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03/21/2011

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faisal
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led arab revolt in wwI.
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theodore herzl
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led the zionist movement in the early twentieth century
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Balfour declaration
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issued by british foreign secretay that favored the establishment of a jewish ntional homeland in palestine
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bolsheviks
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radical marxist party whom under the leadership of vladimir lenin, took over russia on november 17, 1917
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western front
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line of trenches and fortifications in wwi that stretched without a break from switzerland to the north sea. scene of most of the fighting between germany, and france and britain
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woodrow wilson
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u.s. president who was one of the leading figures of the treaty of versailles. he was unable to persuade the u.s. congress to ratify this treaty or to join the league of nations. what a failure
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league of nations
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international organization founded after world war i to promote global peace. but it failed to prevent another world war
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treaty of versailles
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demanded that germany dismantle its military and give some of its lands to poland. it was resented by many germans.
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new economic policy
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issued by lenin to revive russia's economy by allowing small private companies to thrive. was ended by stalin
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sun yat sen
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chinese nationalist revolutionary who led the guomindang political party until his death
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guomindang
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nationalist democratic party founded by sun yat sen
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mandate system
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germany and the ottomans had to give up their colonial empires to the allies
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max planck
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germany physicists who developed the quantum theory
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only country to benefit from wwi
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united states
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the ottoman government deported __________ causing hundreds of thousands to die.
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armenians
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what terroritory did britain take over in 1917?
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baghdad
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why did germany surrender?
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counter attack of allies wiht help from u.s. and many soldiers had flu
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the decade after WWI can be separated in two periods: 1) painful recovery and readjustments and 2)
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peace and prosperity
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Japan was much more vulnerable than China to swings in the world economy because it depended on two things
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*foreign trade
*imperialism in asia
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who created the new state of turkey and mordernized and westernized it?
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mustafa kemal
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changes in middle eastern socities after WWI
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*nomads disappeared
*population and cities doubled
*westernization in societies
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