Vocabulary
People
Years
After WWI
After WWII
100
territory controlled by a foreign country
What is a colony?
100
he promised to fix Germany's problems
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
Russian Revolution
What is 1917?
100
the agreement that was signed after WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
100
an organization formed by the US, Canada, and the western European countries
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
200
the planned killing of a race of people
What is genocide?
200
Russian czar who was executed along with his family
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
200
Treaty of Versailles
What is 1919?
200
Country blamed for WWI and forbidden to have a large military
What is Germany?
200
a period of distrust and misunderstanding between the Soviet Union and the US
What is the Cold War?
300
the ability to influence world events
What is a superpower?
300
Communist leader who took control of and reorganized the Soviet Union in 1917
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
300
Worldwide Depression
What is 1929?
300
Country that refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles
What is the United States?
300
the 2 countries that were considered superpowers
What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
400
Invisible line separating the Eastern Bloc countries from the Western Bloc countries
What is the Iron Curtain?
400
Set up schools of navigation, shipbuilding, and cartography
Who is Prince Henry?
400
WWI ended
What is 1918?
400
they were blamed for Germany's economic problem
Who were the Jews?
400
Country created when the United Nations divided Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state.
What is Israel?
500
Love of One's country
What is Nationalism?
500
the head of the Soviet Union who decreased government control of business and increased freedoms for citizens
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
WWII began
What is 1939?
500
Genocide of 6 million Jews and others before WWII
What is the Holocaust?
500
the year Israel officially opened its borders to Jews
What is 1948?
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