World War I
The Alliance system, that caused the war, was established by this German statesman.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This practice of allowing for small instances of imperial expansion for the sake of not creating conflict allowed Adolf Hitler to gain power before the start of World War II.
What is appeasement?
After the events of the October Revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union, this person took power.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Formed in 1955, this was the Soviet Union’s rebuttal to the Western alliance of NATO. It allied the USSR with seven Eastern European states.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
I was the general of the Imperial Japanese Army and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during World War II.
Who is Hideki Tojo?
This agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy lasted from 1882 to 1915, when it expired after the start of World War.
What is the Triple Alliance?
This fascist leader inspired Adolf Hitler.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
I took over the Soviet Union after Lenin died. I killed all my political enemies and had an iron fist.
Who is Josef Stalin?
In 1948, Western democratic powers flew supplies into Western Berlin because of a Soviet Union blockade.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
I almost took control of the Soviet Union after Lenin, but was practically erased from history after the rise of Stalin.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
These ideologies expressed by Woodrow Wilson in 1918 advocated for diplomacy in place of war, as well as the expansion of democratic, liberal, and progressive movements.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This German method of warfare was designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of heavily concentrated firepower.
What is blitzkrieg?
The goal of the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution was to steal power from this government.
What is the Provisional Government?
Churchill’s metaphor regarding the Soviet Union that became a symbol of the division of Europe and the growing fear of Communism.
What is the Iron Curtain?
I took control of the Soviet Union after the death of Josef Stalin. My practice of trying to reverse Stalin’s economic laws was known as de-Stalinization.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
This was Hitler’s offense against Russia, in which his goal was to gain control of the wheat and oil fields of the Ukraine.
What is Operation Barbarossa?
This was the principal policy making committee of the Soviet Union.
What is the Politburo?
This American conflict led to missiles pointed at Florida in Cuba, and missiles pointed at the USSR in Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
I was an American general who started the practice of island-hopping during World War II in order to capture strategic islands under Japanese control.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This operational plan intended to allow Germany to take over France and Belgium, but was not successful.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
In which the German army faced a six month long struggle while attempting to fight the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union’s victory marked a turning point in the war.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This was the precursor to the KGB; the Secret Police.
What is the Cheka?
This meeting between Britain, France, the US, and the Soviet Union attempted to resolve differences, but largely failed.
What is the Geneva Summit?
I appeased Hitler, pushing him closer to total control, and Europe into a war.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?