The Superpowers
World War I
World War II
Civil Wars
The Cold War
100
Russia and this nation both emerged as the superpowers during this time period.
What is the United States
100
This is the year that the war started.
What is 1914
100
Pearl Harbor was bombed in this year.
What is 1941.
100
This country divided into a separate nationalist country and a communist country lead by Mao Zedong.
What is China.
100
These two nations were involved in the Cold War.
What is Russia and the United States
200
This union was in control of Russia.
What is the United Soviet Socialist Republics.
200
This is the year when the United States joined the war.
What is 1917.
200
After this evident, the United States decided to get involved in the war.
What is Pearl Harbor
200
World War I started as this type of war between the feuding countries within Europe.
What is a civil war.
200
This boundary of Soviet forces including Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Hungary emerged as a result of the Cold War.
What is the Eastern Bloc.
300
This American president was involved in the Bay of Pigs.
Who is John F. Kennedy.
300
This Archduke was murdered and in some people's opinion drove the start of the First World War.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand
300
This German leader was in power during this war.
Who is Adolf Hitler.
300
The wars in these Asian nations often changed the borders of the divider, pushing them north to the communist side, then back south to the socialist side and eventually back to it's original place.
What is North and South Korea
300
This British prime minister coined in the phrase "the iron curtain".
Who is Winston Churchill.
400
This Russian leader eliminated Stalinism once he came into power.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev
400
This nation was in extreme debt after the war.
What is Germany?
400
This British prime minister sparked hope in British citizens with his outstanding and motivational speeches.
Who is Winston Churchill.
400
Mao Zedong led this march into the Nationalist capital in China.
What is the long march
400
This is the plan created by the United States to help provide aid and substantial loans to aid the Western Nations.
What is the Marshall Plan.
500
The Cold War between the two superpowers lasted this many years.
What is 46 years
500
This is a common method of protection warfare during this time.
What is trenches
500
This is the nation that bombed Pearl Harbor.
What is Japan
500
This Asian nation is suspected to have nuclear weapons and it's civil war is dormant as of today, but tensions could rise and warfare could start at any moment.
What is North Korea.
500
This treaty organization was created in 1949 because of the Cold War. The countries in this organization include Mexico, Canada and the United States.
What is NATO (North American Treaty Organization)