The Industrial Revolution
What was the key energy source of the First Industrial Revolution?
Coal
What two European countries united in the second half of the 19th century?
Italy and Germany
What was the most important style of warfare in World War One?
Trench warfare
What was the name of the economic crisis that hit America and later the world in 1929?
The Great Depression
Who was the Soviet dictator during the early stages of the Cold War?
What was the key energy source of the Second Industrial Revolution?
Oil
Who led the Hungarian Revolution of 1848?
Lajos Kossuth
Who were the two major Central Powers?
What was the name of the top-secret American project to develop the first atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
What is the term for when two countries both build up their militaries?
Arms race
Name two problems of the Industrial Revolution.
1) Child Labor 2) Pollution 3) Bad jobs/working conditions 4) Inequality
Which Great Power helped the Habsburgs defeat the Hungarians in 1848?
Russia
Who were the three major Allied powers at the beginning of the war? Who joined them in 1916? Who joined them in 1917?
The UK, France, and Russia. Italy joined them in 1916 and the United States joined them in 1917.
What was the new style of German "lightning" warfare called?
The Blitzkrieg
What was the name of the Western alliance in the Cold War? What was the name of the Soviet-led alliance?
NATO and The Warsaw Pact
Name three inventions from the Second Industrial Revolution.
Radio, steel, the use of oil to power machinery, telephone, telegraph, mass production
Who was the famous Italian patriot who invaded Sicily with 'The Thousand' and finally united Italy?
Garibaldi
What is the word for when empires take colonies in foreign countries? This word was used to describe European empire-building in Africa and Asia.
Imperialism
What was the policy of giving Hitler what he wanted to keep the peace called?
Appeasement
What city did the Soviets blockade in 1948-1949?
Berlin
What was the first country outside of Europe and North America to industrialize?
Japan
Which famous statesman masterminded the unification of Germany?
Otto von Bismarck
What was the name of US President Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace?
The 14 Points
What famous battle over a city was a turning point on the Eastern Front?
Stalingrad
What was the name of the American recovery plan for Western Europe? Which countries could not accept money under this plan?
The Marshall Plan. Countries in the Soviet sphere of influence like Hungary and Poland could not accept American money.