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100
Russian in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it.
What is Bolshevik Revolution?
100
What is Fascism?
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
100
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
What is D-Day?
100
What is the Great War?
World War I: a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
100
a system of wholesale trading whereby goods are paid for in full at the time of purchase and taken away by the purchaser.
What is cash and carry?
200
The Soviet Union was enforced under Stalin between 1928 and 1940. This policy was to consolidate individual land and labour into collective farms, mainly Kolkhozy and Sovkhozy.
What is Collectivization?
200
What is lend-lease?
The transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause.
200
a group of nations and/or people that worked together to achieve a certain goal.
What is Alliance System?
200
What is propaganda?
ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, or a government.
200
Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)
What is Vladimir Lenin?
300
A socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order.
What is Communism?
300
What is Collective Security?
the cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each.
300
destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp. caused by fire or nuclear war.
What is Holocaust?
300
What is Francis Ferdinand?
archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
300
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
What is Treaty of Versailles?
400
It is a sustained, long term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies.
What is Economic Depression?
400
What is Militarism?
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
400
two most important peace conferences.
What is Yalta/Potsdam?
400
What is Entente?
a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions.
400
British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
What is Winston Churchill?
500
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
What is Totalitarianism?
500
What is Appeasement?
The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
500
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
What is Armistice?
500
What is Trench Warfare?
a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
500
A place where large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution.
What is Concentration Camp?