WWI
What were the four main causes that began WWI described in terms?
Hint: M.A.I.N
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
When was Adolf Hitler appointed the Chancellor of Germany?
1933
Which two empires completed in a naval arms race, resulting in things like the bombing of US supply ships in WWI?
Germany and Great Britain
Which Austro-Hungarian archduke was assassinated by Serbian nationalists?
Franz Ferdinand
What was the period of economic disruption in the 1920's called?
The Great Depression
What was the secret fifth cause that caused a major turning point in WWI?
Isolationism
What Spanish city was destroyed by German and Italian forces, had a painting created after it?
Guernica
The Ottoman Empire
Which British prime minister was known for leading the UK in WWII and his sinews of peace speech?
Winston Churchill
What ideology, influenced by thinkers like Karl Marx did Russia develop with primarily during the 1920's?
Communism
What were the other countries besides German and the Austro-Hungarian Empires that were apart of the Central Powers?
What conference allowed Hitler to claim the Sudetenland? Which countries/leaders were involved?
The Munich Conference. Italy/Mussolini, UK/Chamberlain, and Daladier/France.
What atrocity committed by the Japanese facilitated their rapid expansion, and created a rivalry between them and China?
The Nanjing Massacre
Which two documents/agreements did Stalin fail to commit to after WWII?
The Yalta and Potsdam agreements
What ideology emerged most prominently in leaders from Germany, Italy, and Spain after WWI that embraced extreme nationalism and militarism?
Fascism
What telegram sent from the Germans caused the US to join the war?
The Zimmerman Telegram
What was the "Final Solution" during the Third Reich? What were some institutions build for it?
The extermination of European Jewish peoples. Auschwitz, Chelmno, Belzec.
How did the Ottoman Empire fall, and what agreement split the territory into European-controlled mandates?
It fell due to its defeat in WWI. The remaining territory was split into mandates from the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Which Japanese prime minister went on trial after WWII by the International Military Tribunal For the Far East?
Hideki Tojo
In the Russian Revolution, which leader abdicates, and which leader comes to power to institute the Soviets?
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates, and Vladmir Lenin comes to power.
1.) Which Treaty ended WWI and 2.), which country had to pay most reprimands?
The Treaty of Versailles and Germany
Where did D-Day take place? Where did the Axis powers THINK the invasion would take place?
What were the consequences in Asia after the war that occurred due to colonization and the defeat of Japan?
A series of independence movements all throughout Southeast Asia, primarily French Indochina
What was the ultimatum made by Japan to China, aiming to drastically increase Japanese influence in China during WWI?
The twenty-one demands
Where did the Japanese invade in 1931, after establishing their 21 demands and expanding into China?
Manchuria