World History 27, 28, 30 Notecards

appeasement

satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability

collaborator

a person who assists the enemy

… helped the Nazis hunt down Jews

kamikaze

Japanese for “divine wind”

a suicide mission in which young Japanese pilots intentionally flew their airplanes into U.S. fighting ships at sea

mobilize

the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war

ultimatum

Austria-Hungary

Nonaggression Pact (what countries, what was it)

Marked the beginning of WWII in Europe

Technologies of WWI

Bolshevik Revolution (causes & results)

Who were the reds & the whites during the Bolshevik Revolution?

Hitler’s Goals

Why did the US join WWII

Who were the Central & Allies of WWI?

Self-determination

blitzkrieg

German for “lightning war”

a swift and sudden military attack

used by the germans during WWII

used by Hitler on Poland

containment

Soviets

Russian councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers

propaganda

ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause

stirred national hatreds before WWI

totalitarian state

a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens

They wanted to conquer the minds and hearts of their subjects (Achieved through propaganda)

Russian Revolution

How did the US help the allies in WWI

The Spark of WWI (explain)

Two Front war vs One Front war

Who were the Axis & Allies of WWII?

pacifism

genocide

the deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular racial, political, or cultural group

The Nazis’ Final Solution to the Jewish problem

militarism

the reliance on military strength

Prussia was known for its …

reparations

a payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war

WWI & WWII (years)

Big Three

The Battle of Britain

D-Day

Nazi Party

Causes of WWI

Neville Chamberlain

Benito Mussolini

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Adolf Hitler

Joseph Stalin

Franklin Roosevelt

V.I, Lenin