World History Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for World History.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, his assassination sparked WWI.

Gavrilo Princip

Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Western Front

A trench line during WWI, extending from the English Channel to Switzerland.

No Man's Land

The dangerous area between opposing trenches during WWI.

Helmuth Karl von Moltke

Believed that to defeat a nation, the people must first lose faith.

Sykes-Picot Treaty

A secret agreement between Britain and France concerning spheres of influence in Arab provinces.

Balfour Declaration

British declaration supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Vladimir Lenin

Russian revolutionary who believed workers needed leadership to achieve socialism.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Treaty where Russia exited WWI, ceding territory to the Central Powers.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

German policy of attacking any ship in the Atlantic, contributing to the US entry into WWI.

Treaty of Versailles

Post-WWI treaty that blamed Germany for the war and imposed heavy reparations.

League of Nations

Post-WWI organization intended to maintain world peace, ultimately failed.

Axis Powers

Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

Allied Powers

Alliance of France, UK, Soviet Union, China, and the US during World War II.

Nanjing Massacre

Japanese atrocity involving the murder and rape of Chinese civilians and soldiers.

Appeasement Policy

Policy of making concessions to Hitler in an attempt to avoid war.

Albert Einstein

Developed the theory of special relativity.

Sigmund Freud

Founder of psychoanalysis, emphasizing the unconscious mind.

Great Depression

Global economic crisis following the crash of the US stock market in 1929.

John Maynard Keynes

Economist who advocated government intervention to stimulate demand during the Great Depression.

The New Deal

Policies enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression in the US.

Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union who implemented the Five Year Plan and collectivization of agriculture.

Fascism

Political ideology emphasizing nationalism, militarism, and authoritarian rule.

Mussolini

Italian fascist dictator.

Nuremberg Laws

Laws that deprived German Jews of their citizenship and rights.

Mohandas Gandhi

Leader of the Indian independence movement, advocating nonviolent resistance.

Ahimsa

The principle of nonviolence and tolerance in Indian philosophy.

Satyagraha

Gandhi's concept of 'truth force' or nonviolent resistance.

Pakistan

Proposed Muslim state, later created through the partition of India.

Mao Zedong

Leader of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chiang Kai-shek

Leader of the Guomindang (Nationalist Party) in China.

Maoism

Form of communism emphasizing the role of peasants in revolution.

Pan-Africanism

Movement promoting the unity and liberation of African peoples.

Dollar Diplomacy

US policy of using economic power to influence Latin American countries.

Good Neighbor Policy

US policy of non-intervention and cooperation with Latin American countries.

Ho Chi Minh

Vietnamese communist leader who fought for independence from France.

Nelson Mandela

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader.

Apartheid

System of racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa.

Islamism

Advocacy of pan-Islamic unity and implementation of Sharia law.

Dependency Theory

Global inequalities arise when the rich takes from the poor

Kikuyu

Largest ethnic group in kenya

Deng Xiaoping

Retracted what Mao did, allowed nations to trade with China, committed to China self-sufficiency

Tiananmen Square

A massacre in China that killed of students wanting a democracy

Mau Mau

Kenya nationalist that fought against British Control