Government Systems
What type of government controls all aspects of citizens' lives?
Totalitaianism
What alliance action helped start WWI?
Countries defending allies when attacked
Who were the Allied leaders?
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
How did countries try to prevent future wars after WWI & WWII?
Created international organizations
What program helped the U.S. recover from the Great Depression?
New Deal
What system is led by a dictator, uses nationalism, and suppresses opposition?
Fascism
What event sparked WWI?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on Japan?
To avoid U.S. casualties in an invasion
Why did the League of Nations fail?
Lacked military power
What medical advancement reduced WWII infections?
Antibiotics
What is always true about totalitarian governments?
They control most aspects of citizens’ lives
What weapon led to trench warfare and high casualties?
Machine guns
Where were most concentration camps located?
Germany and Poland
What caused Germany’s hyperinflation?
Printing excessive money to pay reparations
How did Albert Einstein impact science?
New understanding of space and time
What example shows a totalitarian society in 1930s Germany?
Dictator controlling mass media
What economic effect did Germany face after WWI?
Severe inflation
Why did Japan expand in the 1930s?
To gain raw materials
What caused economic struggles in Europe after WWI?
War debts and reparations
What was the main goal of genocide (like the Holocaust)?
Eliminate an entire group of people
What ideology is associated with Lebensraum and Aryan race beliefs?
Nazism
What major condition contributed to the Russian Revolution?
Labor unrest
Why did Germany fail in its invasion of the Soviet Union?
Harsh winter
What effect did U.S. occupation have on Europe after WWII?
Strengthened democracies
What was one major action Lenin took after gaining power?
Introduced the New Economic Policy