Ultimate AP World History Exam Review
Mohandas K. Gandhi - correct answer-led indian campaign for home rule focused on
nonviolence
Amritsar - correct answer-city in N. India, British officers ordered masssacre of peaceful
protestors in 1919.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah - correct answer-lawyer who became head of muslm league, wanted
india to be devided into muslim and hindu regions
Bal Gangadhar Tilak - correct answer-founder of hindu nationalism. Helped lay groundwork
for independence movement in India
Sun Yatsen - correct answer-Leader of revolution that ended Qing Dynasty, "father of
modern china"
Guomindang - correct answer-Nationalist Party in China started by Sun Yatsen. Eventually
led by Jiang Jieshi.
Jiang Jieshi - correct answer-leader of Guomindang after Sun Yatsen's death. Tried to
eliminate communism in china. Also pronounced Chiang Kai-shek.
Mao Zedong - correct answer-Leder fo Communist Rev. in China
Long March - correct answer-6000 mile journy by Chinese Communists and Red Army,
during ordeal, mao zedong emerged as leader of Commies
Mukden Incident - correct answer-japanese soldiers faked and attack on Japanese railway to
justify taking over region
Jomo Kenyatta - correct answer-Leader of independence movement in Kenya, then first
prime minister of Kenya. "founding father of kenya"
neocolonialism - correct answer-subtle form of imperial control in 1800's in Asia and Africa.
Foreign economic domination, milt intervention, and political interference.
Jose Carlos Mariategui - correct answer-self-educated Marxist. Exiled from peru. Returned
to peru and established the Socialist Party of Peru.
Getulio Dornelles Vargas - correct answer-dictator president of Brazil from 1930-1945 and
1950-1954, program of industrialization, made brazil less dependent on USA. Programs
supported the common people
Augusto Cesar Sandino - correct answer-rev leader of rebellion against US milt presence in
Nicaragua.
,Anastacio Somoza Garcia - correct answer-!930's pres of Nicaragua, worked to improve
relations with US. Condemed for kissing up to USA
Axis - correct answer-Countries opposing the Allies in WWII. Primary members were
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Mukden - correct answer-City in Manchuria, occupied by Japanese on doubtful charges that
Chinese bombed south Manchurian Railway.
Benito Mussolini - correct answer-Leader of Italy during WWII
Anschluss - correct answer-term for hitler's annexation of Austria. Means "union" in German
Munich Conference - correct answer-September 1930, meeting where euro politicians ment
to discuss policy regarding German occupation of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Example
of APPEASEMENT
appeasement - correct answer-policy where French and British Gvts basically gave hitler
whatever he wanted before WWII
Nazi-Soviet Pact - correct answer-germany and soviet treaty of non-aggression, allowed
germany to attack poland without repercussions
Blitzkrieg - correct answer-Germany's battle technique using tanks, planes, railroads, and
intricate planning to win rapid victories, "lightning war"
Japan - correct answer-Who attemped to gain the Asian region's resources while appearing
to promote asian independence from Euro control?
Stalingrad - correct answer-german troops attatcked this russian city, russians stopped the
advance in USSR
island hopping - correct answer-process of capturing key pacific islands to be used as milt
and air bases by Allies in WWII
Hiroshima - correct answer-city in Japan where first atomic bomb was dropped by USA in
1945
V-2 - correct answer-massive german rocket with a 2000 lb warhead, no defense against
weapon during WWII
,Dresden - correct answer-city in germany that was "fire-bombed" in Feb 1943 by RAF and
US Air Force
Auschwitz - correct answer-largest Nazi concentration camp
comfort houses - correct answer-prostitution houses where women of conquered territories
were required to have sex with 20-30 men a day
Yalta - correct answer-resort on black sea coast. Served as setting for second wartime
conference of leaders from USSR, USA, and GB in Feb 1945. How to deal with liberated
eastern euro countries
Potsdam - correct answer-location fo final summit meeting betw leaders of WWII. Stalin was
only leader to attend allof this meeting as well as the earlier summit meetings at Yalta and
Teheran. Roosevelt asked for Soviet support in the war against Japan.
iron curtain - correct answer-churchill's description betw communist E. Europe and capitalist
W. Europe.
containment - correct answer-term used to describe US foreign policy that opposed spread
of communism
The Marshall Plan - correct answer-secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed to
rebuild Euro econs through cooperation and Caitalism.
NATO - correct answer-North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Alliance created in 1949 created
to serve as milt counterweight to Soviets in Europe.
Warsaw Pact - correct answer-Milt alliance of 7 communist nation created by soviets in
response to inclusion of W germany in NATO. Primary Rival to NATO
United Nations - correct answer-Successor to League of Nations. A council to global
problems.
bipolar world - correct answer-split of world into two different camps (USA and capitalists vs.
USSR and communists
Nikita Khrushchev - correct answer-he took over USSR after stalin's death. Challenced US
capitalism. Thought communism would eventually outstrip capitalism in production.
Berlin Wall - correct answer-barrier that divided East and West Berlin
Jawaharlal Nehru - correct answer-he worked with Gandhi in India to try and keep from
separating into Muslim and Hindu sections. First Prime minister of India
Nonaligned Movement - correct answer-Movement led by Indian Prime Minister Nehru,
motive was to remain neutral during cold war.
, MAD - correct answer-Mutually Assured Destruction. State of affairs reached by US and
Sovied Union by 1970. Both of these countries could effectively destroy the world by
themselves. Contributed to the stalemate of the Cold War
Kim Il Sung - correct answer-revolutionary communinst, became leader of People's
Democratic Republic of Korea (N. Korea) after WWII.
Marshal Tito - correct answer-communist leader, opposed Nazi control, emerged as leader of
Yugoslavia after WWII. Able to avoid domination by USSR
Brezhnev Doctrine - correct answer-(Doctrine of Limited Sovereignty) Policy used by soviet
premier to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Reserved soviet Union's right to
invade any socialist country that soviet leaders deemed to be threatened by internal or
external elements. "hostile to socialism"
Bandung Conference - correct answer-meeting of 29 African and Asian representatives in
Bandung, Indonesia. Aim to promote economic and cultural coperation and to oppose
colonialism.
Velvet Revolution - correct answer-name given to collapes of Czech communist gvt in 1990.
Change involved very little violence.
Domino Theory - correct answer-the prediction that if one country became communist, other
countires in the same area would soon become communist as well.
Fidel Castro - correct answer-led revolutionary movement to overthrow Fulgencio Batista y
Zaldivar. Opposed US imperialism and made promises of elections. He lied and set up a
communist regime in cuba.
Perestroika - correct answer-program of reform instituted by Gorbachev to get Russia out of
its economic coma. Main goal to decentralize the enemy. Linked to glasnost.
Glasnost - correct answer-policy that opened up soviet gvt to public criticism. Gvt censorsip f
media was dramtically reduced.
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) - correct answer-orgainization created to
defend noncommunist countries in SE Asia. Goals of economic, social, and cultural gain.
Simon de Beauvoir - correct answer-French author, leading proponent of existentialist
movement and feminism.
Counterinsurgency - correct answer-political or milt action by a government to combat
guerilla warfare and to stop rebellions within their country.
Détente - correct answer-term used to describe reduction in tensions betw Soviet Union and
USA during 60's and 70's
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