World War I
This event is often considered the "spark" that started World War I.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This leader promised to restore order and pride to Germany after WWI.
Adolf Hitler
WWII began when Germany invaded this neighboring country.
Poland
Symbol of the cold war that collapsed in 1989
Berlin Wall
This term refers to the increasing connection of countries through trade, culture, and communication.
Globalization
These are considered the four main causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
After WWI, this type of government became more popular in countries like Italy and Germany.
Dictatorship
This event ended the war in the Pacific and involved a powerful new type of weapon.
Atomic bombs in Japan
This economic system was promoted by the U.S., while the Soviet Union promoted communism.
Capitalism
This term describes when a population isn’t growing or shrinking.
Zero population growth (ZPG)
Trench warfare led to this kind of fighting, where neither side could gain much ground.
Stalemate
This leader of the Soviet Union used purges and censorship to keep control in the interwar period.
Joseph Stalin
An agreement to stop fighting is called....
An armistice
The imaginary line dividing Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.
Iron Curtain
This North African country was where the Arab Spring first began.
Tunisia
The treaty that ended WWI forced this country to accept full blame for the war.
Germany
A policy of giving in to an aggressor to avoid war, often associated with British leaders before WWII.
Appeasement
This was held to put former Nazis on trial for the crimes they committed during the war
Nuremberg Trials
This event brought the world close to nuclear war when missiles were placed near the U.S.
Cuban Missle Crisis
A pyramid that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom suggests this problem for the future.
Aging population or population decline
The name of the treaty to end WWI
Treaty of Versailles
During the 1930s, many countries turned to authoritarian leaders partly because of this global problem.
The Great Depression
This document, created in 1948 by the United Nations, outlines basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to.
UDHR or Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What event did the USA boycott in the 1980s?
Olympics
This model explains how birth and death rates change as a country industrializes.
Demographic transition model