WWII
The Holocaust
Before WWII
Cold War
Grab Bag
100
This was the German military strategy based on surprise and overwhelming force.
What was blitzkrieg?
100
This was Hitler's plan to systematically kill the entire Jewish population of Germany.
What was the Final Solution?
100
This word describes U.S. foreign policy towards Europe in the 1930's.
What is isolationism?
100
Winston Churchill once said about Communism that "an ___________ ______________ has descended across the Continent."
What was an iron curtain?
100
This German military strategy meaning "lightning war" used surprise and overwhelming force.
What was Blitzkrieg?
200
This action by Hitler finally caused Britian and France to declare war on Germany in 1939.
What was the invasion of Poland?
200
These laws in Germany deprived Jews of rights and citizenship.
What were the Nuremburg laws?
200
This country was punished severely by the Versailles Treaty after WWI.
What was Germany?
200
This was the policy of limiting communism to areas already under Soviet Control.
What was containment?
200
This was the plan to send food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe.
What was the Marshall Plan?
300
During this battle, the British Royal Air Force stopped the advance of the German Luftwaffe over the English Channel in 1940.
What was the Battle of Britain?
300
This is approximately the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust.
What is 6 million?
300
Hitler annexed this country in 1938 in what was called the Anschluss.
What is Austria?
300
This organization was formed as Stalin's reaction to the creation of NATO.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
300
During the Chinese Civil War this was the leader of the Communists.
Who was Mao Tse Tung?
400
At this conference the allies planned to divide Germany into four occupation zones after the war.
What was the Yalta Conference?
400
The State of Israel was international recognized in 1949 by what this organization.
What is the United Nations?
400
This event was the most immediate cause of WWI.
What was the assassination of Francis (Franz) Ferdinand?
400
The launch of this satellite caused the U.S. to invest in education and technology.
What was Sputnik?
400
This was Stalin's attempt to eliminate opposition to his power between 1934 and 1939.
What was the Great Purge?
500
At this conference Hitler promised he would not annex any more territory after taking western Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland).
What was the Munich Conference?
500
This attack of Jewish homes and businesses on November 9th, 1938 became known as the Night of Broken Glass.
What was kristallnacht?
500
This treaty brought about the end of Russia's involvement in WWI.
What was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
500
This was Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of allowing some capitalism in the USSR.
What was perestroika?
500
This term refers to people who felt that the Jews should have their own country.
What are Zionists?
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