WW1
The dug-out structure in which most of WW1 was fought.
What are Trenches?
Japan, Italy, and Germany made up this alliance.
This economic system usually results in government ownership of business and aims to create a classless society.
What is communism?
This European nation conquered all of India. India would face oppression by this nation for more than 200 years.
What is Great Britain?
What natural resource was found easily in Great Britain and helped to power the industrial revolution?
What is Coal?
This 1914 event was the start of "spark" that started WW1
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima were the sites of the first and only usage of this weapon on another nation.
What are Nuclear bombs?
This plan provided US alligned western European nations with millions of dollars to rebuild after ww2
What is the Marshall plan?
Often seen as the most brutal form of African Colonialism. This nation faced brutal oppression by the Belgians, who often cut the hands off of workers and children as punishment for not working.
What is the Congo/Congo Free State?
This invention was critical for allowing goods and people to move more easily across nations. It is still used today to move goods all across the United States.
What is the Railroad/Trains?
The terrible economic conditions in Germany following WW1 allowed for this leader to gain power.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The combined invasion of Germany by Allied forces. During this attack, the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy in France.
What is D-Day?
This conflict started in the 1950's, however, there has never been any sort of peace agreement to end this conflict.
What is the Korean War?
This nation had an empire that at one point stretched from California all the way to the bottom of Argentina.
What is the Spanish Empire?
This piece of machinery allowed for water wheels to be replaced with power engines that could move factory machines and powered trains/ships.
What is the Steam Engine?
Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire are all part of this alliance.
A surprise military strike on this U.S. naval base by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, served as a major turning point in the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
As a result of confusion, this 28 year old barricade was torn down over night, officially ending the divide between east in west in Germanys capital city.
What was the Berlin Wall?
The United States, despite being anti-colonial, still conquered and controlled nations around the world. These nations were... (Name just one to get the point)
What is Cuba?
What is the Philippines?
What is Liberia?
Japan lacked many key resources such as coal and steel needed for industrialization. As a result, Japan attempted to acquire these resources through war by invading these nations.
What is the Invasion of China?
What is the Invasion of Korea?
Small, hand-held, metal explosives that were used extensively by the Americans because of their love for baseball.
What are grenades?
The invasion of this nation is often considered the start of world war 2 in Europe.
What is the invasion of Poland?
This Soviet leader was responsible for Glasnost and Perestroika, two policies which caused the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This African nation was first colonized by the Dutch and then taken over by the British. The nation kept a form of racial segregation until the 1990s called apartide.
What is South Africa?
These houses were a critical aspect of the Industrial Revolution, typically only 1 bedroom for the entire family. They were typically very close together and extremely filthy.
What are Tenements?