World War 1
The assassination of this man in 1914 was the spark that started World War 1.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
This was developed by Germany in the war as a weapon. Today use of it in war is banned by international rules.
Chlorine Gas
The global economy collapsed in 1929 and continued for the next 10 years in a period known as what?
The Great Depression
This event in 1939 was the final straw that began World War 2.
Germany's invasion of Poland
The Battle that was fought above the skies of England, between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe. Included the bombing of English cities
The Battle of Britain
The Blitz
Whose side was the US initially on at the beginning of World War 1?
No-one's. They remained neutral.
The main combatants in WW1 were: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire vs Britain, France, Russia, and the US. Despite all these countries being in the west, why is this war considered a "world war"?
All these countries used their imperial colonies to help fight the war. ex) France and Algeria, Britain and India, etc...
The US's economy seemed relatively unscathed in the 1920s in a period of growth known as this.
The Roaring 20s
This was the policy of Britain and France towards Germany wherein they made political, material, or territorial concessions to an Germany in order to avoid conflict.
Appeasement
The rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from a French port following German invasion of France
Dunkirk
Name all 4 MAIN causes of World War 1.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
This new weapon was actually developed long before World War 1, but this was the first large-scale war to utilize them. It was a new gun type that was able to fire hundreds of rounds a minute.
Maxim Machine Gun
Germany's economy experience massive issues in 1923 because of this.
Hyper-inflation. Printing lots of money.
Name 3 of the 5 main principles of Fascism.
Nation above the individual
Centralized, authoritarian government
Dictatorial leader
Severe economic and social control
Suppression of those who oppose the government
The United States dropped two nuclear bombs on which two Japanese cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This is the concept of warfare that includes any and all civilian-associated resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.
Total War
Name ONE principle of the Treaty of Versailles that punished Germany for the war.
Germany lost territory and colonial holdings
Germany was not allowed to amass another large military
Germany had to pay reparations to the winning countries
All blame for the war was placed on Germany
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to reverse the Great Depression through a program known as what?
The New Deal
This was the US's strategy towards Japan in the Pacific Theater during World War 2.
Island hopping. Capture small islands to eventually invade Japan.
This was a new technology developed in World War 2 that was incredibly deadly. Due to these weapons, the single largest amount of people killed in a single day occurred on March 9, 1945 when they were used against Tokyo, killing 100,000 people overnight.
Firebombing
This was a message intercepted by the US from Germany to Mexico. It asked Mexico to attack the United States and resulted in the US declaring war on Germany.
The Zimmerman Telegram
Which international body was created following World War 1 to help settle international disputes?
The League of Nations
This was Russia's (Soviet Union) attempt to stabilize the economy and rapidly industrialize.
Five Year Plans
Roughly describe the evolution of the war in the European theater during World War 2.
Germany initially crushed France and Britain and then the US entered the war and pushed back Germany through the D-Day invasion.
This Supreme Court decision upheld the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans as legal throughout the war.
Korematsu v United States