Pre–WWI Background
He created the phrase “survival of the fittest.”
Who is Herbert Spencer?
Germany’s unconditional support of Austria-Hungary was known as this.
What is the “Blank Check”?
The political ideology of extreme nationalism and dictatorship popular in Germany and Italy.
What is fascism?
The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and this Asian nation.
What is Japan?
This U.S. program provided billions to rebuild Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This scientist explained evolution through natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This Serbian nationalist group assassinated Franz Ferdinand.
Who are the Black Hand?
Hitler outlined his beliefs in this book.
What is Mein Kampf?
Germany’s “lightning war” strategy.
What is blitzkrieg?
The Truman Doctrine was designed to stop the spread of this.
What is communism?
The Balfour Declaration supported creating a national home for this group.
Who are the Jewish people?
This failed German plan aimed to quickly defeat France by invading through Belgium.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
This policy involved giving concessions to Hitler to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
The German air force was called this.
What is the Luftwaffe?
The Cold War was primarily between these two superpowers.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
Name two ideas that fueled European tension before WWI.
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, or nationalism? (Any two)
Fighting from deep ditches with “No Man’s Land” in between is called this.
What is trench warfare?
The 1939 pact between Germany and the USSR was known as this.
What is the Non-Aggression Pact (Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact)?
Operation Overlord was the codename for the invasion of this country.
What is France (D-Day)?
This Soviet leader built the Berlin Wall and faced the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This event in the Balkans sparked the July Crisis and the start of WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This treaty took Russia out of WWI and gave huge territory to Germany.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Hitler’s first aggressive move: reoccupying this demilitarized zone in 1936.
What is the Rhineland?
This Allied nation inflicted the most German casualties.
What is the Soviet Union?
The fall of this structure symbolized the end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?