What are the three causes of WWI? Hint- Look to the isms and the truth shall set you free!
Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and system of alliances.
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What date did WWII begin? Why?
WWII begin on Sept. 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland.
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The cold war is invovling what two countries?
Soviet Union and United States
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This inventor has over 1000 patents, bust most notable were the light bulb and the phonorgraph.
Thomas Edison
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A meeting held invovling European nations after the reign of Napolean to promote peace and balance in Europe is known as _________________.
Congress of Vienna
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What are the four new weapons of war used during "The Great War?"
Posion Gas, Machine Gun, Tank, Submarine
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Specify which countries are the Axis Powers and Allied Powers.
Axis Powers- Germany, Japan, Italy
Allied Powers- Great Britain, France, Russia, United States
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Explain the two incidents that resulted in the two super powers engaging in a cold war.
Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany and United States and it's allies waiting until 1944 to force Hitler into a two-front war.
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Who were the Wright Brothers?
Created the airplane in 1903.
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________________________ was a meeting involving 14 European countries to discuss how to divide up Africa to avoid conflict.
Berlin Conference
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Specify which countries formed the Central Powers/Triple Alliance and Allied Powers/ Triple Entente. (Make sure you clarify countries alliances in WWI & WWII)
Triple alliance/Central Powers- Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente/ Allied Powers- Britain, France, and Russia
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What three countries were known as aggressors during WWII? Give an example of one country they invaded.
(Japan, Italy, Germany)
Japan invaded Manchria, China, Vietnam, etc. 1931
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Germany- Rhineland, Poland, etc.
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Explain the domino theory. What evidents is presented to support Eisenhowers claim.
Domino Theory pertains to the spread of communism in Asia (once one Asian country falls to communism, they all fall). China and North Korea, falls to communism. Eventually all of vietnam suffers the same fate.
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Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union during the 1980's.
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This "term" is used to describe a complete separation of the races. Term most used in South Africa.
Apartheid-Used in South Africa to completely segregate white and black people.
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Explain total war using, rationing, and propaganda as examples.
Total war is when a country devotes all of it's resources to war efforts. Examples of total war occurs when countries ration small items by limiting the amount of goods people could buy. Another example of total occurs when governments censor the information being given to the public by the media to maintain positive morale.
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Define Blitzkrieg. What country did Hitler implement this philosophy? Which country helped Hitler accomplish this task?
Blitzkrieg is a lightning fast war. The strategy was effective against Poland, with the help of Stalin.
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What is the United Nations? Who are the five permanent members of the United Nations?
United Nations is an international organization created in 1945 to protect it's members against aggression. The five permanent members are the United States, Soviet Union(Russia), China, France, Great Britain.
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A popular uprising led by college students in 1989 is known as _____________________.
Tiananmen Square
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What country attained their independence from Great Britain in 1947? What other country was formulated as a result of this independence?What country attained their independence from the British in 1948?
India attained their independence from Great Britain in 1947. Hindu's and Muslims divided up India and created in a new country in Pakistan. Pakistan would become a Muslim country as India becomes a Hindu country. Israel attained their independence in 1948.
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Identify four major components of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
The treaty created the League of Nations, war-guilt clause on Germany, taken Germany territory, and limited the size of the Germany army.
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What two cities did the United States drop the atomic bomb? What are two popular reasons why the United States decide to use such a devastating weapon?
U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. United States decided to use this devastating weapon because of the fear of losing 500,000 American troops and two show the world (soviets) our strength.
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What years were the United States involved militarily in the Vietnam War? Did the United States attain it's objective? Why or Why not?
The United States was invovled militarily in the Cold War from 1964-1973. The United States instituted a policy known as Vietnamization and completely evacuated all troops from Vietnam by 1973. By 1975, Vietnam was completely overran by communism.
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Who was Czar Nicholas II and Menelik II?
Czar Nicholas was the leader of Russia during WWI. Czar Nicholas was forced to step down as Russia embarks on a Russian Revolution.
Menelik II- became emperor of Ethiopia in 1889. Only African nation to resist Europeans during the age of imperialism.
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What are two reasons that led to the fall of the Soviet Union?
Nationalism(self-rule), Reforms, economic turmoil, CIS(Commonwealth of Indepdendent States)- loose formation of Soviet territories. On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.