A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded a British tea ship and dumped every crate into the harbor is known as
The Boston Tea Party
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The troops of what country turned the tide of the war in 1918?
the United States
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What event caused the American entrance into World War II?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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What nation was recognized on May 15, 1948?
Israel
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A nation with its own independent government is known as what?
A nation-state
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Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
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What nation's actions caused the United States to fight in World War I?
Germany
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What name is given to the day in which the war ended in Europe?
V-E Day
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After the USSR discontinued all land traffic between Berlin and West Germany, the West provided supplies between West Germany and 2,100,000 Berlin residents. This assistance is called what?
the Berlin Airlift
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What is Karl Marx most closely associated with?
Communism
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Where was Napoleon born?
Corsica
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Describe the Schlieffen Plan.
German plan to attack and defeat the French and quickly turn and fight the Russians.
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Approximately how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
6 million
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What was the "Domino Principle" of the Cold War?
If one nation went communist, those nations bordering it would soon be communist as well.
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In what Bosnian city was Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated on June 28, 1914?
Sarajevo
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Who emerged as the Committee of Public Safety's leading personality during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
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What is total war?
When a nation devotes all resources to win a war.
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What was the last major Germany offensive during World War II?
the Battle of the Bulge
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What was designed specifically to correlate and evaluate intelligence activity which related to national security?
Central Intelligence Agency
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What leader became the political ruler of the Ottoman Empire in 1520 at the age of 26?
Suleiman I
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What were the three causes of instability in France from 1792-1795?
Religious divisions, economic crisis, war
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A conflict between what two nations sparked World War I?
Austria-Hungary and Serbia
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In what ways did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?
Introduced a military draft, remilitarized the Rhineland, rearmed Germany
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What two nations were deemed "superpowers" following World War II?
the Soviet Union and the US
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Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?