Additional Key Terms Flashcards
Why was the Parliament Act of 191 the most significant poltiical reform of long-lived Liberal Government in Great Britain?
It eliminated powers of the House of Lords and led to House of Commons as the center of national power.
What do the Fashoda Crisis, Moroccan Crisis, Balkan Crisis, and Agadir Crisis all have in common\what do they demonstrate?
Impact of imperialism in heightening tensions among Euro states and creating an environment whic conflict became more acceptable
What was the Ottoman Empire?
Also historically referred to as “Turkish Empire” or Turkey, was a Sunni Islamic state founded by Oghuz Turks under Osman I in northwestern Anatolia in 1299
Ottoman Empire was on Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Who were Mongols?
A native or inhabitant of Mongolia; a Mongolian (Asia)
What does “Dreikaiserbund” mean?
League of Three Emperors (Alliance created by Otto von Bismarck)
Permanent Court of international justice was created to handle what?
international conflicts and matters at the First Hague Conference (1899)
What were the seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement, and return normalizing relations with defeated Germany (which was, by this time, the Weimar Republic)?
The Locarno Pact of 1925
How did the Locarno Pact affect European relations?
Marked beginning of a more diplomatic friendship and cooperation
What was the Pact of Paris\Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?
An international agreement where states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts.
What was the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939
broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid. Within days, Spain was divided in two: a “Republican” or “Loyalist” Spain consisting of the Second Spanish Republic (within which were pockets of revolutionary anarchism and Trotskyism), and a “Nationalist” Spain under the insurgent generals, and, eventually, under the leadership of General Francisco Franco.
What was the role of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and Hitler and Mussolini’s relationship?
Brought together Mussolini and Hitler in a Rome-Berlin Axis
What event concluded the Thirty Years’ War in Europe and ended the authority of the Roman Catholic popes to exert political dominance over secular leaders, and gave birth to the concept of the modern nation-state.
the “Peace of Westphalia (1648)
What was the Thirty Years War?
as a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618–1648.[15] It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest.
Initially a war between Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmenting Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe,[16] becoming less about religion and more a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence.[17]
The Thirty Years’ War saw the devastation of entire regions, with famine and disease significantly decreasing the population of the German and Italian states, the Kingdom of Bohemia, and the Low Countries. The war also bankrupted most of the combatant powers. Both mercenaries and soldiers in armies were expected to fund themselves by looting or extorting tribute, which imposed severe hardships on the inhabitants of occupied territories.
