Modern History flashcards

37 SACE Modern History cards across 3 modules (3 definitions, 34 key facts, 0 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Historical Skills (5 cards, 2 dot points)
- Source Analysis and Evaluation (SACE Stage 2 Modern History) (3)
- The Historical Study (SACE Stage 2 Modern History) (2)
Modern Nations (14 cards, 6 dot points)
The World since 1945 (18 cards, 9 dot points)

Sample cards from this deck

Definition
Source Analysis and Evaluation (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Define Primary versus secondary source
A primary source is produced during the period under study or by someone who experienced it directly. A secondary source is a later interpretation or account that draws on primary evidence.
Definition
Russia and the Soviet Union 1914-1941 (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Define Collectivisation
Peasant farms were merged into collective farms (kolkhozes) from 1929. Resistance, especially from peasants labelled kulaks, was crushed. The resulting famine (1932-1933), worst in Ukraine (the Holodomor), killed millions.
Key fact
Australia's Relationship with Asia and the South Pacific Region (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Engagement and the end of White Australia (1972-1996)
The Whitlam government (1972-1975) marked a turning point. It withdrew from Vietnam, recognised the People's Republic of China (1972), abolished the last elements of the White Australia Policy, and embraced multiculturalism.
Key fact
The Historical Study (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Choosing and framing a question
The single most important decision is the question. It must be focused, arguable and researchable.
Key fact
Australia 1901-1956 (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Federation and the "Australian settlement" (1901-1914)
The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901, uniting six self-governing colonies under a federal constitution while keeping the British monarch as head of state.
Key fact
Challenges to Peace and Security (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Genocide, ethnic conflict and humanitarian intervention
The end of the Cold War unleashed long-suppressed ethnic and nationalist conflicts. The break-up of Yugoslavia produced wars and "ethnic cleansing", culminating in the Srebrenica massacre (1995) in which around 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed.
Key fact
China 1949-1976 (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Establishing and consolidating the People's Republic (1949-1957)
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), led by Mao Zedong, won the civil war against Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists (Guomindang), who fled to Taiwan. Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949.
Key fact
Decolonisation and Independence (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Causes of decolonisation
The Second World War shattered the prestige and resources of the European imperial powers. Britain, France and the Netherlands were exhausted and indebted, and Japanese conquests in Asia (1941-1945) had exposed the vulnerability of European rule and encouraged local nationalists.
Key fact
Germany 1918-1948 (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about The rise of the Nazis and seizure of power (1929-1934)
The Wall Street Crash (October 1929) cut off US loans and plunged Germany into the Great Depression. By 1932 around six million Germans were unemployed.
Key fact
National Self-determination in South-East Asia (SACE Stage 2 Modern History)
Tell me about Causes: colonialism, nationalism and the Cold War
The Second World War shattered European and Japanese empires in Asia and inspired demands for independence. South-East Asia had been colonised by France (Indochina), the Netherlands (Indonesia), Britain (Malaya) and Portugal (Timor).