Cold War
What economic system was used by the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) during the Cold War?
Capitalism and Communism
What event started World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What alliance included Germany, Italy, and Japan?
Axis Powers
What is it called when a country gives in to aggressive demands to avoid conflict
Appeasement
What is Pan-Africanism
People of African descent around the world should work together and support each other. Some people think it also means returning to Africa.
What 2 wars were fought in Asia during the Cold War?
Korea and Vietnam War
What type of warfare used trenches and led to stalemates on the Western Front?
Trench Warfare
What was the conflict called between the Nationalists and Communists in China?
Chinese Civil War
What were the laws that stripped German Jews of citizenship called?
The Nuremberg Laws
What was Mao’s program to rapidly industrialize China called?
The Great Leap Forward
What crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What treaty officially ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
What event caused the United States to enter World War II?
The attack on Attack on Pearl Harbor
What was the name of Germany’s fast attack strategy?
Blitzkrieg
What were the four MAIN causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What was the Iron Curtain?
The division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
What was the “no man’s land” during World War I?
Area between trenches
What strategy did the United States use in the Pacific to get closer to Japan?
Island Hopping
What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Allies flew supplies over Soviet territory and delivered them to that part of the city of Berlin.
What was one major effect of the Great Leap Forward?
Widespread famine and millions of deaths
Which U.S. president led America during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What is the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
What is Hyperinflation?
The rapid increasing of prices
What is détente?
Reduced tensions between the United States and Soviet Union