World War I
Between the Wars
World War II
The Cold War
ALL
100
What was wartime name for the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
Central Powers
100
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
100
The name of the German air force.
Luftwaffe
100
What was the name of the American foreign policy that aimed to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
100
The term which refers to a stronger country dominating another.
Imperialism
200
The term which refers to devotion and loyalty to one’s nation.
Nationalism
200
The fascist ruler of Italy during the 1920s and 1930s.
Benito Mussolini
200
The term for giving in to an aggressor to avoid war and keep peace.
Appeasement
200
The name for the effort to send aid to European countries to help rebuild after WWII.
Marshall Plan
200
Which cause of World War I involved European nations competing in an arms race and building up their armies?
Militarism
300
Which country inflicted (caused) a genocide on Armenian people?
Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
300
A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule.
fascism
300
The turning point battle on the Eastern Front, ending in Soviet Victory during WWII.
Battle of Stalingrad
300
Which Soviet leader introduced perestroika and other reforms to the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
300
What is the name of the Chinese city in which thousands of people were killed by Japanese troops?
Nanking (Nanjing)
400
When World War I broke out, which country left its alliance and switched sides?
Italy
400
What was Lenin’s famous slogan?
Peace, Land, Bread
400
What is the name of the German mobile killing units responsible for massacres of Jews in Eastern Europe?
Einsatzgruppen
400
What was the name for the boundary separating the Communist countries of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of Western Europe?
Iron Curtain
400
Who became president of the United States after Roosevelt died near the end of WWII?
Harry Truman
500
Who was the leader of Germany during World War I?
Kaiser Wilhelm
500
Which two people competed against one another for the leadership of the Communist Party after Lenin’s death?
Stalin and Trotsky
500
The United States dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities in August 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
What was the name of the alliance of Eastern European nations led by the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Warsaw Pact
500
Which best describes the motive for Japan’s expansion in Asia and the Pacific before WWII?
Japan needed natural resources
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