WW 1
The sinking of this ship was one of the reasons that the US entered WWI.
the Lusitania
Who led the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917?
Hitler led this party in Germany.
Nazis
Name of the communist leader of the Soviet Union during WWII.
Joseph Stalin
Name the treaty that ended WWI.
The Versailles Treaty
What are the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The fascist dictator that ruled Italy was named ____.
Benito Mussolini
Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, was defeated at this decisive battle in Egypt.
The Battle of El Alamein
This man led the Chinese communists during the Long March.
Mao Zedong
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 sparking WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Name two technological innovations that were developed or first used widely during WWI.
tanks
aircraft
zeppelins
poison gas
gas masks
machine guns
In the years leading up to WWII, Britain and France followed a policy of _________ in order to avoid fighting another war.
appeasement
Name the two cities in Japan that were bombed by the United States in 1945.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
This was the name of the promise that was made to the Jews to build a homeland in Palestine.
Balfour Declaration
The Zimmerman Note/Telegram
Who ruled Russia before the February/March Revolution in 1917?
Czar Nicolas
What was the name of the invasion of the beach at Normandy?
D-Day
This event is often cited as the main cause of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday/Crash of the stock exchange
List three of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points.
1. No secret alliances
2. Freedom of the seas
3. Creation of the League of Nations
4. Self-determination
What does U.S.S.R. stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Name the military leader of Japan during WWII.
Hideki Tojo
What is the term for lightning war (a tactic used by Hitler during the early years of WWII)?
Blitzkrieg
The term used to describe Americans buying stock on credit.
"Buying on margin"