In the 1400s, this man helped Portugal take an early lead in exploration by providing money to study navigation, develop better boars, and encourage voyages along the coast of Africa. Who was he?
Prince Henry the Navigator
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What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
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What was Adolf Hitler's political party?
Nazis/ National Socialist
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The Holocaust is associated with what event?
WWII
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What is the Cold War?
A long competition without any fighting
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What are two reasons for European exploration?
Europeans thought settlers would buy their goods and wanted to spread Christianity to other cultures.
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What is the policy of obtaining and occupying colonies to form an empire?
Imperialism
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What part of the Treaty of Versailles was most damaging to Germany?
Reparations.
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Following WWII, which two nations emerged as world Superpowers?
USSR (Russia) and the United States
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Which side of Germany was communist?
Eastern Germany
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What are the three G's of exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
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Why was the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand significant?
It started WWI
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Where did Hitler write Mein Kampft?
He wrote it during his prison sentence.
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Who was the fascist dictator for Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
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Which event came first: World War II or the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
World War II
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What countries established extensive empires in Asia, Africa, and Americas?
France, United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal
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What Treaty forced Germany to accept blame for WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
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What happened to people who spoke out against Hitler?
They were imprisoned, executed, or put in concentration camps.
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What was the day called when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to liberate Soviet occupied France?
D-day
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What event marks the beginning of the end of the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall.
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What country colonized Brazil?
Portugal
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What was the CAUSE of the Russian Revolution?
There were food shortages in Russia and serfs were starving.
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• Hitler promised to rebuild Germany’s military
• The Treaty of Versailles angered Germans
• Hitler said he would get back Germany’s lost land
These statements describe:
The Rise of Adolf Hitler/Nazism
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What countries were in alliance with Germany to form the Axis Powers?
Japan and Italy
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What year did the USSR disband creating 15 new nations in Eastern Europe?