World History Final Exam Review Study Guide

Adolf Hitler - Austrian-born founder of the German Nazi Party and chancellor of the Third Reich (). His fascist philosophy, embodied in Mein Kampf (), attracted widespread support, and after 1934 he ruled as an absolute dictator. Hitler's pursuit of aggressive nationalist policies resulted in the invasion of Poland (1939) and the subsequent outbreak of World War II. His regime was infamous for the extermination of millions of people, especially European Jews. He committed suicide when the collapse of the Third Reich was imminent (1945). Akbar - strengthened Mongol India by implementing policy of religious toleration employed and paid officials instead of hereditary officeholders modernize the army encourage international trade standardized weights and measures and introduced land reforms. Alexander Graham Bell - He was an American inventor who was responsible for developing the telephone. This greatly improved communications in the country. Allies - France Italy Russia and Britain In World War I and Great Britain France the Soviet union United States and China in World War II American Revolution - American colonists declared their independence from England because of the english