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What do you think was more important to Stalin; spreading Communism, or creating a buffer between the USSR and the west?

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1)How did these conferences effect the relationship between the USA & the USSR?

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1)How did these conferences effect the relationship between the USA & the USSR?

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FEATURES OF STRONG ANSWER
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judgement based on the argument in the main body

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Case Study 1: Japanese expansion in Asia 1931–41

CHAPTER 1

Causes of expansion

Japanese nationalism and militarism

Militarism and foreign policy

Economic and political issues

Domestic instability and foreign affairs

COMMAND TERMS
Ultranationalist

A belief in

which a person or state’s

nationality is considered

superior to that of all others

and usually involves racist and

discriminatory beliefs against

others not of the same

nationality

Meiji Restoration

The

creation of a new

government of Japan after

centuries of military

government, in which Japan’s

Emperor held new powers

and new, more modern

systems of governance were

created; it is named after the

ruling emperor of that

period.

Meiji Emperor

Emperor of

Japan between 1867 and

1912 in whose name

modernizing reforms were

instituted.

Feudalism

Form of

government in which nobility

and their associates, such as

warriors, hold substantial

governing power.

Privy Council

Small

government body of elites

whose approval was required

for laws, major political

appointees and more; they

controlled access to the

Emperor of Japan and were

heavily relied on by the

Emperor owing to their

prestige and experience.

Cabinet

Ministers of a

government.
Suffrage

The right to vote.

Radical nationalism

An

extreme form of nationalism

which can include racism and

other forms of discrimination

and prejudice against those

not part of the nation, which

is usually narrowly defi ned;

this belief often justifi es

violence to achieve certain

goals.

Fascism

A term derived

from the Fascist Party of Italy.

It refers to a governing

philosophy that glorifi es the

state, war and sacrifi cing

oneself for the state while

de-emphasizing individual

rights and freedoms. This

term is often used to refer to

non-democratic, militaristic

governments.

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1)How did these conferences effect the relationship between the USA & the USSR?