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A
2. D
3. E
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. E
9. C
10. D

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)

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