what were the allied powers? What were the axis powers?
Allied: Britain, United States of America, and France.
Axis: Italy, Germany, and Japan.
100
Who developed the concept of "survival of the fittest"?
What is Charles Darwin
100
Name three events that lead to World War II
What is Treaty of Versailles, Rise of Hitler, Communism, World Wide Economic Depression, Militarism, Appeasement, Fascism, Japanese Expansion.
100
Which philosophical movement served as a primary influence on the American Declaration of Independence of 1776?
What is the enlightenment
200
The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
What is militarism
200
Name of the territory in which Hitler sent troops into in defiance of the Versailles treaty in 1935.
What is Rhineland
200
Under which chancellor did Germany unify itself?
What is Otto von Bismarck
200
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor
200
In the 19th century, which religious movement fought to create a Jewish state in Palestine?
What is Zionism
300
The interpretation of human progress through history, analysis of politics, and influence of economics.
What is marxism
300
Traders from which nation introduced opium from India to China?
What is Britain
300
Which group overthrew the head of the Ottoman Empire in 1908?
What is Young Turks
300
Which nation suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Crimean War?
What is Russia
300
What government body was established in 1885 to give a voice to Indian concerns and views?
What is the Indian National Congress
400
Which 1900 rebellion sought to expunge foreigners and their influence from China?
What is the Boxer Rebellion
400
The Soviet Union was secretly building nuclear missile launch sites which could have been used for a sneak-attack on the United States, this is known as
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
400
In the early 1800s, which revolutionary Latin American figure sought to create a United States of Latin America?
What is Simon Bolivar
400
This period of time following World War II is where the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers and faced off in an arms race that lasted nearly 50 years.
What is the Cold War
400
The collapse of colonial empires. Between 1947 and 1962, practically all former colonies in Asia and Africa gained independence.
What is de-colonization
500
International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join.
What is League of Nations
500
City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
What is Hiroshima
500
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
What is Stalin
500
1967) Short conflict between Egypt and her allies against Israel won by Israel; Israel took over the Golan Heights , The West Bank of the Jordan River; and the Sanai Peninsula.
What is Six Day War
500
An economic organization consisting primarily of Arab nations that controls the price of oil and the amount of oil its members produce and sell to other nations.
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries