Out of the new governments formed in Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia after WWI, which country/countries formed (a) democracy/democracies?
Only Turkey.
100
What new fighting strategy did the Japanese employ against the Americans at Leyte Gulf?
kamikaze pilots
100
The Soviet Union threatened to drop nuclear bombs on Britain and France during what conflict?
Suez War
100
This group took power in Afghanistan, restoring order after the communist government was defeated by the mujahideen.
the Taliban
200
Name for a woman who wanted voting rights.
Suffragette
200
Who conducted the Great Purge, and why?
Stalin, to get rid of members of the Communist Party who he thought might not be loyal to him.
200
Which area of Czechoslovakia did Hitler want to take over, and how did he use propaganda to get the German people to support this?
Sudetenland; newspapers published articles that Czechs were attacking German-speakers
200
Why was the UN able to attack North Korea, and what percentage of the UN troops sent to Korea were American?
Soviet Union was boycotting UN because China was represented by the ROC; 90%
200
Because of these, Britain decided to partition India.
Religious riots in major cities.
300
Name 3 countries that were in the Triple Entente/Allies at the beginning of the war, and 2 countries that joined later.
Beginning: Britain, France, Russia
Later: Italy, USA, China, Japan
300
What started the violence between the KMT and the Communists in China?
Chiang Kai-shek killed many communist leaders in a surprise attack known as the Shanghai Massacre.
300
Who passed the Neutrality Acts, and what did they say that nation couldn't do?
USA; sell supplies to nations at war/civil war
300
What two events caused Mao to lose some prestige (face) in China?
failure of the Great Leap Forward; declining relationship with Soviet Union
300
This man led South Africa when apartheid was ended and Nelson Mandela was freed from prison.
Frederik de Klerk
400
Why did Germany lose the Second Battle of the Marne?
To try and end the war, the German army had been charging out of its trenches to take land from the Allies. This caused many casualties for the German army, so that by the time they got to the Marne River the Allies were able to drive their tanks right through the German lines.
400
What is surrealism and which thinker influenced it?
A genre of art that goes "beyond reality", painting realistic-looking images in illogical or dream-like ways. Influenced by Freud's idea of the unconscious.
400
Which 2 Balkan states fought against Hitler's invasion?
Greece and Yugoslavia
400
What policy (also implemented by Yeltsin after the collapse of the Soviet Union) hurt the economy in Czechoslovakia so badly that it split into 2 countries?
shock therapy (the immediate switch to capitalism)
400
This man, whose wife was beloved by the people, was dictator of Argentina-- TWICE!
Juan Peron
500
Explain what the Schieiffen Plan was, and why it didn't work.
Germany wanted to quickly defeat France and then fight Russia (to avoid fighting on 2 fronts). It didn't work because at the First Battle of the Marne, Germany did not conquer France and both sides dug into trenches.
500
Why did the middle class support Mussolini's fascist takeover of Italy?
The middle class was afraid that the communists might gain power, and they would rather by ruled by fascists so they could keep their property.
500
What was the "Phantom Army", and what was its purpose?
The "Phantom Army" was a fake army set up to trick the Nazis, so they would not find out where/when the Allies would attack Normandy.
500
Under this policy by Gorbachev, churches could reopen, political prisoners were released from prison, and the Soviet Union had more freedom of the press.
glasnost
500
During what conflict did Israel gain control over the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, the West Bank, and Jerusalem?