WWI
WWI begin and ended in what years?
What are 1914-1918?
The Treaty of Versailles disproportionately targeted what country?
What is Germany?
The invasion of this country sparked WWII
What is Poland?
These two global super powers arose after WWII
Who are the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
Who is Gandhi?
This treaty signaled the end of the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This economic crisis stimulated a global economic recession.
What is the Great Depression of 1929?
The Axis Powers consisted of which three countries?
Who are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This imaginary border split Europe into east and west
What is the Iron Curtain?
The name of South Africa's system of racial segregation
What is apartheid?
The acronym for the causes of WWI (hint: there are four letters)
What is MAIN (militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism)?
This political ideology, promoted by Hitler and Stalin, rose during the interwar period.
What is fascism?
The Germans used this fast-paced warfare technique to take over France and Poland
What is Blitzkrieg?
This acronym is the reason why the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. avoided a nuclear war
What is M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction)
Conflict between India and Pakistan after their partition centered around this land
What is Kashmir?
Many historians argue this international organization was too weak to prevent future wars.
What is the League of Nations?
This policy, practiced by Britain and France, allowed Hitler to remilitarize Germany and annex/take over land with no repurcussions.
What is the Policy of Appeasement?
America dropped the first atomic bomb on this Japanese city
What is Hiroshima?
The last leader of the USSR whose reforms ultimately weakened the communist party
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Secret society made up by native Kenyans that violently opposed British rule
Who were the Mau Mau?
The name of the civilian ferry that Germany sunk, killing 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
These laws restricted the freedoms of Jews in Germany
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
Before directly joining the war, Congress passed this act to allow the U.S. to support the allied powers financially
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
A period of reduced nuclear armaments and legislation to restrict nuclear weapons accumulation in the 1970's
What is detente?
The leader of South Africa's independence movement and their first Black president
Who is Nelson Mandela?