A government that has control of the media, industry, public education, provides youth programs, and has a special police force.
What is totalitarianism?
100
A 90 day air assault that the Germans believed would weaken Britain and prepare the way for invasion.
What is the Battle of Britain?
100
Former European colonies strove for freedom from European countries in Asia and Africa.
What are independence movements?
100
A US backed regime in Cuba was defeated by this communist insurgent.
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
Oppressive policies by a white minority in this nation led to a system of separateness called apartheid. This protestor was jailed for years and finally released becoming president of the nation.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
This politician was legally voted to office promising the German people a rise to former glory, and blamed the Treaty of Versailles for German problems.
Who is Hitler?
200
Battles in North Africa were important in the early years of the war, and a lack of supplies led to the German loss to General Montgomery at this battle.
What is El-Alamein?
200
This organization was formed to provide dialogue over disputes among nations with a security council and headquarters in New York.
What is the League of Nations?
200
The security of Europe was at risk after WWII. An alliance was formed with European democracies and the US.
What is NATO?
200
Her book, "Silent Spring", led to environmental awareness and the birth of a global Earth Day.
Who is Rachel Carson?
300
Hitler and Mussolini both supported this war in Europe by providing arms to the insurgents.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
300
This invasion of French beaches began the effort to turn the tide of the war against Germany in Europe.
What is D-Day?
300
He led an Indian independence movement from Britain by supporting a Salt March and urging the people to spin their own cloth.
Who is Ghandi?
300
Winston Churchill warned the world about Soviet influence throughout eastern Europe and used this term to describe the east/west divide.
What is the "iron curtain"?
300
The idea of a global marketplace led the US to enter into this trade agreement with Mexico and Canada.
What is NAFTA?
400
In Nanjing China, the expansion of Japan was brutal and shocking to the world.
What is the Rape of Nanjing?
400
This last gasp effort on the part of the Germans was their last offensive battle in Europe before the fall of Berlin.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
400
This nation was created by UN mandate in 1948 as a homeland for Jewish refugees.
What is Israel?
400
The Soviets launched this into orbit leading the US to reform public education with more math and science in public schools.
What is Sputnik?
400
Al-Quada, Shining Path, IRA, Red Guard, Hamas, and the PLO rose up in modern society to achieve their political goals through the use of this tactic.
What is terrorism?
500
Italy flexed her muscles here and invaded this African nation.
What is Ethiopia?
500
The three WWII allied leaders met to confirm that they would not settle for less than unconditional surrender from Japan.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
500
By 1949 after support from the Soviet Union, Communist forces won the civil war in China for control of the government under his leadership.
Who is Mao Zedong?
500
A nationalist movement began in Vietnam to throw France out of the nation in 1946 under the leadership of this communist.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
500
To compete as an economic bloc European nations formed this to compete on the global market.