19th Century
His army was destroyed by the Russian winter in 1812.
Napoleon
The author of the Communist Manifesto who described the plight of the proletariat.
Karl Marx
What was the main cause of World War I?
The assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914.
This global economic disaster officially ended with the start of the Second World War in 1939.
The Great Depression.
After World War II this U.S.-sponsored program supplied much-needed economic aid to western Europe.
Marshall Plan
The Boers, who established colonies in 19th century South Africa, are from what country?
Holland or Netherlands
The Bolsheviks were the majority group in the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party led by this man.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The acronym MAIN regarding WWI stands for Militarism, __________, Imperialism and Nationalism.
Alliances
The war in the Pacific began on December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the American naval base at __________
Pearl Harbor
Kennedy’s expansion stemmed in part from Cold War-era fears about the _________: if communism took hold in Vietnam, it would topple democracies throughout the whole of Southeast Asia, it was thought.
Domino Theory
The four major motives for "imperialism" are economic, strategic, religious and _________?
Political
By March 1917, public support for Tsar Nicholas had collapsed and he was forced to abdicate the throne, thereby ending this dynasty's 304-year rule of Russia.
Romanov
The Central Powers consisted mainly of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and _________?
Turkey
Why did Hitler start WWII?
Adolf Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion, which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit of Lebensraum, “living space” that would enable Germans to become economically self-sufficient and militarily secure.
The Cold War turned hot in 1950 when Soviet-backed troops from this country invaded South Korea.
North Korea
This event in 1848 was organized to discuss the rights of women.
The Seneca Falls Convention
The first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917, in which the monarchy was overthrown and replaced by the Provisional Government.
February Revolution
The widespread use of machine guns and rapid-firing artillery pieces on the Western Front meant that any exposed soldier was vulnerable. Protection from enemy fire could only be achieved by digging into the earth and was known by this term.
Trench Warfare
What event finally ended WWII?
Hundreds of thousands were killed in firebombings of Japanese cities, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 forced Japan to surrender.
The stationing of nuclear-armed missiles in this country brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war in October 1962.
Cuba
This disaster that began in Ireland in 1845 was caused by a disease in the crops.
The Irish Potato Famine
The October Revolution in Russia started on 1917 November 7 (October 25 o.s.). The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Leon Trotsky and overthrew the previous ________________ led by Alexander Kerensky.
Russian Provisional Government
This British ocean liner’s demise contributed indirectly to the United States’ entry into World War I. In 1915 it was sunk by a German U-boat, resulting in the death of 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
The Lusitania
More than one million Soviet troops and tens of thousands of civilians died in the defense of this Russian city, but the destruction of two entire German armies marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich.
The Battle of Stalingrad (February 1943).
Name three (3) countries who were part of the Warsaw Pact.
Romania, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia