Unit 5: World Wars
This is the international organization that was created after World War One to try and prevent another global conflict.
What is the LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
This barrier was the symbolic representation of the differences between the USSR and USA until it was taken down in 1989
What is the BERLIN WALL?
This resource has made several Middle Eastern countries extremely wealthy and globally influential.
What is OIL?
This invention allows people to instantly communicate and access information across the globe.
What is the internet?
This Nintendo character is famous for saying “It’s-a me!” while rescuing Princess Peach.
Who is MARIO?
This is one way that the Treaty of Versailles was a CAUSE for WW2.
Answers will vary. War reparations, terrirorial losses, military decline of Germany, among other strict punishments.
President Truman's policy that the USA would provide political, military, and economic aid to countries who are under the threat of communist influences to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the TRUMAN DOCTRINE OR CONTAINMENT?
This city in Saudi Arabia is the holiest city in Islam and the destination of the Hajj pilgrimage.
What is Mecca?
Companies moving factories to countries with lower labor costs is an example of this economic practice.
What is OUTSOURCING?
This NBA superstar known as “Joker” brought Denver its first NBA championship in 2023.
Who is NIKOLA JOKIC?
This is one example of how TECHNOLOGY changed from WW1 to WW2.
Answers will vary. Trench Warfare to Aerial warfare, innovation in naval warfare, aircraft carriers, weaponry, etc.
The USA and USSR avoided direct military confrontation but supported opposite sides in a variety of conflicts like Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
What are these conflicts called?
What are PROXY WARS?
This agreement after World War I secretly divided much of the Ottoman Empire’s Arab lands between Britain and France.
What is the Sykes-Pico Agreement?
This region in California became synonymous with technological innovation and startup companies.
What is SILICON VALLEY?
This Netflix show about a deadly children’s competition made “Red Light, Green Light” terrifying.
What is SQUID GAMES?
Russia was a part of THIS ALLIANCE at the END OF WORLD WAR ONE.
What is NO ALLIANCE - it withdrew because of a state crisis and the 1917 Russian Revolution?
(They WERE on the Triple Entente with UK, France, and the USA)
This is the practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially seen in the Cold War between the USA and USSR.
What is BRINKMANSHIP?
This ethnic group, spread across Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, is one of the largest stateless groups in the world.
Who are the Kurds?
This term describes the continued economic and cultural domination of developing countries by wealthier nations and multinational corporations after direct colonial rule ended.
What is Neocolonialism?
This artist sang “drivers license” and “good 4 u.”
Who is OLIVIA RODRIGO?
DAILY DOUBLE: These were the FIVE main causes for World War One.
(As a group, write down up to FIVE possible responses - in the form of a question, and give to Mr. Foster or Piana in the next 60 seconds!!)
What are MILITARISM, ALLIANCES, NATIONALISM, IMPERIALISM, and the ASSASSINATION of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This plan by Chairman Mao Zedong from 1958-1960 encouraged the Chinese population to transform from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
What is the GREAT LEAP FORWARD?
This strategic strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman is one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This principle states that the number of transistors on a microchip tends to double approximately every two years, rapidly increasing computing power over time.
What is MOORE'S LAW?
DAILY DOUBLE - WRITE DOWN TWO ANSWERS AND GIVE TO MR. FOSTER OR MR. PIANA IN 60 SECONDS!
THESE TWO LOCAL FESTIVALS in the Four Corners region will be happening during the weekend of May 30-31.
What are RISE AND VIBES (Tico Time) and ANIMAS RIVER DAYS (Durango)?