Global Final Review #2

Revolt of Indian soldiers against the British; caused by a military practice in violation of the Muslim and Hindu faiths

• Tiananmen Square Protests

• Boxer Rebellion (1900)

• Sepoy Rebellion (1857)

• Appeasement policy

A rebellion by the Chinese Boxers nationalists against foreigners.

• D-Day Invasion (1944)

• Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)

• Sepoy Rebellion (1857)

• Boxer Rebellion (1900)

Sudden wave of conquests in Africa by European powers in the 1880s and 1890s. Britain obtained most of eastern Africa, France most of northwestern Africa. Other countries (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, and Spain) acquired lesser amounts.

• D-Day Invasion

• Scramble for Africa

• Diaspora

• Holocaust

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force over a foreign land and its people.

• Collective Security

• Fascism

• Containment

• Imperialism

A global military conflict involving the world's greatest powers, characterized by trench warfare, advanced weaponry (i.e. machine guns, howitzers, tanks, poison gas), and the Treaty of Versailles

• French Revolution

• World War One

• World War Two

• Russian Revolution of 1917

Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI.

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Trench Warfare

• Amphibious Assault

• Blitzkrieg

Treaty that ended World War I - most important part was the forced blame on Germany and other allies

• Nuremberg Trials

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Treaty of Nanjing (1842)

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

Revolution that overthrew the imperial government of the Czar and eventually placed the Bolsheviks in power.

• Mexican Revolution (1910)

• Russian Revolution of 1917

• Manchurian Incident (1931)

• Velvet Revolution (1989)

A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Fascism

• Oligarchy

economic distress, fear of communism, appeal to nationalism, anti-semitism, weakness of Weimar government, lack of democratic tradition

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

• Rise of Hitler and Nazi Party

• Russian Revolution of 1917

• World War One