Chapter 21 Notecards Ap World History – Flashcards

German term meaning "Lightening war."used to describe Germany's novel military tactics in World War 2, which involved the rapid movement of infantry, tanks, and airpower over large areas

The EEC(Also known as the common market) was an alliance formed by Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg in 1957 and dedicated to developing common trade policies and reduced tariffs: it gradually developed into the European Union.

The final step in a series of arrangements to increase cooperation between European states in the wake of World War 2; the EU was formally established in 1994, and twelve of its members adopted a common currency in 2002.

Political ideology marked by its intense nationalism and authoritarianism; its name is derived from the fasces that were the symbol of magistrates in ancient Rome.

Young middle-class women who emerged as a new form social expression after World War 1, flouting conventions and advocating a more open sexuality.

Plan of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to establish lasting peace at the end of World War 1; although Wilson's views were popular in Europe, his vision largely failed.

German war with France that ended with the defeat of France and unification of Germany into a single state under Prussian rule.

Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914, was the spark that ignited World War 1.

Worldwide economic depression that began in 1929 with the New York stock market crash and continued in many areas until the outbreak of World War 2.

Name originally given to the first world war.

Leader of the German Nazi Party and Germany's head of state from 1933 until his death.

Name commonly used for the Nazi genocide of Jews and other "undesirable" in German society; Jews themselves prefer the term Shoah, which means "catastrophe," rather than Holocaust ("offering" or "sacrifice")

Literally, "crystal night"; name given to the night of November9, 1938, when Nazi-led gangs smashed and looted Jewish shops throughout Germany.

International peacekeeping organization created after World War 1; first proposed by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points.

Japanese puppet state established in Manchuria in 1931

Huge U.S. government initiative to aid in the post-World War 2 restoration of Europe that was masterminded by U.S. secretary of state George Marshall and put into effect in 1947.

Charismatic leader of the Italian fascist party who came to power in 1922

The Japanese army's systematic killing, mutilation, and rape of the Chinese civilian population of Nanjing in 1938.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military and political alliance founded in 1949

Germany as ruled by Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933-1945, a fascist state dedicated to extreme nationalism, territorial expansion, and the purification of the German state.

Properly known as the National Socialist Democratic Workers' Party, the Nazi party was founded in Germany shortly after World War 1 and advocated a strongly authoritarian and nationalist regime based on notions of racial superiority.

A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.

Series of laws passed by the Nazi-dominated German parliament in 1935 that forbade sexual relations between Jews and other Germans and mandated that Jews identify themselves in public by wearing the Star of David

War that requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy

1919 treaty that officially ended World War 1; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War 2.

An alliance consisting of Germany, Austria, and Italy that was one of the two rival European alliances on the eve of World War 1.

An alliance consisting of Russia, France, and Britian that was on of the two rival European alliances on the eve of World War 1.

International peacekeeping organization and forum for international opinion established in 1945.

President of the United States from 1912 to 1921 who was especially noted for his idealistic approach to the end of World War 1, which included advocacy of his Fourteen Points intended to regulate future international dealings and League of Nations to enforce a new international order. Although his vision largely failed, Wilson was widely respected for his views

The "Great War" in essence a European civil war with global implications that was marked by massive casualties, the expansion of offensive military technology beyond tactics and means of defense, and a great deal of disillusionment with the whole idea of "progress."

A struggle essentially to halt Japanese imperial expansion in Asia, fought by the Japanese against primarily Chinese and American foes

A struggle essentially to halt German imperial expansion in Europe, fought by a coalition of allies that included Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States.

The huge industrial enterprises dominated the Japanese economy in the (?) leading up to World War 2