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David Miano Last Quiz #6
All 24 terms to be asked on the quiz # 6
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05/08/2013

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Rasputin
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was apparently able to heal Alexandra son forms one illness. She would turn to him for any advice, The people didn't like Rasputin. They tried to poison him, but ended up clubbing him and killing him and buried him in a canal. She hired a psychic to communicate with him in the afterlife, for she was unable to make any decisions.
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Bolsheviks
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More radical of the social groups who wanted equal status for all citizens. Gave full rights to women and all ethnicities.
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Vladmir Lenin
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led the radical socialist group the Bosheviks that used violence to get their way.
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Leon Trotsky
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opponent to Lenin but eventually united with him to call for a revolution. One of the main Bolsheviks leaders who believed the revolution would spread to the rest of the world.
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Joseph Stalin
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took control after Lenins health began to decline. and ruled as dictator of USSR. Started in 1958 and created collective farms.
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Mustafa Kemal
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lead turkish nationalists against the ottoman sultan. Founded the republic of Turkey.  was the president and dictator of Turkey, secular schools, western style Father of the Turks, pro women, banned polygamy, equal right to divorce. law codes.
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Reza Pahlavi
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was the military leader that became king of Iran/Persia. Was pro modernization. Was pro women but the nation as a whole was against rights for women.
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Abdul Aziz ibn
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Saud leader and of a strict muslim sect called Wahhabism, which is a strict conservatism from of Islam. Married over 240 women, to cement the tribal unity, then divorce 2  weeks later with gifts and a pregnant. 1950 rich cuz of its oil.
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Amritsar Massacre
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1919, british commander came in with troops to tell the crowd to disperse, shot into crowed as told by commander, killed 400 people, british were blamed.
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Mohandas Gandhi
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well educated lawyer in europe, practiced law in south africa. Experienced Apartheid  in south africa, wanted to try is methods in south africa but in India. Lead a national boycott not to buy british products or participate in any institutions. He was blamed for the insurrection of a few violent brothers. Lead the salt March. Tomake their own salt walking 200 miles to walk to the sea side. 1935 negotiations lead to Indians having their own constitution.
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Satyagraha
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means truth force. Non violent way to combat oppressions. Refusing to cooperate  with the oppressors, proved to be successful. When people saw what happened it was very effective seeing how beat up they were for doing nothing.
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Sun Yixian
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western educated chinese doctor who favored the creation of the republic. Created the nationals peoples party, democratic organization. Closed down parliament and schemed to become leader of china. Eventually combined with Jiang Jieshi. Leader of the Guomingdang till his protégé takes over.
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Jiang Jieshi
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anti capitalism anti europe and anti imperialism. Was a warrior and commander of the parties military forces. He killed all the communist leaders in in Shanghai. powerful man in China. Became the leader of the Guomingdang party. Was pro west. 1928 was the most
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Shanghai Massacre
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JJ killed all the communist leaders in Shanghai. Alliance between the communists and non communists were torn.
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Mao Zedong
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was a gifted marxist, raised a large group of peasant followers. His Communist philosophy views believed in farmers and peasant life. Sided with the poor and weak. He mobilized a large group of peasants to form his own country the Chinese Soviette Republic. 1934 him and his 100k people ran to the north, 20k survived. established his country there before the Japanese invaded and he had to truce with JJ  to fight the Japanese separately.
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Manzhouguo
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Japan took Manchuria and this place was created as a result. a japanese puppet state. Civilian government couldn't control the military.
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Munich Treaty
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was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Germany
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Blitzkrieg
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describing all-motorised force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken, proceeding without regard to its flank.
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Battle of Britain
Definition
air attacks on Britain UK via air force. Constant bombing by Nazi's to soften them up. and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date
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Battle of the Midway
Definition
was the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy an attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet.
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Erwin Rommel
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popularly known as The Desert Fox, was a German Field Marshal of World War II. He earned the respect of both his own troops and the enemies he fought, commander of the 7th Panzer Division His leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign established him as one of the most able commanders of the war,
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D-Day
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More than 60 years later, the Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving nearly three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France. The assault phase, or the establishment of a secure foothold, was known as Operation Neptune. Operation Neptune began on D-Day (June 6, 1944) and ended on June 30, when the Allies had established a firm foothold in Normandy. Operation Overlord also began on D-Day, and continued until Allied forces crossed the River Seine on August 19.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in October 1962. It was one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. It is also the first documented instance of the threat of mutual assured destruction (MAD) being discussed as a determining factor in a major international arms agreement.
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Lula
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liberal, first poor person to become a president, 
one of the greatest Brazilian presidents ever! 
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Augusto Pinochet
Definition
leader of the military dictatorship, rule for 16 years, 
Extreme Pain to political opponents, buried in mass graves or thrown our planes alive, cut belly first so you don't float. No political parties allowed, no congress, and suspended the constitution of the country. Invited University Professors to come to Chile and work on his economy for him. These teachers successfully saved the Chili Economy. 
was overthrown by the pope calling on the people to get rid of him. 
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MERCOSUR 
Definition
latin america & mexico. Argentina Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay Unite as one economy. 
first it started off as bad, then it went better in the 2000s
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