- Segregation (separation) of the races by law in South Africa |
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Nelson Mandela |
- Led the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
- Became first black leader of South Africa in 1991 |
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Iranian Revolution |
- Religious revolution in Iran (1979)
- Led to an extreme Islamist government in Iran
- Led by the Ayotollah Khomeini |
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Mikhail Gorbachev |
- Soviet Union leader in the 1980's
- Eased tensions with the United States and Great Britain
- Introduced elements of capitalism to the economy |
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Perestroika & Glasnost |
- Gorbachev's new economic policies for the Soviet Union
- Introduced elements of capitalism to the economy
- Led to the break up of the Soviet Union |
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Modern Day Human Rights Violations
Cambodia |
- Led by Pol Pot and his group the Khmer Rouge
- Pol Pot's communists slaughtered thousands in Cambodia |
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Modern Day Human Rights Violations
Rwanda |
- Hutus vs. Tutsis
- Use of machete knives |
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Desertification |
- Deserts expanding due to overuse from farming |
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Green Revolution |
- Increased agricultural production due to modern technology |
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Nuclear Proliferation |
- An increase in the amount of countries trying to obtain nuclear weapons in the modern world
- North Korea & Iran |