Pre-World War 1
The meeting of imperial powers that divided Africa amongst the European powers
The Berlin Conference of 1885
The weapon Germany used to sink British ships in the Atlantic
U-boats
The treaty that ended World War 1 for Germany:
Versailles (1919)
The first nation Germany attacked in Europe, which started World War 2:
Poland
When all resources and aspects of life are used to support a country during a war
Total War
Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. What was Princip's nationality?
Serbian
The year of the armistice (in the Western Front):
1918
The pandemic that struck the world after the end of World War 1:
Influenza
Auschwitz and other extermination camps built and operated by the Nazis were the symbol of this monstrous policy:
The Holocaust
an extremely rapid, out-of-control increase in prices, often exceeding 50% per month. What happened to Germany after WW1
Hyperinflation
The two groups of nations BEFORE World War 1:
The Triple Alliance, The Triple Entente
The bloodiest battle in British history, this occurred in 1916 on a French river in Northeast France:
The Battle of the Somme
US President Woodrow Wilson proposed the creation of this organization to prevent the outbreak of another war in the scale of World War 1. (Spoiler alert: they failed.)
The League of Nations
The decisive battle of the war in the Eastern Front, where it showed that the Germans can be beaten completely:
Stalingrad
far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology from Italy
Fascism
France lost this war earlier to Prussia, which led to them wanting to gain their territory back from the newly-formed German Empire in 1871
Franco-Prussian War
The two groups of nations DURING the war:
The Allies and the Central Powers
How much Germany had to pay the Allies after World War 1 (in today's money)
6 Billion
World War 2 in the Pacific started when Japan attacked this US naval base in Hawaii:
Pearl Harbor
deliberate, systematic destruction—in whole or in part—of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
Genocide
Protection guaranteed by alliances, but wars also start easily
The positive and negative effects of the alliance system
Consequences of World War 1:
Territorial changes
Collapse of empires (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia)
A democratic Germany
The horrible economic conditions that spread across the globe. Was corrected with state intervention.
The Great Depression
Wartime leaders of the Allied nations:
Winston Churchill (UK), Joseph Stalin (USSR), Franklin Roosevelt (US)
the first intergovernmental organization established on January 10, 1920, following World War I to promote international cooperation
League of Nations