World - 2nd Semester Final Review

Belief that if one nation became communist, the entire region would become communist

East African nation that America's military failed to stop its decades long civil war

Plan to end global warming and protect the environment

This German artist protested the effects of WW I in his artwork

Mob violence in France led to thousands of executions

Western nations refused to take more Jews so Hitler was given green light to do what he wanted to do

Created by Bismarck to keep the peace

Allowed for mass production through the use of mechanization

Germany failed to force England to surrender after massive bombing and rocket attacks

His Jamaica Letter showed his belief that democracy would not work in Latin America

Several of these rose up between the wars because people were desperate

Their discoveries changed the way man looked at the universe and at truth

Egyptian leader helped found the Non-Aligned Movement

East African nation that saw thousands killed for being Tutsi

Intellectual movement that challenged established beliefs and led to the French Revolution

Realistic writer known for his social commentary

Millions marched to put an end to the use of nuclear weapons

This was the secret American project to build the atomic bomb

Europe gave Hitler what he wanted in exchange for his promises to not want more land

Revival in American colonies that led to social and political reforms

Unified Germany and created alliance system to keep the peace

Reform laws spread to the rest of Europe got rid of kings

His lab in Menlo Park was credited with over 1,000 patents

Napoleon's failed attempt at bankrupting England, led to revolts around Europe

Last major war of religion guaranteed territorial religion

Chinese government massacred students protesting for more rights in Beijing

The White Man's Burden was his invitation to America to take over spreading culture to the world

Leader of the Shiite revolution in Iran in 1979

British businessman who helped build the Empire in Africa and Asia

French thinker who advocated the separation of political power into three branches

Much of the Middle East was given to the British and French to control after WW I

Starry Night is a great example of Post-Impressionism

Kings believed they were given power by God so they were not accoutable

Stalin was given control of eastern Europe as the Soviets declared war on Japan

English thinker who believed in social contract theory and consent of the governed

Her Frankenstein demonstrated Romanticism's belief in nature

Examples of space technology being part of the Cold War

His Umbrellas is an example of Impressionism

Two Nobel prizes for work with radioactive material

American wars of containment

War the led to Russia freeing the serfs because they were not as developed as England and France

American and Soviet leaders whose actions helped bring and end to Cold War

His assembly line production method allowed for the production of cheaper consumer goods

Leading advocate for women's rights, education and voting in the 18th century

America rebuilt western Europe to stop the Soviet spread

His Communist Manifesto helped spread revolution in the 1840s

Romantic artists that expressed German nationalism

Christian missionary and doctor who became a great explorer in Africa

Communist leader of China - Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution

The loyalty of these in 1914 led to WW I

Nations attempted to prevent war by doing this between wars

Theory of Relativity dismissed Newton's static universe model

Ottoman Empire used the war to cover up mass killings and torture

First woman president of a Muslim nation

From mid-1941, America gave England and the Soviets billions in free military aid

New process for making stronger steel

International organization created after WW II to help keep the peace

His Guernica was a great example of Cubism

These led Truman to drop the bomb

This caused modern weapons to create a huge death total in WW I

Austrian ruler who agreed to the Dual Monarchy to keep the throne

First black president of South Africa

Al Qaeda leader who planned the 9-11 attacks

Led communist revolution in Cuba and then spread communism across Latin America

Art and architectural style demonstrated by the palace at Versailles

Leader of the PLO and recognized spokesman for the Palestinians

Peaceful leader of Indian independence movement

Old order's attempt to keep kings in power by not allowing any revolutions

Attempt for America and Soviets to negotiate arms reductions

Contest between US and Soviets that involved most nations in the world

These are examples of Christians reaching out - Salvation Army and Sunday School

Muslim soldiers rebelled and the violence led to England's government taking over all of India

Monarchs like Louis XIV and Peter the Great did not share political power

Israel's victory that doubled the size of its country

America's strategy to stop the spread of Soviet Communism

Europe claimed much of Africa as they drew a new map

England's defeat of the Qing Dynasty gave European nations control over much of China

Churchill and Roosevelt agreed on war strategy and post-war world

Wilson's plan for world peace that was not accepted

Midway and Stalingrad were turning point battles in