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Turn of the Century
World War One
Interwar- 20s and 30's
World War Two
Cold War and Middle East Conflicts
100
The nations of the Triple Entente
What are Britain, Russia and France?
100
The first purpose for aircraft in the war.
What is reconnaissance [spying on the enemies armies]?
100
The dictator who took over rule of the Soviet Union after Lenin's death.
Who is Josef Stalin?
100
The date [month/year] and nation invaded by Germany which marks the start of WW2.
What is Poland/ September 1, 1939?
100
the names of the three national leaders involved with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who are JFK, Fidel Castro, Nikita Krushchev?
200
The 'sun never set' on this, the largest empire at the turn of the century.
What is the British Empire?
200
The type of ship and its weapon which sank the Luisitania?
What is the U-boat and torpedo?
200
The name of the world organization which Japan, Italy and Germany quit in the 1930's
What is the League of Nations?
200
The place where WW2 began in the Pacific and the date of this attack.
What is Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
200
The Cold War ended when this came down.
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
Three new transportation inventions at the turn of the century.
What are the airplane, the automobile and the submarine?
300
The name of the main British/Canadian AND main German fighter planes
What are the Sopwith Camel and the Fokker fighters?
300
The city where Hitler attempted a "putsch' and later signed a pact which gave Germany the nation of Czechoslovakia.
What is Munich?
300
This technology gave Britain an advantage in the Battle of Britain?
What is radar?
300
Names of the two groups the United States fought against in the Viet nam War.
Who are the Viet Cong and the North Vietnam Army?
400
The main superweapons involved in the British- German arms race before WWI.
What is the Dreadnaught?
400
The interception of this document in 1917 revealed that this nation was to invade the USA and was the reason the USA entered WWI against Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
400
The place where Japan began the expansion of its Asian empire in 1931?
What is Manchuria?
400
A reason why German Blitzkreig failed against the Soviet Union.
What is the size of the Soviet Union, the street fighting in Stalingrad neutralized tanks, the Russian winter, Hitler's meddling.....???
400
The name of the 1968 battle which the Americans won on the Vietnamese New Year festival, but which turned the American public against the war.
What is Tet Offensive?
500
Militarism, Arms race, Imperialism and Nationalism
What are the 4 long term causes of WWI?
500
The man and his party which took Russia out of the war in 1917.
Who are Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks?
500
Hitler's first breaking of the Treaty of Versailles saw him do this.
What is the expansion of the German armed forces in 1935?
500
The cities hit by Atomic bombs, the codenames of the two bombs and the name of the American president who decided to use it.
What are Hiroshima/Nagasaki Fat Man and Little Boy Harry S Truman
500
Name 2 nations Israel defeated to win its independence, and the city it took to be its capital.
What are Jordan, Egypt and Syria and Jerusalem