The Cold War
Canada, USA, Britain, France, West Germany, and others formed an alliance during the Cold War that still exists today.
What is NATO?
Known as the Big Three
Who are Great Britain, the United States, Soviet Union?
Known as the four M.A.I.N. causes of World War I.
What is Militarism, Alliance system, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Date of attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon.
What is September 11, 2001?
Occurs when a stronger country uses brutal tactics to take over smaller/weaker countries.
What is Imperialism?
Official policy of the Western Powers (USA) to stop the spread of Communism.
What is containment?
Attack in Hawaii, led to USA entering the war.
What Pearl Harbor?
These three countries (Russia, France, and Great Britain) are known as
What is the Triple Entente?
Coined the phrase "War on Terror".
Who is George W. Bush?
Build up of a nations military.
What is militarism?
The United States gives money, tanks, navy ships and other weapons to countries to stop the spread of communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Used on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is the atomic bomb?
"Immediate Spark" that led to WWI.
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What is the "War on Terror"?
Type of government where the government has total control of people.
What is totalitarian government?
The fall of the Berlin Wall, and the break up of the Soviet Union.
What is the end of the Cold War?
Ended the war in Europe.
What is Battle of Berlin?
City where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.
What is Sarajevo, Serbia?
Building attacked in Washington DC on 9/11.
What is the Pentagon?
Type of government installed in Russia after Russian Revolution.
What is Communism?
13 day standoff between Soviet Union and USA over nuclear weapons in Cuba
What is Cuban Missile Crisis?
Extermination of the Jews throughout Europe.
What is the Holocaust?
Treaty that ended WWI, led to Germany not having military.
What is Treaty of Versailles?
Leader of the 9/11 attacks.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
Which leader is most closely associated with the rise of fascism in Italy prior to World War II?
Who is Benito Mussolini?