Final Study Guide

Bolsheviks

Bolsheviks

A faction of the Marxist RSDLP that evolved into the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Communist economic system

The economic system supported by the Bolsheviks.

Tsar Nicholas II

The ruler of Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution who abdicated and was executed.

Vladimir Lenin

The leader of the Bolsheviks.

Joseph Stalin

Led the Soviet Union post-1925 with a totalitarian regime.

Fascism

Authoritarian and nationalist political system rejecting democracy and liberalism.

Holocaust

Systematic genocide by Nazi Germany during WWII.

Axis Powers

Alliance between Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany during WWII.

Hitler's rise to power

Involved joining the Nazi Party, propaganda, and eliminating opponents.

Nanjing Massacre

Atrocities committed by Japanese troops in China during WWII.

Neville Chamberlain

British PM who signed the Munich Agreement, allowing Hitler's annexation.

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII.

Truman Doctrine

Policy providing aid against communism, marking containment.

Warsaw Pact

Military alliance of communist nations in response to NATO.

Marshall Plan

US initiative aiding Western Europe post-WWII.

Berlin Wall

Barrier built to prevent East Berliners from fleeing to the West.

Perestroika and Glasnost

Reforms by Gorbachev leading to the fall of the Soviet Union.

Proxy wars

Conflicts fought indirectly during the Cold War.

Third Way

Political stance independent of capitalist and communist blocs during the Cold War.

Partition

Division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.