World History Final Exam Review Flashcards

A comprehensive set of practice vocabulary cards covering WWI, WWII, and the French Revolution based on the lecture review sheet.

Triple Alliance

The alliance between Gelmany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

Triple Entente

The alliance between Britain, Flance, and Russia.

Zimmerman note

A message sent from Germany to Mexico.

End of WWI

$\text{11-11-18}$ at $\text{11:00 AM}$.

New countries after WWI

CzechSlovakia, Austria, and Hungary.

Western Front Trench

$\text{475-500}$ miles long.

Trench foot

A condition similar to Frost bite experienced by soldiers in WWI.

Observation

The primary use of planes in WWI.

Red Baron

The nickname for Baron von Richthofen.

U-boat

Short for undersea boat.

Schlieffen Plan

A strategy to attack and defeat France in the west.

No man's land

The land between the trenches.

Lend Lease Act

Allowed the president to send material to any country.

Blitzkrieg

A lightning attack led by Germany.

Nimitz

Allied Pacific command of the navy.

Winston Churchill

The leader of the British during WWII.

Fransisco Franco

The leader of a revolution in Spain.

Erwin Rommel

The commander of German forces in Africa, also known as the Desert Fox.

Coral Sea

A battle viewed as both a victory and a draw in the Pacific.

Normandy

The sight of the D-day invasion.

Midway

The turning point in the Pacific theater.

Bolsheviks

A group willing to sacrifice everything, led by Lenin.

SS

The Schutzstaffel, which was a black uniform unit.

Josef Stalin

The individual who took over Russia after Lenin died.

Chancellor

The title given to Hitler in $\text{1933}$.

The Nazis

The group Hitler joined when he was in Munich.

Swastika

The symbol that represents Hitler's new group.

Central Powers

The alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Allied Powers

The alliance of Russia, Britain, France, and the U.S.

Fourteen Points

Woodrow Wilson's peace plan.

League of Nations

An organization intended for maintaining world peace.

Archduke Ferdinand

Individual assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking WWI.

Woodrow Wilson

The U.S. representative at Paris.

Clemenceau

The French representative at Paris.

Orlando

The Italian representative at Paris.

Nationalism

Showing pride in your country.

Scorched Earth

The practice of destroying anything useful to the enemy as they advance.

December 7, 1941

The date of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Truman's Decision

The decision to drop the atomic bomb to end WWII and minimize American deaths.

D-Day date

$\text{June 6th, 1944}$.

V-E Day Date

$\text{May 7th, 1945}$.

Hiroshima

The first city on which an atomic bomb was dropped.

Yalta Conference

In the notes, listed as the code name to assassinate Hitler; also the meeting where it was decided Eastern Europe would have free elections.

The Security Council

An organization intended to talk out problems, originally having $\text{11}$ members ($\text{15}$ today).

United Nations

An organization originally joined by $\text{50}$ countries.

Iron Curtain

Represents Europe's division between democratic and communist.

The Truman Doctrine

Support for countries rejecting communism.

The Warsaw Pact

An alliance between European Communist countries formed as a response to NATO.

The Marshall Plan

A plan to provide food, machines, and approximately $\text{12.5}$ billion worth of aid.

Louis XVI

French King whose death date was $\text{Jan 21, 1793}$.

Turgot

Finance Minister who taxed the Nobles and limited government spending.

Guillotine

A tool used for execution.

Bourgeoisie

Part of the estate in France that included poor farmers.

Committee of Public Safety

A body that ruled with dictatorial powers and led the Reign of Terror.

Directory

A governing body headed by $\text{5}$ dictators.

Battle of Waterloo

The site where Napoleon was defeated for the second time.

Moscow

The city Napoleon marched into only to find it empty.

Elba

The place where Napoleon was exiled the first time.

St. Helena

The place where Napoleon died.

Second Estate

The estate that the Nobility were a part of.

Brunswick Manifesto

A document that ordered the people of Paris to surrender to the Austrian and Prussian armies.

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

An act that sold Church property to raise money for France.

Marie Antoinette

The wife of Louis XVI, originally from Austria.

Declaration of Rights of Man

A document stating all citizens are equal under the law.

Treason

The crime King Louis XVI was convicted of.

Reign of Terror

A period from July $\text{1793-1794}$ where agents were sent to kill all possible spies.

Josephine

Napoleon's true love.

Vichy France (AKA)

Southern France (AKA)

How did Hitler attempt to defeat Britain

Bombing of Britain, Naval Blockades, and Operation Sea Lion

Who surrendered to end WWII

Germany

Hitlers invasion plan for Great Britain was called what

Operation Sea Lion

What was Rommel’s nickname

Desert Fox

When did Hitler die?

April 30th, 1945

What contributed to the breakdown of the alliance between the U.S and U.S.S.R

Stalin’s unfulfilled promise of free elections

Leader of Germany in WWI

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Who can truly be blamed for causing WWI

Not just one country

3 Places Hitlers troops were forbidden from and went anyway

The Rhineland, Berlin, France

Dunkirk

The evacuation of 338,000 troops from the beaches of northern France

The First Step in WWI

The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand

Why did WWI start in 1914

Complex systems of alliances

Who did Germany want to defeat first in WWI

Belgium

Egypt

Place where british soldiers sunk the first French fleet

What estate paid the most taxes

Clergy (1st)

What did Nepoleon overthrow in 1799

The directory of France

What country never came under Napoleon’s control

Great Britain

The reign of terror ended with who’s death

Robespierre

What was the first estate

The Clergy

What was the third estate

The nation

Lycees

Secondary Education in France

October 1935 Italy Invaded

Ethiopia

Anti Semitism

Hatred towards jews

Hitlers Book

Mein Kampf

Hitlers Secret Police

Gestapo