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At the time of Napoleon’s invasion in 1798, Egypt was a(n) ____________ territory.
Ottoman
On what island(s) did Chiang Kai-shek found the Republic of China?
Taiwan
What two structures did the Taliban attack on September 11, 2001?
The Twin Towers and the Pentagon
The Treaty of ________________ ended World War I.
Versailles
Who arranged the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in order to protect his country’s interest?
Otto von Bismarck
Which man became Russia’s first dictator?
Vladimir Lenin
This woman staged a coup against her adopted son.
Cixi
The _________ _______ is a body of water that is located directly north of Turkey.
Black Sea
________________ was president during World War II and died shortly before the war ended.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Meiji is a title meaning _______________.
“enlightened rule”
The Schlieffen Plan called for the Germans to send forces west through this neutral country
Belgium
What country competed with Britain for control of India?
France
The Allies finally achieve victory in Europe on ________________.
May 8, 1945
Hitler referred to his German empire as the __________________.
Third Reich
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs over cities in _____________.
Japan
Once the Communist forces in Greece were defeated, Greece quickly joined _____________ and sought to maintain close ties with the United States and Western Europe.
NATO
Some predict that by 2025 sixty percent of the world’s population will live in ______________.
Urban areas
Benito Mussolini became the dictator of this country.
Italy
The Paris Peace Conference in 1919 excluded countries that supported the _____________ Powers.
Central
According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany could not form a political alliance with _______________.
Austria
The Solidarity movement was supported by what religious group?
The Roman Catholic Church
The Common Market is an economic union that began in _____________.
Europe
Al Qaeda and the Taliban are radical organizations that practice what religion?
Islam
Most nations in __________ are experiencing a decline in population due to low birth rates.
Europe
A _______________ war is a war in which all the resources of a country are devoted to destroy the enemy
Total
Albert Einstein is the father of modern ________________.
Physics
Who became the supreme Allied commander in the Pacific?
Douglas MacArthur
Woodrow Wilson led in the formation of the ________________.
League of Nations
The Jews overwhelmed a superior Arab force in the __________________.
Six-Day War
Napoleon’s army suffered great losses due to harsh winter weather while retreating from ______________.
Russia
The resource remains the main source of energy for transportation, heat, and the production of energy.
Oil
During the 1990s Afghanistan came under the control of a radical Muslim group called the ______________.
Taliban
Wahhabism is a radical branch of which religion?
Islam
Which country invaded Iran in 1980 and engaged in a war that led to over three hundred thousand deaths?
Iraq
Which African country became the first to achieve independence?
Ghana
What government program helped provide educational opportunities for the returning veterans of World War II.
The G.I. Bill
What country competed with Britain for control of India?
France
Saddam Hussein invaded this country in 1990 and seized its oil reserves.
Kuwait
The Internet was first developed for the U.S. _________.
Military
The Soviets took the lead in the race to place machines in space. In 1957 Soviet scientists launched _____________, the first man-made satellite.
The __________________ is an economic and political alliance of nearly thirty European nations.
European Union
Russia invaded this country in 1979 but left in 1989 after experiencing growing losses with no prospect of victory.
Afghanistan
A ____________________ market is composed of economic and monetary zones that cross national boundaries and include multiple states.
Single
This general defeated the German forces that threatened British control of Egypt.
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mohandas Gandhi helped this country achieve its independence
India
This Japanese general expanded his country’s military power.
Hideki Tojo
This American president helped spread democracy to other countries and promoted the Space Defense Initiative.
Reagan
______________ ______________ is the theory that the earth is warming, and that the warming is due to man-made emissions.
Global Warming
This American general led U.S. troops in North Africa and Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the 1930s, this American president established a number of federal agencies that were supposed to create jobs and bring America out of the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pierre and Marie Curie pioneered work in _________________.
Radioactive matter
This Russian czar abolished serfdom.
Alexander II
The CFA franc is a currency used on which continent?
Africa
The Decembrist Revolt occurred in _________.
Russia
The _____________ _____________ is an economic and political alliance of nearly thirty European nations.
European Union
The ________________ ______________ is an economic and political alliance of nearly thirty European nations.
European Union