Age of Imperialism
Which revolution fueled western Imperialism?
The industrial revolution.
Prior to World War 1, which countries formed the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Who founded the Fascist Party and created the first Fascist regime?
Benito Mussolini
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What city and country did the Yalta Conference divide between the U.S., Britain, France, and Soviet Union?
Berlin - Germany
What 2 countries in Africa were left free during the Age of Imperialism ?
Liberia and Ethiopia
What was the Nanking Massacre. Who was involved?
A brutal military campaign by Japanese forces resulting in the mass killing and other atrocities on the people in the capital city of China; Nanking.
Post World War I, what was the purpose of the Dawes Plan?
The Dawes Plan was a $200 million loan from the U.S. to Germany to help stabilize their economy after World War 1 and allowed them to pay their reparations to the allied countries.
Through the Non-Aggression Pact, Hitler promised to divide up which country with Stalin?
Poland
TRUE or FALSE: Greece was part of the Soviet Union Satellite Staes.
FALSE
What term describes a territory/country with its own government but under the control of an outside power
What was the purpose of the Gallipoli Campaign?
The Allies were trying to get to Constantinople to know the Ottomans out of the war and provide a supply line to their ally, Russia
Name FOUR countries that formed after World War I.
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Finland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia
When did the Holocaust take place?
1933 - 1945
Describe the concept of the "iron curtain".
A symbolic division separating communist Eastern Europe and the democratic Western Europe.
Describe the Berlin Conference.
1884–1885. The major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa, regulating European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism era.
Otto von Bismarck’s goal was to isolate France, he did so by making the Reinsurance Treaty. What two countries was this treaty between?
Germany Empire & Russian Empire
Describe the League of Nations response to the aggression by nations leading up to the outbreak of World War II.
The League remained passive towards the aggression, protesting it but not taking any significant action to stop it.
What was Operation Barbarossa?
Germany's code name for their plan to turn on Russia and invade them.
What two regions around the World did decolonization mostly occur?
Africa and Asia
Which type of colonial control was mostly used by the British?
Indirect Control - allowing local rulers to exercise authority in their communities
What are considered the 5 main causes of WWI?
M.A.N.I.A.
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination
What were the Protocols of the Elder of Zion?
A book published in a Russian newspaper detailing the blaming of Jewish people for a variety of societal issues.
It took place in a region of France called Normandy, it was the largest land and sea attack in history, the allied forces fought their way on to a 60 mile stretch of beaches, and it was codenamed "operation overload". What event of WWII does this describe.
D-DAY
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
Bonus: What two countries were the first to receive aid under the Truman Doctrine? (+200 points)
Greece and Turkey.