REVOLUTIONS
The name of the "holy man" who hurt the Tsar's reputation
Rasputin
The treaty that ended WWI and led to harsh reparations being forced on Germany
Treaty of Versailles
Hitler was able to regain power in Germany because of what European policy, that led leaders to refuse to confront him
Appeasement
What happened as a result of the Korean War
Korea remained divided between North (communist) and South (Western/democratic)
The 1989 event that symbolizes the end of the Cold War
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The term for Stalin's removal of any and all opposition to him
The Great Purge
The name of the global economic downturn that led to the rise of extremist ideologies in Europe
Great Depression or Global Depression
The leader of Great Britain during WWII
Winston Churchill
Define "Domino Theory"
If one country falls to communism, the other countries of that region will also fall to it
NATO's main purpose
To prevent Soviet aggression/attack/expansion
The Bolshevik Slogan that helped win them the support of the peasantry
Peace, Land, Bread
Japan's goal during the interwar period
Build an Asian empire, led by them
The US' policy at the beginning of World War II, prior to the Pearl Harbor attack
Isolationism
The name of the policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism around the world
Containment
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded this country, which led to a 10-year war against the mujahideen.
Afghanistan
The name of Gandhi's walk to the sea to boycott British imperialism
The Salt March
Name one feature that communism and fascism have in common
Totalitarianism
In order to to force Japan to surrender and prevent American troops from dying during an invasion, the US dropped nuclear bombs on these two Japanese cities
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The term Winston Churchill used to describe the fall of Eastern Europe to communist influence
The Iron Curtain
What Gorbachev's policy of Glasnost did for the Soviet Union
Brought openness, freedom of speech, and freedom of dissent (protest). i.e., allowed people to speak out against the government
Define Civil Disobedience
Breaking laws while peacefully accepting the consequences
The name of a set of laws targeting Jews and taking away their rights during the interwar years
The Nuremburg Laws
The goal of the D-Day invasion
Open up a second front in the western portion of Europe. Take pressure off of the USSR.
The name of the first communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
The name of the Union in Poland that led the fight against communism
Solidarity