10 terms

1. containment: a U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940's, in which the United States tried to spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances - Containment is important to World History because it used numerous strategies to stop the spread of communism abroad. For example, Vietnam had tested the policy of containment. Johnson gave power to not one, but three generals. Conflict still turned into war and the containment policy almost failed when communism took over South Vietnam in 1975


2. Holocaust: a mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazi government of the Germany before and during World War 2 - The Holocaust is important to World History because m\any people were lost in the Holocaust and the U.N came into existence. It is also important to World History because it taught about how a whole group of people can be part of a genocide due to a leader's ( Adolf Hitler) racist ideas


3. Genocide: the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group - A Genocide is important to World History because a genocide kills everyone that belongs to a certain classification. For example, Hitler created a genocide during the Holocaust when he killed about 6 million Jews


4. D- Day: a moment of truth, the day Allies began their invasion of the European mainland during World War 2 - D- Day is important to World History because it was the turning point of World War 2. D- Day stopped Russia from successfully conquering Germany and controlling most of Europe.


5. Pearl Harbor: Early in the morning of December 7, 1941, American sailors at the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii awoke to the roar of explosives - Pearl Harbor is important to World History because it was the beginning of the United States into World War 2.



6. Ghettos: city neighborhoods in which European Jews were forced to live. - Ghettos are important to World History because it was where many Jews were living in during the Holocaust. While living in the ghettos during the Holocaust many Jews had extremely crowed buildings and the ghettos were also unsanitary. Starvation and repeated food and fuel shortages made it a struggle in the winter months


7. Triple Alliance: a military alliances between Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War 1 - The Triple Alliance is important to World History because it turned diplomatic history into new founding. Germany allied itself with Russia and Austria- Hungary in the Three Emperors' League. In 1882, Italy signed another secret treaty, which joined it with Germany and Austria- Hungary in the Triple Alliance


8. 38th Parallel: a line that crosses Korea at 38 degrees north latitude, Japanese troops surrendered to Soviet forces - The 38th Parallel is important to World History because it was used separate the Russian to the north from the areas assigned to the other allies. After the outbreak of the Korean War between the North and the South Korea, the United Nations forces, under U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur had gave help to the South, moved north of the 38th parallel in an effort to occupy North Korea.


9. Marshall Plan: A U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War 2 - The Marshall Plan is important to World History because the United Sates gave $13 billion in economic support to help build back up European economies after World War 2. The Marshall Plan was put into force to stop the spread of Soviet Communism


10. Iron Curtain: during the Cold War, the boundary separating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe - The Iron Curtain is important to World History because it separated the conflict from the non-Soviet controlled areas