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History Spring Final
Miklos - 5/31/13
150
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10th Grade
05/30/2013

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Term
Sixty American hostages were held where for 440 days?
Definition
Iran
Term
Non U.S. supported leader in Nicaragua was...
Definition
Daniel Ortega
Term
U.S. and U.S.S.R had a stand-off because of missile in which communist country?
Definition
Cuba
Term
JFK used the mission 'Bay of Pigs" to overthrow who in Cuba?
Definition
Fidel Castro
Term
What is another name for a developing nation?
Definition
Third World Country
Term
MATCH - Communist leader in North Vietnam
A. HO CHI MINH
B. HARRY TRUMAN
Definition
A.
Term
MATCH - U.S. President
Definition
Harry Truman
Term
MATCH - Communistic, Separated by 38th Parallel
Definition
North Korea
Term
MATCH - Below 38th parallel and democratic
Definition
South Korea
Term
MATCH - Above 17th parallel, communistic
Definition
North Vietnam
Term
MATCH - Below 17th, non-communistic
Definition
South Vietnam
Term
MATCH - 17th Parallel
Definition
Vietnam
Term
MATCH - 38th Parallel
Definition
Korea
Term
MATCH - Used by Winston Churchill, separates Communists and Democrats
Definition
Iron Curtain
Term
MATCH - Alliance between USSR and Satellite Nations
Definition
Warrsaw Pact
Term
MATCH - Alliance of US, Canada and 10 Western European Nations
Definition
NATO
Term
MATCH - Willingness to engage in War to stop communism
Definition
Brinkmanship
Term
MATCH - 40 year conflict between US and USSR
Definition
Cold War
Term
MATCH - Organizations of Nations set up after WWII
Definition
UN
Term
MATCH - Economic package to aid Europe after WWII
Definition
Marshall Plan
Term
MATCH - Gary Powers flew reconnaissance plane and shot down in Soviet Territory
Definition
U2 Incident
Term
MATCH - Wanted to contain communism
Definition
Containment
Term
This US general drew up the Japanese constitution
Definition
Douglas McArthur
Term
Which groups of people were persecuted at the Nuremberg Trials?
Definition
Nazis
Term
Which nation lost most lives during WWII?
Definition
Soviet Union
Term
Which British General won the Battle of El Alamein?
Definition
Bernard Montgomery
Term
During WWII, Stalin repeatedly urges the US and the USSR to do what to relieve Nazi pressure?
Definition
Invade Germany
Term
Kamikazes targeted what structures?
Definition
Ships
Term
The allied invasion of France occurred on what day?
Definition
D-Day
Term
Who was the supreme commander of Western Allied forces in Europe?
Definition
Dwight D Eisenhower
Term
Who developed Island Hopping?
Definition
Douglas McArthur
Term
Why was island hopping developed.
Definition
He wanted to take out the week islands then take out the strong.
Term
Which event in the Pacific theater during WWII changed the course of the war from defensive to offensive?
Definition
Battle of Midway
Term
Mastermind behind Pearl Harbor?
Definition
Yamamoto
Term
Which freedom does the Atlantic Charter support?
Definition
Freedom of Trade
Term
What are some features that the British were at an advantage during the Battle of Britain?
Definition
Radar, enigma, Post British Moral
Term
Who was the leader of France who maintained leadership in exile?
Definition
Charles de Gaulle
Term
Which country in Europe did Hitler first use Blitzkrieg?
Definition
Poland
Term
What prompted France and GB to enter WWII?
Definition
Invasion of Poland
Term
Which ruler did Hitler sign the Non-aggression pact with?
Definition
Joseph Stalin
Term
Which nations were part of the Axis Powers?
Definition
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Term
Who was the leader of Republican troops supporting Government in Spain?
Definition
Francisco Franco
Term
The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of a German threat to what Nations?
Definition
Czechoslovakia
Term
What event started the Great Depression?
Definition
Stock Market Crash
Term
How did Roosevelt believe his New Deal Program would fix the Great Depression?
Definition
Large public works project to provide more jobs
Term
Who is know as Il Duce?
Definition
Benito Mussolini
Term
What was the goals of the US Isolationists?
Definition
Political ties with others should be avoided.
Term
What did German do after WWI to the Rhineland?
Definition
Re-militarized it
Term
What was the effect of the Dawes Plan on Germans post war economy?
Definition
Save Germany from inflation of crisis and stabilize the economy
Term
Britain and Frances decision to give in aggression and keep peace was also know as the...
Definition
Policy of Appeasement
Term
What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
Definition
Japan
Term
What was Sigmund Freud's belief on human behavior?
Definition
Much of it was irrational
Term
What effects did the radio have on families during WWII?
Definition
News, plays, music, sports the entire family could enjoy
Term
Why did the people of Germany turn on their government?
Definition
Government signed Treaty of Versailles
Term
Why were the Jewish people in Germany used as a scape-goat under Hitler?
Definition
Anti-Semitism
Term
A government that aims to control political, economic and social intelligence along with culture is know as a...
Definition
Totalitarianism Government
Term
What was the purpose of Stalin's 5 year Plan?
Definition
Change the USSR from Agriculture to Industrial economy.
Term
How did Hitler benefit from the Enabling Act?
Definition
Gave the government power to ignore the Constitution for 4 years
Term
What politcal ideology is Nazism considered?
Definition
Fascism
Term
Hitler wanted lebensraum, how would he achieve it?
Definition
Conquer other countries
Term
By 1935, which eastern European countries were still in democracies?
Definition
Czechozlovi
Term
What was the name of Hitler's famous book?
Definition
Mi Kamph
Term
How do fascism and communism compare?
Definition
1 Party, no rights, strong native feeling
Term
During the depression, which country was faced with reperations?
Definition
Germany
Term
How did the Great Depression affect imports and exports?
Definition
They decreased
Term
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
Definition
Stimulate U.S. economy by increasing Government Spending
Term
Why was the Weimar Republic weak?
Definition
Inflation, no democracy, and large number of political parties.
Term
Who was the ruler under a dictatorship in Italy?
Definition
Mussolini
Term
DEFINE - Bolsheviks overthrew this.
Definition
Provisional Government
Term
DEFINE - Russia pulled out because of Brest Litovsk.
Definition
WWI
Term
DEFINE - Revolution of 1905.
Definition
Bloody Sunday
Term
DEFINE - Leader of Bolsheviks
Definition
Lenin
Term
DEFINE - Last leader of the Romanov Dynasty
Definition
Nicholas II
Term
DEFINE - Leader was Lenin
Definition
Bolsheviks
Term
DEFINE - Influential local councils of workers and peasants
Definition
Soviets
Term
DEFINE - Russia's first parliament
Definition
DUMA
Term
DEFINE - Political influences on Zarirna
Definition
Term
Why were the Bolsheviks successful?
Definition
Easy to take over, appeal to workers, and were more superior
Term
How did Lenin view politics?
Definition
Did not rally around the flag?
Term
Poverty, an ineffective czar, and the split between have and have-nots was the main cause of what revolution?
Definition
Russian
Term
Was police terror used in totalitarianism?
Definition
Yes
Term
Who made the economic decisions under Stalin?
Definition
Government Officials
Term
How did the Russo-Japanese war show weakness to the czar?
Definition
Incompetent, needed to re militarize, and news of repeat loses spark unrest.
Term
What territories were lost after the signing of the Treat of Brest-Litovsk?
(FELLP)
Definition
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland)
Term
Which group of people made up the soviets under Russia's provisional government?
Definition
Local Councils
Term
Radical Russian Marxist Revolutions were also know as...
Definition
Bolsheviks
Term
What was the purpose of Stalins 5 year plan?
Definition
Economic Development
Term
Nationalism, Militarism, and Internal Descent were all major causes of...
Definition
WWI
Term
Who were members of the Triple Alliance?
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Term
What city was Francis Ferdinand shot?
Definition
Sarajevo
Term
Which Balkan states were parts of Central powers?
Definition
Bulgaria
Term
German shared borders with which two members of the Triple Entente?
Definition
France and Russia
Term
Why did Germany not like Article 231?
Definition
it said it was their fault.
Term
What happened to Lenin and the country of Russia when they signed the treaty to pull them out of WWI?
Definition
Bolshevik Revolution
Term
Which US president was the spokesperson for peace talks after WWI?
Definition
Wilson
Term
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?
Definition
Lenin
Term
Why did the US join WWI?
Definition
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Term
What did Italy do when they attacked Austria in 1915?
Definition
Betrayed Germany and Austria
Term
When Germany advanced in France during WWI, which city were they stopped?
Definition
Battle of Marine
Term
Germanys plan for 2 front war was also know as...
Definition
The Schlieffen Plan
Term
Aggressive preparation for war is also know as...
Definition
Militarism
Term
Complete mobilization for war is also know as..
Definition
Total War
Term
What did France truly insist after WWI?
Definition
Desire for national security
Term
What was the Treaty of Versailles of 1919?
Definition
Treaty signed Viemar that was harsh.
Term
Who were the members of Central Powers?
Definition
Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Austria Hungary
Term
Trench warfare is also know as..
Definition
The Western Front
Term
What do historians consider an Act of War?
Definition
Mobilization
Term
Who was a member of the "black hand"
Definition
Gravillo Princip
Term
When Russia moved into Manchuria, it caused which to go to war?
Definition
Russia and Japan
Term
Who did Japan sign the Treaty of Kanagawa to open ports?
Definition
U.S.
Term
Before the middle of the 1880's, who traded with Japan?
Definition
China
Term
What is the difference between indirect and direct rule?
Definition
Both limited self rule.
Term
What continent did Britain have full control over during Imperialism?
Definition
Australia and India
Term
DEFINE B - Opposition to dutch settlers in South Africa
Definition
Boer War
Term
DEFINE B - Struggle to be fittest
Definition
Social Darwinism
Term
DEFINE B - Europe decided how to divide Africa
Definition
Berlin Conference
Term
DEFINE B - Oil and Cowfat use in rifles
Definition
Sepoys Mutiny
Term
DEFINE B - British life line to the Red Sea
Definition
Suez Canal
Term
DEFINE B - Found by David Livingston
Definition
Henry Stanley
Term
DEFINE B - General Gordon was killed
Definition
Sudan Crisis
Term
DEFINE B - British colony
Definition
Raj
Term
DEFINE B - Armed protest that influenced Chinese
Definition
Boxer Rebellion
Term
DEFINE B - US trade with China
Definition
Open Dorr Policy
Term
DEFINE B - Largest protest to hit China
Definition
Taiping Rebellion
Term
DEFINE B - Regions in China that others dominate
Definition
Spheres of Influence
Term
DEFINE B - Clash between Britain and China
Definition
Opium War 1839
Term
DEFINE B - Don't have to listen to Chinese law.
Definition
Extraterritorial Rights
Term
How did 19th century socialists believe government should view the economy?
Definition
Actively Planet
Term
Utilitarianism believed government polices should do what?
Definition
Great good for great number of people.
Term
What was the key idea pertaining to free-market systems? (QUOTE)
Definition
Adam Smith's quote "The wealth of Great Nations"
Term
How did the Industrial revolution affect cities?
Definition
Population increased faster than housing
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Steam Engine
Definition
James Watt
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Power loom
Definition
Edmund Cartwright
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Steam boat
Definition
Robert Fulton
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Fly shuttle
Definition
John Kay
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Seed drill
Definition
Jethro Tull
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Added turnips for better soil
Definition
Charles Townsend
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Water Frame
Definition
Richard Arkwright
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Cotton Gin
Definition
Eli Whitney
Term
DEFINE C (WHO) - Spinning wheel
Definition
Samuel Crompton
Term
In the 1800's, who was considered radical?
Definition
Poor people
Term
By 1871, which nation in Europe changed?
Definition
Prussia became Germany
Term
Loyalty to people, king, and culture is defined as...
Definition
Nationalism
Term
Who was instrumental in the unification of Italy?
Definition
Camilio Discansuour
Term
In 1860, Otto von Bismark expanded which European country?
Definition
Prussia
Term
Why did Metternich resign?
Definition
1848 uprising
Term
What does the force of nationalism cause?
Definition
Old empires to split, increase in nation states, opposition to conservatives.
Term
The creation of a single monarchy in Austria Hungary, common array and common economic ecosystem are all related to the (____ of 1867)
Definition
Compromise
Term
What destroyed the Concert of Europe?
Definition
Crimean War
Term
Great powers have right to intervene to restore monarchy can also defined as..
Definition
Principles of Intervention
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