Totalitarian Governments
The political ideology that dictators like Mussolini and Hitler followed
Nationalism and/or fascism
The name of the alliance of communist nations
The Warsaw Pact
The non-European country that was allied with germany during WWII
Japan
List a reason why Germany was so upset with the rest of Europe after WW1
The Treaty of Versailles placed all of the burden of debt on Germany after WW1, also the great depression made their economy fail.
How was propaganda used by countries such as Russia, Great Britain, Germany and the US to keep people joining the military?
It would depict the enemy as evil in all ways and depict the home country as being good to get people to go out and fight, dehumanize the enemy.
Name the type of totalitarianism followed by these countries: Italy, Germany, USSR, Spain, China (1949+)
Italy: Fascist, Germany: Nazism/fascist, USSR: Communist, Spain: Fascist, China: Communist
Why did the USSR want Berlin and to claim East Germany?
They wanted to be paid reparations for the war, so they took technology and other items from East Germany to pay themselves back. (Also, they wanted to showcase power and spread communism.)
The war tactic used by Germany in WW2
Blitzkrieg, which means lightning warfare
What caused the end of the Interwar Period?
The German and Soviet invasion of Poland (the start of WWII)
What technology Hitler use to spread his ideas and gain support from Germans?
He broadcasted his speeches on the radio and on TVs.
The event that led to the rise of totalitarianism in Germany
Economic hardships caused by the Great Depression / Stock Market Crash of 1929
List 4 countries that were communist and were used as satellite states by the USSR during the Cold War.
Ex: Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
What were the First and Second Moroccan Crises?
France is occupying and controlling Morocco -- 1st Moroccan Crisis: William II of Germany comes to Morocco on his boat and says that Morocco is neutral and is not controlled by France, tells France to get out of Morocco ... 2nd Moroccan Crisis: William II comes on a gunboat to Morocco because the Germany wants economic rights in Morocco, he says Germany will let France have Morocco if they can have the Congo, it’s a power play.
Which groups were scapegoated by fascists for the economic problems that emerged during the interwar period?
Jews and communists
List 3 new types of technologies that changed the dynamics of war in the first half of the 20th century
Gas/chemical weapons, tanks, atomic bomb, machine guns, airplanes, grenades, etc.
List 3 ways that the USSR and the government exhibited Totalitarianism in Romania
Turned the lights off at a certain time everyday, indoctrinated children to look up to leaders, the government collectively owned everyone's land, government controlled jobs so if you got fired it was very difficult to be rehired, lied to their citizens about how well the USSR was doing worldwide, food rationing, etc.
The name of the council that the Soviet Union formed to react to the EEC (European Economic Community)
Comecon or Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
Who was in the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance in WW1?
Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy -- Entente: Great Britain, Russia, France
List 3 countries or territories that Germany had to return /respect independence of after WW1
Gave Alsace and Lorraine to France, give up area to Belgium, Poland, and Czechoslovkia, give up overseas colonies in Africa, China and Pacific, respect the independence of Austria and Czechoslovakia
New technology led to the rise of which kind of warfare in WWI (in the Western front)?
Trench warfare
The name of the mass famine Stalin instituted on poor Ukrainian farmers
Holodomor
What was the Treaty called that created the EU?
The Maastricht Treaty
What is the name of the secret treaty that divided up the Ottoman Empire as a result of WW1? Who was it between?
Sykes-Picot Agreement, Great Britain and France, (including Russia and Italy).
What was the name of the city that was bombed in the Spanish Civil War, resulting in many civilian deaths?
Guernica
The year that the USSR made the first atomic bomb?
1949