Pick a World War!
The dug-out structure in which most of WW1 was fought.
What are Trenches?
The international peacekeeping organization created after WW2...
What is the United Nations?
This economic system usually results in government ownership of business and aims to create a classless society.
What is communism?
The leader of Communist China...
Who was Mao Zedong?
This dictator established "Five Year Plans" in their country following their communist revolution in 1917.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
This 1914 event was the start of "spark" that started WW1
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
In May 1948, this nation was created...
DOUBLE JEOPARDY IF YOU CAN TELL ME THE NAME OF THE LAND ON WHICH THIS NATION WAS SETTLED
What is Israel?
What is Palestine?
The competition between the USSR and the USA to be the first man on the moon was known as...
What was the Space Race?
This man was overthrown (and the family dynasty) during the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
Who is the Romanov family?
This dictator coined the term "fascism." (fascismo)
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The invasion of this nation is often considered the start of world war 2 in Europe.
What is the invasion of Poland?
What is the European Union?
This conflict started in the 1950s, however, there has never been any sort of peace agreement to end this conflict and the nation remains divided at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
The communist party in Russia that attempted two coups (and eventually succeeded!)...
Double Jeopardy if you can tell me their leader and slogan!
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Who was Vladimir Lenin, and what was "Peace, land, and bread?"
This dictator came to power in 1979 in Iraq.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
The terrible economic conditions in this nation following WW1 allowed for this leader to gain power.
What is Germany, and who is Adolf Hitler?
What is the Persian Gulf War?
This was a 28 year old barricade was torn down over night, officially ending the divide between east in west in Germany's capital city.
What was the Berlin Wall?
This mystical medicine man was accused of corrupting the Czarina, and for "curing" the czar's son...
Who was Rasputin?
This man was prime minister of Japan during WW2 (1941-1944).
Who is Hideki Tojo?
This treaty ended WW1.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT THE TREATY DID.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
1. Punished Germany
2. War guilt clause
3. Reparations
4. Demilitarized Germany
This conflict (intended to be short) began in 1980 when Saddam Hussein invaded a neighboring nation...
DOUBLE JEOPARDY IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW LONG THE WAR LASTED
What is the Iran-Iraq War?
What is 8 years?
This Soviet leader was responsible for Glasnost and Perestroika, two policies which caused the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
A 1958 plan meant to industrialize China was known as...
What is the "Great Leap Forward?"
The dictator in Spain...
Who was Francisco Franco?