Cause and Course of WWI
Rise of Communism in Russia
Inter-war Years and the Great Depression
Rise of Fascism
Cause and Course of WWII
100
List the 5 major causes of WWI
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
100
List the names of the Troika - the three most powerful men in the Russian Revolution
What are Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky
100
This type of music originated in the African-American communities of the United States in the 1920's
What is jazz
100
Name two of the groups that attempted to take over Germany in the 1920's
What are the Spartasists (Communists), Freikorps, and Nazis
100
Between 1933 and 1939, this was Great Britain’s policy toward Germany based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe
What is appeasement
200
Name the three countries of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance respectively
What is Entente - Britain, France, Russia; Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
200
This is the name of the revolutionary political group that helped remove both the Tsar and Provisional Government from power in Russia, and subsequently created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
What is Bolsheviks
200
This is the number of the War Guilt clause of the Treaty of Versailles
What is 231
200
Hitler blamed this group for the fire that destroyed the Reichstag, then used fear of this group to get the government to create the Reichstag Fire Decree
Who are the Communists
200
He was the leader of the French Resistance movement
What is Charles de Gaulle
300
Britain, France, and Russia are three countries of the Allied Powers; name three more
Who are Italy, the United States, Japan, Romania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro, Australia, New Zealand, India
300
In order to fulfill the promise to their people, the Soviet government signed this treaty with Germany to end fighting in the Eastern Front in WWI
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
300
The hyperinflation in Germany in the early 1920’s was cause by this
What is the overprinting of money by the Weimar government
300
The Fascists in Italy were able to come to power after participating in this event that frightened the King of Italy into making Mussolini the head of the government
What is the March on Rome
300
By 1936, Hitler was able to defy the Treaty of Versailles and create this with Austria (the German word for Union)
What is anschluss
400
What area was considered the Powder Keg of Europe due to its association with the start of WWI
What is the Balkans
400
In the Soviet Union political prisoners were often sent to these places where they were worked to death or kept away from society.
What are gulags
400
Oct. 29, 1929, is also known as this
What is Black Tuesday
400
This was the name used by Hitler for the carrying out of his plans to kill the leaders of the Sturm Abteilung (SA) and bring its members into the Germany Army
What is Night of Long Knives
400
This was the failed treaty in which 63 countries “renounced war as an instrument of national policy”
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact
500
This battle is considered the bloodiest battle of WWI with more than 1 million casualties?
What is the Battle of the Somme
500
This policy was Stalin’s attempt to make his country all speak one language, share one history, and follow the same customs
What is Russification
500
The practice of buying stocks by paying 10% of the value of the stock and borrowing the rest from the bank with the hopes of paying off the loan with the profits from the money made is known as this
What is buying on the margin
500
According the German government, this was the unemployment rate in Germany by 1936
What is 0%
500
Due to the heroic efforts by the British Royal Navy supported by British citizens with private boats, the Allies were able to save approximately this many people from the German attack at Dunkirk
What is 340,000
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