World History Second Semester Review
What created an overall improvement in the standard of living?
Industrial revolution
When is Armistice?
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918
Tsar Nicholas II
Absolute monarch, overthrown and executed
New imperialism
Africa and Asia
Normandy, D-Day
Allied invasion of France. June 6, 1944
Old imperialism
America
(Civil War) Whites
Anti-communists
Immediate "trigger" caused WWI
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by Serbian nationalist.
Henry ford
Assembly line
Louis pasteur
Bacteria
Why did economic theories develop?
Because of disparity of wealth among factory owners and working class
Where did the industrial revolution start?
Britain-resources
Smith
Capitalism
Who was the leader of England during WWII?
Churchill
Textile
Cloth production
Marx
Communism
(Civil war) Reds
Communists
What group of people took over Russia and created the Soviet Union?
Communists
Where were there the greatest amount of concentration camps?
Germany and Poland
Who were the Axis Powers of WWII?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Hitler
Germany, fascist leader
Who were the Allies of WWII?
Great Britain, US, China, and the Soviet Union
Where did the US drop the two atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. August 14 & 15.
Rape of Nanking
Horrible event
Mussolini
Italy, fascist leader
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union for 30 Years?
Josef Stalin
Thomas Edison
Light bulb, photograph
M. A. I. N. causes of WWI
M-militarism A-alliances I- imperialism N- nationalism
What was responsible for trench warfare?
Machine guns
Urbanization
Making something more urban and modern
Genocide
Mass killing of one specific group of people (race)
When did Germany surrender?
May 7
Hideki Tojo
Military leader
What is the name of the area between enemy trenches?
No man's land
What is chemical warfare?
Poison gas
Marie curie
Radiation
Who was the leader of the US during WWII?
Roosevelt, Truman
Baron Charles Montesquieu
Separation of powers (constitution)
Imperialism Resistance
Sepoy rebellion, boxer rebellion
John Locke
Social contract, natural rights, Declaration of Independence
Franco
Spain, fascist leader
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Stalin
James watt
Steam engine
Other names for WWI
The Great War, The War to End All Wars
What was the main purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
To punish Germany for the war
Totalitarianism
Total control, based on fear
V-E Day
Victory in Europe
Bolsheviks (communists)
Vladimir Lenin- "Peace, Bread, and Land"
What was the cause of imperialism?
Western European countries needed natural resources for growing industry.
