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Who was the most desirable type of employee in factories and why?
Children, their small size made it easy to fix machines
What were the two alliance systems called in WWI?
The Triple Entente (Allied) & The Triple Alliance or Central Powers
What were the two theatres of WWII?
Pacific and European
Wars/Conflicts fought under the Cold War were referred to as what?
Proxy Wars
What was the Scramble for Africa?
What invention kick started the Industrial Revolution?
The steam engine
What country was negatively affected by Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
What is total war?
a country's complete involvement in war (homefront contributes & soldiers sent off)
Who built the Berlin Wall & why?
USSR because too many people were trying to move out of the East
What event was the breaking point of the Conflict in the Balkans?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were the effects of implementing child labor laws?
Regulation led to adaptation in labor and technology
What type of warfare was used in WWI?
Trench Warfare
Which term means "lightning war"?
Blitzkrieg
Impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Brought the world the closest it had ever been nuclear warfare, forced to ease tensions
Name three effects of fighting trench warfare.
Trench foot, stalemates, disease spreading, boring (more)
What was the name of the process that helped turn iron into steel?
Bessemer Process
What does M.A.N.I.A.C. stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination and Conflict in the Balkans
What project led to the development of the atomic bomb in the United States?
Manhattan Project
What was the cause of the Tiananmen Square protest?
College students protesting for democracy.
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany's economy?
Lead them to a horrible depression with superinflation
Who is the father of communism?
Karl Marx
Which group won the Russian Revolution?
Bolsheviks
What was an immediate consequence of the Nuremberg Laws?
German Jews lost their citizenship, sent to ghettos, faced prejudice
Name the famous term Winston Churchill invented and explain what it means.
"Iron Curtain" and explains the division of ideologies and tensions between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
How was Chinese communism different from the USSR?
China almost all farming, USSR primarily used factories