1
2
3
4
5
100
What years did WWII start and end?
1939-1945
100
The invasion of what country led Britain and the other allies to declare war on Hitler?
Poland
100
What is the name of the two military alliances that are formed during the Cold War?
NATO and Warsaw Pact
100
What four countries got to split up Germany?
UK, France, US, USSR
100
Where did the Arab Spring get its start?
Tunisia
200
List both the main axis and allied powers of WWII
US, Britain, Russia...Italy, Germany, Japan
200
What year did the US enter WWII?
1941 (December)
200
What president makes the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
Truman
200
What was the reason for the first war in Iraq (Gulf War)?
Saddam invading surrounding countries (oil)
200
What was Vietnam called before Vietnam?
French Indochina
300
What was the first territory that Hitler took when he started expanding?
The Rhineland
300
What was Lebensraum?
"Living space"
300
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
300
What is the PLO?
Palestinian Liberation Organization
300
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
400
What is the pact between Italy, Germany, and Japan called?
Tripartite Pact
400
What was the Marshall Plan?
Plan to help Europe recover economically after the war
400
What was our promise to stop Communism wherever it spread called?
Truman Doctrine
400
Who was the conservative Islamic leader of Iran during the Iranian Revolution?
Ayatollah Khomeini
400
What was Hitler's last stand?
Battle of the Bulge
500
What countries were originally part of G6?
US, UK, Japan, Poland, West Germany, Italy Now instead of Poland we have Canada, France, Russia
500
What is "glasnost"?
Openness to the west
500
Who were the leaders of the US, Cuba, and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK, Khrushchev, Castro
500
What leads the United States to placing sanctions on Japan?
Their invasion of Vietnam
500
What year did the UN create Israel?
1948
M
e
n
u