Major Events
What event started World War I in 1914?
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Who is Adolf Hitler?
What movement used reason and science to question kings and religion?
What is the Enlightenment?
What years did World War II happen?
What is 1939 to 1945?
What was the worldwide economic problem during the 1930s?
What is the Great Depression?
What name is given to the time after WWII when the USA and the Soviet Union were rivals?
What is the Cold War?
Who led the Russian Revolution and helped start the Soviet Union?
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
What idea said workers should control businesses and money equally?
What is communism?
What 1917 revolution removed the Russian king (Tsar)?
What is the Russian Revolution?
What program in the U.S. created jobs during the Great Depression?
What is the New Deal?
What big 1929 event made banks close and people lose jobs?
What is the stock market crash?
Which explorer reached the Americas in 1492 while sailing for Spain?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What idea did John Locke have that people have rights like life and freedom?
Answer: What are natural rights?
What type of fighting in WWI involved digging long ditches?
What is trench warfare?
What disaster in the 1930s caused farmers to lose crops and move?
What is the Dust Bowl?
What deadly disease spread during the Middle Ages and killed millions?
What is the Black Death?
Which Enlightenment thinker said government power should be divided into branches?
Who is Montesquieu?
What book did Adam Smith write about letting businesses work freely?
What is The Wealth of Nations?
What country started WWII by invading Poland?
What is Germany?
What WWI treaty made Germany pay a lot of money, causing problems?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What was the name of the American plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII?
What is the Marshall Plan?
Who was the British leader during most of WWII, famous for inspiring speeches?
Who is Winston Churchill?
What Cold War idea said the U.S. should stop communism from spreading?
What is containment?
What WWI battle failed to help Russia and took place in Turkey?
What is the Gallipoli Campaign?
What plan did Stalin use to grow factories fast in the Soviet Union?
What are the Five-Year Plans?