5 Steps to a 5 AP World History, 2014-2015 Edition

KEY IDEA

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Revolution, World Wars,

and Depression

IN THIS CHAPTER

Summary: Because of European competition for colonies in Africa, India, and

Southeast Asia, the delicate balance of power that had existed in Europe

after the Congress of Vienna gradually eroded. European rivalries negoti-

ated new alliances that led to warfare, while conditions in Russia culminated

in a new form of government. Mexico underwent a liberal revolution and

Chinese dynastic rule ended with the fall of the Qing. The economic devas-

tation of World War I led to global depression and extremism in the form of

fascist ideology. The conclusion of World War II brought the end of the period

of European dominance and the rise of two superpowers: the United States

and the Soviet Union.

Key Terms

An asterisk (*) denotes items listed in the glossary.

Allied Powers* Pan-Slavic movement*

Anschluss* Potsdam Conference*

appeasement* reparations*

British Commonwealth* Revolution of 1905*

Central Powers* Russo-Japanese War*

Duma* Russifi cation*

fascism* Spanish Civil War*

Great Depression Tehran Conference*

Holocaust* Treaty of Brest-Litovsk*

League of Nations* Treaty of Versailles*

mandate* United Nations*

Mexican Revolution Yalta Conference*

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