Imperialism
The practice of a stronger nation economically and/or politically controlling weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
Armies moved to this style of fighting to combat the harm of new military technology.
What is trench warfare?
These payments were required from Germany after World War I.
What are reparations?
This attack brough the United States into World War II.
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The intentional murder of a group/race.
What is genocide?
This continent was the primary focus of European imperialism in the late 1800s.
What is Africa?
This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Who were the Central Powers?
Germany experienced this after World War I due to large war debts and printing too much money.
What is hyperinflation?
Germany's "lightning war" strategy was known by this term.
What is Blitzkrieg?
This extermination camp became the most infamous symbol of the Holocaust.
What was Auschwitz?
This meeting divided Africa among European powers in 1884 - 1885.
What was the Berlin Conference?
This treaty officially ended World War I, putting all the blame on this country.
What are the Treaty of Versailles and Germany?
This policy involved giving in to Hitler's demands to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
Daily Double: Germany invaded this territory first, and when there was no response from the rest of Europe, it emboldened him to keep going.
What is the Rhineland?
Nazis used this term when referring to their plan to murder all Jews in Europe.
What was the Final Solution?
This idea claimed certain nations and races were naturally superior to others and therefore had the right to dominate those weaker nations/peoples.
What is Social Darwinism?
The assassination of this man sparked World War I.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
In order to avoid the potential for war on two fronts, Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
These three Allied leaders were known as the Big Three.
Who were Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin?
Daily Double: These 1935 laws stripped Jews of citizenship and many legal rights.
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
King Leopold II ruled this colony with brutality. He is remembered for his use of extreme brutality (like cutting off hands) to force workers to gather rubber for export.
What is the Belgian Congo?
These were the four main causes of World War I, best remembered by the acronym MAIN.
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
This political system emphasized dictatorship, nationalism, and government control.
What is fascism?
This battle was the last major offensive of the German army. After this battle, German soldiers were on the run.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
This 1938 event is known as the "Night of Broken Glass" because Nazis terrorized and destroyed Jewish property.
What is Kristalnacht?