Czechoslovakia Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Characteristics of Medieval Era - Dominated by vocal music. Sacred Music: Gregorian Chant and Masses. Secular Music: for dance and entertainment (Troubadours/Trouvères) Gregorian Chant - melodies that were free flowing with no distinct meter, melismatic, largely monophonic, and sung by unaccompanied voice or choir Organum - an early form of polyphony in which voices are sung in parallel motion Masses - important religious ritual and featured non-imitative polyphony Motet - polyphoni...

WWII Begins intro 2024.) the invasion of Poland - ANSWER What caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany in 1939? 1) the appeasement policy 2) the invasion of Poland 3) the nonaggression pact 4) the surrender of Poland 1) democracy was being gravely threatened. - ANSWER Hitler's invasion of France meant that 1) democracy was being gravely threatened. 2) totalitarianism was a viable form of government. 3) he now could turn his attention to countries in Eastern Europe...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 25Good Neighbor Policy - correct answers President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America by using economic influence rather than military force in the region. (p. 523) Manchuria - correct answers In September 1931, Japanese troops invaded this area on China's eastern seaboard. The League of Nations passed a resolution condemning the action but did not take action. (p. 521) fascism - correct answers A political sys...

1947 National Security Act created the CIA, a separate air force, the National Security Council, and Department of Defense 1948 election Truman (Democrat) v. Strom Thrumond (States' Rights/Dixiecrat) v. Thomas Dewey (Republican); Truman won in a surprising upset 1950s Civil Rights A Series of Civil rights movements began -Jackie Robinson -Resistance in Little Rock -Montgomery Bus Boycott -Truman's Actions -Brown vs. board of Education -Other Voices 1954 Geneva Acc...

Lebensraum Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people Nazi-Soviet Pact Hitler and Joseph Stalin agreed not to attack each other but divided Poland for an easy win, but Germany didn't keep true to their word and attacked Stalin later Munich Conference 1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's ter...

Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check union power. outlaws closed shop, lets states pass right-to-work (no union requirement), outlaws other unions joining boycotts, president has power to invoke 80 day cool-off period before strikes. ...

APUSH Chapter 35-36 Questions and correct Answers Why did FDR extend official diplomatic recognition to the U.S.S.R.? Why did the U.S. want to grant the Philippines independence? Why did FDR embark on the Good Neighbor Policy? What did he do about Haiti? What was FDR's policy on foreigntrade and the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (1934)? Throughout most of the 1930s, how did the American people respond to the aggressive actions of Germany, Japan and Italy? Where did fascist aggr...

What did Stalin promise at the Yelta conference in 1945? correct answers Free elections would be held in nation states (Poland,Czechoslovakia,Hungary,Romania and Bulgaria) Winston Churchill used this term in a speech to describe the soviet area of innfluence and the division of the east and west Europe. correct answers Iron Curtain Who was the leader of communist china after the cultural revolution? correct answers Mao Zedong In 1962, what event brought the world to the brink of Nuclear...

AGB 302 FINAL Set One- Ch 2,3,4,5 and 6 With Updated Correct Questions and Answers 100% A+ Graded political economy (think ecosystem) - CORRECT ANSWER-to stress that the political, economic, and legal systems of a country are interdependent; they interact with and influence each other, and in doing so, they affect the level of economic well-being. political system - CORRECT ANSWER--the political system of a country shapes its economic and legal systems -we mean the system of government ...

Summary IB World History Revision: Paper 3 China and Korea with question nd correct answer. Blitzkrieg - -"Lighting war", type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939Locarno Treaty - - (1925) Pact that secured the frontier between Germany and France and Germany and Belgium. It also provided for mutual assistance by France and Italy if Germany invaded its border countries. Kellogg-Briand Pact - -1928 agreement in which many nations agreed to outlaw war Inv...