Soviet Union
The Cold War
The World Wars
Industrial Revolution
Potpourri
100
This was the political and economic system of the Soviet Union.
What is communism?
100
He was the first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
The World War II alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was called this.
What are the Axis Powers.
100
The term for how much work can be done in a certain amount of time.
What is productivity?
100
This country was once spilt into communist and democratic parts but is now reunited.
What is Germany?
200
During World War II, the Soviet Union was part of this group of Powers.
What where the Allied Powers?
200
The Berlin Airlift was done to defeat this.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
200
Before the United States joined during World War II, the Allies were Britain, France, and
What is China?
200
The first major industry to emerge during the Industrial Revolution was this.
What is the textiles industry?
200
Countries that claim colonies in other lands are called this.
What are imperialists?
300
He introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
300
This was the first spacecraft to orbit the earth.
What is Sputnik I?
300
World War II came to an end when this happened.
What is dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
300
Groups formed to bargain with factory owners for better working conditions and higher pay for workers are called this.
What are unions?
300
This was the main goal of the Marshall Plan.
What is to help rebuild Europe after World War II?
400
A policy of loosening government control.
What is perestroika?
400
This group countries formed to respond to possible Soviet attacks.
What is NATO?
400
This war was known as the Great War.
What was World War I?
400
The Industrial Revolution made consumer goods, like clothing: more expensive, less expensive, less plentiful, or more unusual.
What is less expensive?
400
The killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis was known as this.
What was the Holocaust?
500
A policy of openness in the Soviet Union.
What is glasnost?
500
An anti-Western military alliance formed between the Soviet Union and other communist countries.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
500
Machines designed for war were mass-produced for the first time during this war.
What was World War I?
500
This was easily mined in Britain, helping to spur the start of the Industrial Revolution there.
What is coal?
500
The mass murder of people because of race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture.
What is genocide?
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