Asia
An Asian country that rapidly industrialized in the 19th and 20th century
What is Japan?
The years the war started and ended
This ideology provided the justification for the overthrow of the Czar and the creation of a new type of state
What is communism?
This organization united western countries against the USSR
What is NATO?
German for "lighting-war", it describes the swift movement for German invasions
What is a blitzkrieg?
The Asian country that was home to the Cultural Revolution
What is China?
This man famously campaigned against the US entering WWI, but then led the country into war during his second term as president
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This man was a key leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
What is the Marshall plan?
The US program that developed the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
A common name for the power behind the Japanese throne in WWII
Who were the militarists?
This treaty ended WWI and is commonly credited as laying the conditions for WWII
What is the treaty of Versailles?
This man led the USSR during WWII, a key ally in helping the USA defeat Hitler
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This country reunited with its western counterpart after the end of the Cold War
What is East Germany?
Often called by historians a prelude to WWII
What is the Spanish Civil War?
The only two cities subject to attack by nuclear weapons
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The common term for type of warfare that killed millions in WWI, marked by little changes in territorial control.
What is Trench Warfare?
The invasion of this country led to the dissolution of the USSR in late 20th century
What is the USSR invasion of Afghanistan?
A type of economy in which the government decides what and how much to produce
What is a command economy?
This battle ended German progress into Russia
What is the siege of Stalingrad?
These are two of the four battles are considered key victories for the US against Japan in WWII
Battles of Okinawa OR Iwo Jima OR the Coral Sea OR the Midway
A telegram from Germany proposing an alliance with Mexico if the US entered WWI
This policy transitioned the new Bolshevik government away from war-time communism and to a more sustainable command economy
What is the New Economic Policy?
What is the Korean War?
This term describes the initial strategy for dealing with Hitler
What is appeasement?