WWI
What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
Millitarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
This was the treaty that "resolved" WW 1
The Treaty of Versailles
This country was an example of "indirect rule" and as a result had a much more peaceful independence movement
Ghana
This person was one of the most famous leaders of the ANC
Nelson Mandela
This political philosophy is ultra-nationalist, often has a secret police force, and emphasizes alligiance to one man.
Fascism
This was the area between the trenches?
No Man's Land
Define ‘fascism’ and name one country in Europe adopted it.
A form of nationalism where there is one dictator in control and civilians have limited rights; Italy and Germany.
Tension rose between the Dutch and the English colonists in South Africa when
- Gold was discovered
- The British sought to outlaw slavery
This was the person who coined the term "Fascism"
Benito Mussolini
This was a legal system where a government forces people of different races to live completely apart. The word literally means "apart-ness" in Afrikaans.
Apartheid
The Triple Entente consisted of which countries?
France, Russia, Great Britain
Name three reasons for the beginning of World War 2
1. German Economic Depression
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Hitler's expansion
4. Rise of Fascism
The Dutch originally settled in South Africa during _______________ (time period)
1600s
This U.S. president ordered the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan
Harry Truman (Truman is accepted!)
This event in South Africa took place outside of the police station while civilians were protesting against the oppressive laws. The police opened fire, killing 69 people.
The Sharpeville Massacre
This was Germany's early strategy to invade France. What was it called?
The Von Schliefen Plan
This was the policy that Great Britain initially adopted toward Hitler's expansion.
Appeasement
The movement across Africa to secure equal rights, and unity for ALL African peoples was called
Pan-Africanism
This was the general who led the slave revolt in Haiti, initially
Toussaint Louverture
This was the name of the terrorist group who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Black Hand
Name 3 reasons the US entered WW1.
1. Unrestricted German submarine warfare
2. The Zimmerman Telegram
3. Money loaned to the allies
After annexing Austria, Hitler seized this region of Czechoslovakia
The Sudetenland
The four characteristics of a revolution (from the video in class) included Dissident Elites, Mass Frustration, State Crisis, and
Shared Motivation
This was the Emperor of Austria Hungary at the beginning of WW 1
Franz Joseph
What was the ‘Manhattan Project’? What were the names of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
A secret U.S.-led research and development program during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons; Little Boy and Fat Man