What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?
What is England (Great Britain)
100
List two causes of World War One
What is Militarism, internal dissent, nationalism, alliances, Arch Duke getting shot, others at teacher discretion
100
What is fascism?
What is a gov't philosophy valuing the state above all else (family, individual)
100
What is appeasement?
What is giving in to someone's demands to keep peace
100
Why did the U.S. become involved in Korea and Vietnam wars?
Containment (stop the spread of communism)
200
Besides capital & agricultural advancements, list another reason why the Industrial Revolution begin the location it did
What is Population increase & abundance of natural resources, food resources, capital and markets
200
Name the invention that caused trench warfare?
What is the Machine gun
200
What is perestroika?
What is the Soviet Union's attempt to restructure their government
200
Who led the D-Day invasion?
Dwight D. Eisenhower (aka Mr. Harvey)
200
What term did Winston Churchill come up with (in his speech in Fulton, Mo) to describe the separation of communist east from non-communist western Europe?
Iron Curtain
300
Define capital (economic term)
what is a ready supply of money
300
List two reasons the U.S. became involved in WW I
What is the sinking of Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram, Germany's unrestricted u-boat attacks, loans to the British
300
What is genocide?
Systematic destruction of a race (Jews during Holocaust)
300
What is the reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
U.S. put an embargo (ban) on trade with them on supplies they needed for their war effort (oil).
300
What was the blitzkrieg style Hitler used as an attack (describe)
sudden air attacks supported by ground attacks
400
What did Karl Marx predict would happen to society because of the Industrial Revolution?
what is the working class (proletariat) would hold a revolution and overthrow the bourgeoisie (owners), eventually forming an equal (communist) society.
400
What amendment was passed because of women's roles during WW I?
What is the 19th (suffrage)
400
What is the proletariat?
working class
400
What country stormed the U.S. embassy in 1979 and took 53 hostages?
Iran
400
List two reasons why Middle Eastern terrorist groups have targeted the U.S.
they see us greedy and materialistic (they be hatin')
500
List a negative and positive of the Industrial Revolution
What is a Positive - cheaper prices & more variety
Negative - working conditions
500
The leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, forcing the country to withdraw from WW I
Who is Lenin
500
What is the bourgeoisie, according to Karl Marx?
What are the factory owners (middle class)
500
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
Soviet leader in the 1980s credited with helping end the Cold War
500
List two disagreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union that led to the Cold War
Germany (reparations vs. rebuilding)
Government (communism vs. democracy)