Global Warfare C. 1900 - present

Flashcards about Global Warfare C. 1900 - present

At the beginning of the 20th century, __.

The West dominated the global political order, but both land-based and maritime empires gave way to new states.

The older, land-based Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of __.

Internal and external factors.

The causes of World War I included __.

Imperialist expansion and competition for resources, territorial and regional conflicts, a flawed alliance system, and intense nationalism.

Governments used a variety of strategies, including __, to mobilize populations for the purpose of waging war during World War I.

Political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism.

Examples of government intervention in the economy following World War I and the onset of the Great Depression include __.

The New Deal, the fascist corporatist economy and governments with strong popular support in Brazil and Mexico

Territorial gains between the two world wars included __.

Transfer of former German colonies to Great Britain and France under the system of League of Nations mandates & Manchukuo/Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Examples of anti-imperial resistance between the two world wars include __.

Indian National Congress & West African resistance to French rule.

The causes of World War II included __.

The unsustainable peace settlement after World War I, the global economic crisis engendered by the Great Depression, continued imperialist aspirations, and especially the rise to power of fascist and totalitarian regimes.

Western democracies mobilizing for war during World War II included __.

Great Britain under Winston Churchill & United States under Franklin Roosevelt.

Totalitarian states mobilizing for war during World War II included __.

Germany under Adolf Hitler & USSR under Joseph Stalin.

The rise of extremist groups in power led to the attempted destruction of specific populations, notably __.

The Nazi killing of the Jews in the Holocaust during World War II.

Examples of genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations include __.

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during and after World War I, Cambodia during the late 1970s, Tutsi in Rwanda in the 1990s, Ukraine in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s