World War I
This the type of war when all a country’s resources are spent on war.
What is total war?
These are the two sides involved in World War II
What were the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers?
The name of the US plan for international aid relief after WW2.
What was the Marshall Plan?
The international organization that regulates trade.
What is the World Trade Organization?
The first direct cause leading to the start of WWI.
What was the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The system / technology that was developed in WWII to detect German aircraft.
What is radar?
It is when the two superpowers of the Cold War competed to produce new better military technology.
What was the Arms race?
Economic policies of trade based on supply and demand and reducing restrictive barriers of international trade.
What are free trade policies?
These are the main causes of WWI.
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism?
Name of Germany's quick attack tactics to start WWII.
What is Blitzkrieg/Lightning War?
The two alliances formed by the opposing sides of the Cold War to counteract each other's influence.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
A type of economy that is based on the innovation, production and implementation of new technologies rather than manual labor.
What are knowledge economies?
One specific event that motivated America to join World War One that was caused by Germany.
What was the Zimmermann Telegram/The sinking of the Lusitania.
The peace conference held in Germany that formed an agreement between the Allies discussing the administration of post-war Germany towards the end of World War II.
What was the Potsdam conference?
Policies of anti-communist states to restrict the spread of communism throughout the world.
What is containment?
Economic policies of shifting control of state-owned companies to private owners to boost the economy.
What was the privatization of economy?
The German plan to invade France and avoid fighting a two front war.
What was the Schlieffen Plan to invade France through Belgium?
The route and terrain where the Germans went through to attack France at the start of the war, and also where the Germans fought the Battle of the Bulge at the end of the war.
What is the Ardennes Woods?
The incident when a US Spy Plane was shot down over Soviet Territory exposing US spying, which increased tensions and hurt peace agreements.
What was the U2 incident?
Asian countries that rapidly industrialized and grew in importance during the age of Globalization.
What are the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan)?