World Wars
World War I was sparked by the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne; World War II was sparked by the invasion of this country
What is Poland?
The Paris Peace Conference marked the end of this war
What is World War I?
The four totalitarian ideologies studied in this class
What are fascism, Nazism, militarism/authoritarianism, and communism/Stalinism?
In the early years of the Cold War, these two alliances were set up in Europe: one aligned with the United States, the other aligned with the Soviet Union
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
This is the other history course that Mr. Bell teaches at St. Luke's School
What is Foundations of World History?
Three of the five causes of World War I
What are Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassinations?
Serving as a major cause of future economic distress, the Treaty of Versailles assigned this county full blame and full responsibility to cover the costs of World War I
What is Germany?
The four totalitarian leaders mentioned in this class
Who are Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Josef Stalin, and Emperor Hirohito?
This Egyptian leader leaned into both the United States and the Soviet Union for support before deciding to nationalize the Suez Canal in 1956
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
This is the state where Mr. Bell grew up
What is Iowa?
The international organization founded to prevent future wars created after World War I as well as the successor institution set up after World War II
What are the League of Nations and the United Nations?
The five nations at the Paris Peace Conference with five votes
What are Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and the United States?
The two countries annexed by Adolf Hitler before the outbreak of World War II
What are Austria and Czechoslovakia (which included the Sudetenland)?
The Communists defeated the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War in every part of the country except this island
What is Taiwan?
This is the country where Mr. Bell will get married this summer
What is England/Great Britain/United Kingdom?
The four main nations of the Allied Powers and the three main nations of the Axis Powers
What are:
Great Britain, China, the Soviet Union, the United States
and
Germany, Italy, Japan?
What is the United States?
Two totalitarian nations, Japan and Italy, left the League of Nations after launching invasions of these other member states
What are China and Ethiopia?
British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947 according to the size of these two religions
What are Hinduism and Islam?
This is the university where Mr. Bell received his Ph.D. in History
These two events, both of which occurred in 1941, were critical mistakes by the Axis Powers that significantly expanded World War II
What are the German invasion of the Soviet Union and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
This country joined World War I almost a year after it started with the hope of gaining new territories; at the Paris Peace Conference, it did not get as much as it had hoped for, leading to some more forceful acquisitions beginning in 1935
What is Italy?
These prohibited German Jews from marrying non-Jewish people, holding certain jobs, and claiming German citizenship
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
What is the Philippines?
Two other schools Mr. Bell has taught at
What are: Oberlin College, Amherst College, Emerson College, Boston University, Dongguan University of Technology (City College)