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1. Tripartitepact
2. Churchill
3. Nanjing
4. AtlanticCharter
5. FinalSolution
6. Jinnah
7. MidwayIsland
8. Hiroshima
9. Bulge
10. Apartheid
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. True
10. True
a. WWIIstarts
b. PakistansplitsfromIndia
c. Israelbecomesanation
d. WorldWarIIends
E.JapaninvadesManchuria
__c__1931
__a__1939'
__e__1945
__b__1947
__f__1948
__d__1957
TERMS,PEOPLE,EVENTS
Thefollowingterms,peopleandeventsareimportanttoyourunderstandingofthechapter.On
aseparatesheetofpaper,defineeachone.
AfrikanerNationalParty
EmergedasthemajoritypartyintheallwhiteSouthAfricanlegislature
after1948advocatedcompleteindependencefromBritainfavoredarigidsystemofracial
segregationcalledapartheid.
Apartheid
republicinnorthwesternAfricaontheMediterraneanSeawithapopulationthatis
predominantlySunniMuslim
AtlanticCharter
asocialpolicyorracialsegregationinvolvingpoliticalandeconomicandlegal
discriminationagainstnonwhites
AxispowersGermany,Italy,andJapan
BattleofBritain
prolongedbombardmentofBritishcitiesbytheGermanLuftwaffeduringWorld
WarIIandtheaerialcombatthataccompaniedit
BattleofCoralSea
AbattlebetweenJapaneseandAmericannavalforcesthatstoppedthe
JapaneseadvanceonAustralia.
BattleofStalingrad
UnsuccessfulGermanattackonthecityofStalingradduringWorldWarII
from1942to1943,thatwasthefurthestextentofGermanadvanceintotheSovietUnion.
BattleoftheBulge
December,1944January,1945AfterrecapturingFrance,theAllied
advancebecamestalledalongtheGermanborder.Inthewinterof1944,Germanystageda
massivecounterattackinBelgiumandLuxembourgwhichpusheda30mile"bulge"intothe
Alliedlines.TheAlliesstoppedtheGermanadvanceandthrewthembackacrosstheRhine
withheavylosses.
BlitzkriegTofightandcompleteawarquickly.
ColdWar
astateofpoliticalconflictusingmeansshortofarmedwarfare
DwightEisenhower
UnitedStatesgeneralwhosupervisedtheinvasionofNormandyandthe
defeatofNaziGermany
ErwinRommel
GermanfieldmarshalnotedforbrilliantgeneralshipinNorthAfricaduringWorld
WarII(18911944)
FinalSolutionHitlersprogramtoexterminatealloftheJews
FranklinRoosevelt32presidentoftheUnitedStates
HiroshimaandNagasaki
nuclearattacksduringWorldWarIIagainsttheEmpireofJapanby
theUnitedStatesofAmericaattheorderofU.S.PresidentHarryS.Truman
HolocaustActofgreatdestructionandthelossofmanyJewishpeopleunderHitlersruleto
makeaperfectrace
IndianNationalCongress
movementandpoliticalpartyfoundedin1885todemandgreater
Indianparticipationingovernment.Itsmembershipwasmiddleclass,anditsdemandswere
modestuntilWorldWarI.Ledafter1920byMohandasK.Gandhi,appealingtothepoor.
JomoKenyatta
AnationalistleaderwhofoughttoendoppressivelawsagainstAfricanslater
becamethefirstPrimeMinisterofKenya
KenyaAfricanUnion
LeadingnationalistpartyinKenyaadoptednonviolentapproachto
endingBritishcontrolinthe1950's
KwameNkrumah
LandFreedomArmy
RadicalorganizationforindependenceinKenyafrustratedbyfailureof
nonviolentmeans,initiatedcampaignofterrorin1952referredtobyBritishastheMauMau.
Manchukuo
MilitarytakeoverofManchuriabytheJapanese.Wasnotsupportedbythecivilian
government,whichfellapartinresponse.CondemnedbythenewlyformedLeagueofNations.
ManchuriaaregioninthenorthwestChinaarea.
MidwayIsland
battlewonbyAdmiralNimitz,itdeprivedJapanofastrategicbaseandwithout
whichtheUSmighthavebeencompelledtonegotiateaceasefireinthePacific
MohandasGandhi
Leaderofindepedancemovement.Histeachingsblendedideasfromall
majorworldreligionincludinghinduism,islamandchristianity.peoplebegantocallhim
mahatmameaninggreatsoul.
MuhammadAliJinnah
IndianstatesmanwhowasthefounderofPakistanasaMuslimstate
MuslimLeague
organizationformedbymuslimsin1906toprotecttheirinterestsagainstBritish
Rule.
NationalSocialistParty
(NaziParty)wasafarright,racistpoliticalpartyinGermanybetween
1920and1945.
NevilleChamberlain
BritishstatesmanwhoasPrimeMinisterpursuedapolicyof
appeasementtowardfascistGermany(18691940)
NonAggressionpact
1939SecretagreementbetweenGermanleaderHitlerandSovietLeader
StalinnottoattackoneanotherandtodividePoland
OAS
anassociationofcountriesinthewesternhemisphere
SouthAfrica
arepublicatthesouthernmostpartofAfrica
StaffordCripps
In1942,theBritishgovernmentsenthimonamissiontobolsterIndiansupport
forthewar.Hisplanstatedthataconstitutionwouldbecreatedimmediatelyafterthewarand
Indiawouldeventuallybegivenitsindependence.CrippshopedthatIndiawouldbecomeapart
oftheBritishCommonwealth.TheplanfailedbecauseBritaindidnotagreewithseveral
demandsoftheCongressParty.
TehranConference
FirstmajormeetingbetweentheBigThree(UnitedStates,Britain,Russia)
atwhichtheyplannedthe1944assaultonFranceandagreedtodivideGermanyintozonesof
occupationafterthewar
totalwar
thechannelingofanation'sentireresourcesintoawareffort
TripartitePact
SignedbetweentheAxispowersin1940(Italy,GermanyandJapan)wherethey
pledgedtohelptheothersintheeventofanattackbytheUS
UnitedNations
organizationofindependentstatesformedin1945topromoteinternational
peaceandsecurity
Vichy
townincentralFrance(southofParis)notedforhotmineralsprings
WannseeConference
NazileadersmadethedecisiontomovetowardHitler's"FinalSolution"
WehrmachtGermanArmy
WinstonChurchill
BritishstatesmanandleaderduringWorldWarII
WorldCourtofJustice
thejudicialarmoftheUNlocatedintheHague,ithearsonlycases
betweenstates
YaltaConference
FDR,ChurchillandStalinmetatYalta.Russiaagreedtodeclarewaron
JapanafterthesurrenderofGermanyandinreturnFDRandChurchillpromisedtheUSSR
concessioninManchuriaandtheterritoriesthatithadlostintheRussoJapaneseWar
Yamamoto
JapaneseadmiralwhoplannedtheattackonPearlHarborin1941(18841943)