World War I Era
•What did strategic mobility out pace?
tactical mobility
•What did Stalin do to offset the Great Depression?
Started 5-year plans for economic growth
•Why did Truman feel he had "lost China?”
He realized China had become communist
Why was the first Earth Day a success?
it was a bottom up grass roots organization
•Who was the first woman to orbit the earth?
Valentina Tereshkova
•What was one of the main causes of World War I ?
nationalism
•What brought the United States into World War 2?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
What was the “domino theory”?
The fall of more Asian states to communism
•Why is air and water pollution better today than in 1970s?
new environmental legislation and regulation
•Participating in the Olympics for your country is a form of?
nationalism
•What is "Total War" ?
effort required to win a war of attrition
•What was the strategic plan to defeat Japan in World War 2?
island hopping
•Who would engage in a nuclear arms race that constantly increased the destructive capability of both sides?
USSR and USA
•What is the most prominent and dangerous of human alteration to the environment?
global climate change
•In 1989 what disbanded ending the Cold War?
The Soviet Union (USSR)
•What were the cultural consequences of World War I?
human advancement became the tools of destruction
•Where did the US end up using this new weapon first?
Hiroshima
•What was the US policy of containment?
Aimed to stop Soviet aggression through diplomatic and economic pressure and military counter pressure
•What is the most obvious and productive long-term response to the problem of conflict and war in the modern world?
promote economic development
Why are terrorist organizations termed "virtual states?“
states floating on the network, built around interests that usually cross borders, no geographic home
•Countries had industrial jobs that needed to replace workers who joined armies. What resource did countries use?
women
•“Holocaust" is a Greek word meaning “to sacrifice by fire. We use it today to refer to the mass murder by Nazis from 1933-1945. What did the German's refer to it as?
The Final Solution
•What was the first artificial satellite placed in orbit during the Space Race?
Sputnik
Even though pay equality does not exist yet in the US, what historical advances have women made in the US?
more women are: attending college, have college degrees and are in the workforce
•History is a way of understanding the world and making it more meaningful. It is a form of?
storytelling