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New Intellectual Currents
World War I
Between the World Wars
World War II
Miscellaneous
100
Which philosopher is famous for writing "God is dead."?
Friedrich Nietzsche
100
Who was assassinated in 1914, setting off World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
Which country's Meiji Restoration ended the feudal system and led to industrialization and imitating the West?
Japan
100
The Axis Powers in World War II consisted of Germany, Italy, and ____.
Japan
200
The id, ego, and superego were part of the theory about humans created by ___
Sigmund Freud
200
The belief that the war would end in a few months was called the ___.
short war illusion
200
Name the 1933 act that allowed Hitler to have the powers of a dictator for 4 years.
The Enabling Act
200
Approximately how many people were killed overall in World War II?
50-60 million
300
Which thinker believed that his theory eliminated the need for God in explaining creation?
Charles Darwin
300
The area of Europe where the battle lines did not change for 3 years of the war was called the ____ ______.
Western front
300
Name the region of China that Japan conquered in 1931-32, helping to open the way for World War II.
Manchuria
300
What was the name of Hitler's 1923 attempt to take power in Bavaria?
The Beer Hall Putsch
300
The US plan to rebuild Europe after World War II was the ___ Plan.
Marshall
400
The idea of "survival of the fittest" applied to human cultures is called ___  _____.
Social Darwinism
400
What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
400
In China in 1934, communists fled from nationalist forces over 10,000 km.  This is known as the ______  _______.
Long March
400
Name one of the cities on which the US dropped an atomic bomb.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
400
The process in which religious and spiritual values lose influence in a society is known as ____.
Secularization
500
According to Marx, what will happen at the end of history?
Capitalism will be overthrown; there will be no need for a state.
500
Name one long-term cause of World War I.
(Possible answers) Alliances, nationalism, military build-up, war plans
500
What was the name of Germany's weak democratic government after World War I?
Weimar Republic