World War I
World War II
Culture
Government and Economics
Miscellaneous
100
One main effect of the Russian Revolution was that ________________.
communists gained control of Russia
100
Hitler's systematic murder of about 6 million Jews and other Europeans is known as ____________.
the Holocaust
100
Europeans have a high _____________, the ability to read and write.
literacy rate
100
What type of economy does the United Kingdom have?
Mixed economy
100
Most European nations have developed well in the modern world because they have a high _________ rate.
literacy
200
The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to pay _____________ for war damages.
reparations
200
Who was the leader of Germany's Third Reich?
Adolf Hitler
200
The Russian Cyrillic alphabet borrowed from which language?
Greek
200
What type of currency do some members of the European Union use?
Euro
200
One purpose of creating the European Union was to eliminate ______________between member nations.
trade barriers
300
The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, required that Germany ___________ for the war.
accept full responsibility
300
The fall of the Berlin Wall led direct to the ________________ of Germany.
Reunification
300
The English language is considered a ___________ language, meaning it has its roots in the German language.
Germanic
300
One important benefit of using the euro is that many countries can ____________________.
trade without needing to exchange currencies
300
Following the accident at the _____________, nuclear pollution contaminated water and poisoned many people
Chernobyl nuclear power plant
400
The economic depression in Germany following World War I is one reason ____________ was able to come into power.
Hitler
400
The country of ______________ presented the greatest military threat to the Allies during World War II.
Germany
400
Followers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism believe in ________________, a belief in one God.
monotheism
400
The French government has a ____________, while the British government has a ________________.
President, Prime Minister
400
Which country experienced a reunification in 1989 and had to unify two different economic systems?
Germany
500
The assassination of _____________ led to the start of World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
The Soviet Union wanted to expand communism to new countries, and the US opposed this. This was a major cause of the ________________.
Cold War
500
One of the Five Pillars of Islam is the hajj. This means that Muslims _______________.
must take a journey to Mecca
500
Germany is a __________________ in which states have important powers.
federal republic
500
The race between European powers to establish ______________ was a major cause of tensions leading to World War I.
colonies overseas
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