WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER EXAM STUDY GUIDE
UNIT 5: WORLD WAR I & THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Murder of Austria-Hungary's heir that triggered WWI.
Militarism
Building up armed forces.
Alliances
Agreements to defend one another.
Imperialism
Expanding power through colonies.
Nationalism
Strong pride in one's nation.
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's plan to defeat France quickly.
Total War
Using all national resources for war.
New Military Technology
Machine Gun
Rapid-fire weapon.
Tank
Armored combat vehicle.
Airplane
Used for scouting and attacks.
Poison Gas
Chemical weapon.
Propaganda
Information used to influence people.
Lusitania
British ship sunk by Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty ending WWI.
League of Nations
Organization created to keep peace.
War Communism
Government control of Russia's economy.
USSR
Communist state formed in 1922.
Stalin
Soviet dictator who expanded government control.
UNIT 6: RISE OF DICTATORS & WORLD WAR II
Fascist
Government led by a dictator.
Totalitarian
Government with total control.
Authoritarian
Government limiting freedoms.
Communist
Government controls the economy.
Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy.
Five-Year Plan
Stalin's industrial program.
Adolf Hitler
Leader of Nazi Germany.
Nazi Party
Hitler's political party.
Final Solution
Nazi plan to kill Europe's Jews.
Hyperinflation
Extreme rise in prices.
Aggression and Instability
Countries used force to gain land.
Appeasement
Giving in to avoid war.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany and USSR agreed not to fight.
Pearl Harbor
Attack that brought the U.S. into WWII.
Blitzkrieg
Fast attack using tanks and planes.
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. president during WWII.
Winston Churchill
British prime minister during WWII.
Dwight Eisenhower
Commander of the D-Day invasion.
Manhattan Project
Program that developed the atomic bomb.
UNIT 7: ASIA, AFRICA, & THE MIDDLE EAST
Mandate System
League of Nations control over territories.
Israel
Jewish state created in 1948.
Palestine
Region claimed by Arabs and Jews.
Jerusalem
Holy city claimed by both sides.
Golan Heights
Strategic land captured from Syria.
Sinai Peninsula
Egyptian land occupied after war.
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Long struggle between Israel and Arab nations.
Palestinian Refugees (Where?)
Many fled to nearby Arab countries.
Palestinian Refugees (Effects)
Created long-term tensions.
MIDDLE EAST
Iran-Iraq War
Eight-year war between Iran and Iraq.
Persian Gulf War
War to free Kuwait from Iraq.
Islamic Revolution
Iran became an Islamic republic.
Soviets in Afghanistan
Soviet invasion in 1979.
Taliban
Islamic group that ruled Afghanistan.
The Iraq War
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Syrian Civil War
War between Syria's government and rebels.
Al Qaeda and September 11 Attacks
Terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001.
War in Afghanistan
U.S. war against terrorism.
ISIS
Extremist group that seized territory.
AFRICA
Berlin Conference
European powers divided Africa.
Britain
Controlled large African colonies.
Belgium
Ruled the Congo.
Germany
Held several African colonies.
African Independence
Freedom from colonial rule.
African National Congress (ANC)
Group that fought apartheid.
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
Group promoting African self-rule.
Apartheid
Racial segregation in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
Leader who helped end apartheid.
Rwandan Genocide
Mass killing in Rwanda in 1994.
Hutu
Ethnic majority in Rwanda.
Tutsi
Ethnic minority targeted in the genocide
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