WWII wk 30-32
WWII ended in this year
What is 1945?
This is the name of British control over India
What is the Raj?
The political and social ideology which removes private ownership of land/property, where everything is communally owned.
What is communism?
In this decade most African countries gained their independence.
What is the 1960s?
No points: this is Mr. Calhoun's favorite pokemon
What is piplup/prinplup/empoleon?
Approximately this many people died in WWII
What is 55 million? (margin of error of 5 million, so if you got anything between 50-60 million you can get points.
This separated India into two separate countries
What is the Parition of India?
The main reason the Soviet Union collapsed
What is in economic ruin (housing crisis, food shortages, and widespread corruption are also acceptable)?
This important world leader was arrested for treason, imprisoned for almost 30 years, and became president of his country upon his release.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This is a major reason why the economies of Africa have not become self reliant after independence
What is their reliance on one to two cash craps, which itself is a remnant of colonialism when they were forced to only farm 1-2 crops and buy everything else from the imperializing country?
Germany attacked THIS country which started WWII
What is Poland?
This concept was used in South Africa, it was the separation of white and black citizens which harshly restricted the rights and freedoms of black citizens
What is apartheid?
These wars were fought in third world developing countries during the Cold War, and were ways that America and the Soviets could fight each other indirectly.
What are proxy wars?
This term, meaning lightning war, was the backbone of the German military strategy. It was bombing raids followed by swift tank charges, and ultimately foot soldiers.
What is blitzkrieg?
In America this was a period of time in which people were incredibly afraid of there being communist spies hiding amongst the general population, and the government organization HUAC was in charge of finding these "communist spies"
What is the Red Scare?
America dropped nuclear bombs on these two cities in Japan
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The creation of this organization as well as their charter led to the independence of numerous previously colonized nations
What is the United Nations?
THIS WAR occurred after Japan surrendered their colony after WWII. This colony was divided under the control of America and Russia, which then divided the country into two separate regions.
What is the Korean War?
This was the major evacuation of British forces from the beaches of France back to England, and was adapted into a movie in 2017 which starred Harry Styles.
What is Dunkirk/ the evacuation at Dunkirk?
Today Russia feels threatened by the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as more countries in Europe keep joining. This has prompted them to try and take control of of other countries around them, which caused this war
What is the Ukrain-Russian War/War in Ukraine?
This pact formed a three country union between Germany, Italy, and Japan
What is the tripartite pact?
This conflict between two nuclear powers is a major repercussion from the era of imperialism
What is the India-Pakistan conflict?
In Cambodia this group was supported by the North Vietnamese and Communist party, their rule over Cambodia led to a genocide.
What is the Khmer Rouge?
The German air force
What is the Luftwaffe?
The largest nuclear bomb ever tested
What is the Tsar Bomba?