6th Grade World History - Chapter 19 - Vocabulary

The first official recognition by a world power that the Jews needed a land to call their own.

• Balfour Declaration

• Great Leap Forward

• Marshall Plan

• Passive resistance

New economic plan announced by Mao Zedong; inefficient and resulted in famine.

• Balfour Declaration

• Great Leap Forward

• Marshall Plan

• Passive resistance

Distribution of funds from the United States enabled Europe to rapidly rebuild and retool for a strong economic recovery

• Balfour Declaration

• Great Leap Forward

• Marshall Plan

• Passive resistance

Resisting foreign rule by nonviolent means (e.g., strikes, not paying taxes)

• Balfour Declaration

• Great Leap Forward

• Marshall Plan

• Passive resistance

The Soviets' blocking of all traffic through East Germany into West Berlin; ended due to a massive airlift of supplies by the United States and Britain.

• Berlin Blockade

• Cold War

• Six-Day War

• 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Political rivalry and conflict of ideas that stopped short of actual war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. (1945-1991)

• Berlin Blockade

• Cold War

• Six-Day War

• 1948 Arab-Israeli War

War in which Israel smashed the imminent Arab threat and seized control of several key areas that greatly enhanced Israel's security

• Berlin Blockade

• Cold War

• Six-Day War

• 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Started when Arab forces from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq attacked Israel on May 14; ended in a ceasefire after a year of fighting

• Berlin Blockade

• Cold War

• Six-Day War

• 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Another name for the European Economic Community; an organization that promotes economic cooperation in Europe

• Common Market

• Liberal Democratic Party

• Fifth Republic

• United Nations

Government established by Charles de Gaulle, president of France

• Common Market

• Liberal Democratic Party

• Fifth Republic

• United Nations