Imperialism & Nationalism
This event which occurred in 1884 led to the division of African lands between colonizing European powers
The Berlin Conference
The assassination of this heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne sparked the beginning of WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This infamous document ended WWI but failed to prevent the outbreak of WWII twenty years later
The Treaty of Versailles
Along with Germany and Italy, this country was a member of the Axis Powers during WWII
Japan
This term describes the competition between the US and the USSR to create larger and more powerful nuclear arsenals in the early Cold War period
The Arms Race
This country was ruled as a colony of the British East India Company prior to a rebellion in 1857 which led to its transfer to direct rule by the British crown
India
Trench warfare led to this condition along the Western Front of WWI, in which neither side was able to gain an advantage over the other
Stalemate
Mussolini developed this form of totalitarian government which was later imitated by Hitler in Germany
Fascism
The US entered WWII shortly after the bombing of this naval base in Hawaii by Japanese forces
Pearl Harbor
This barrier was built in the German capital to prevent the flow of East German citizens out of Soviet control
The Berlin Wall
The Opium Wars
This was the biggest impact of the Russian Revolution upon WWI
Russia's exit from the war
The initial alliance between Italy and Germany prior to WWII was given this name based on the belief that the world would revolve around them going forward
The Axis Alliance
World War II ended in this year
1945
A permanent division roughly along the 38th parallel was the result of this Cold War proxy war
The Korean War
This German leader orchestrated the unification of Germany through "iron and blood"
Otto von Bismarck
This is the name of the pre-WWI military alliance that included France, the UK, and Russia
Triple Entente
The Russian Civil War ended with this communist group in power, leading to the creation of the USSR
The Bolshevik Party
The US dropped atomic weapons on these two cities in an effort to force Japanese surrender in WWII. Name BOTH
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
This was the first person to make it into space, put into orbit by the Soviets
Yuri Gagarin
The Congo Free State was a colony in Africa set up under the personal ownership of this European monarch
Leopold II
This was the name of the alliance led by Germany DURING the war, also including Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
The Central Powers
This is the name for the Allied strategy of giving in to Hitler's demands to avoid war prior to WWII
Appeasement
The joint German-Soviet invasion of this country in 1939 led to the start of WWII
Poland
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 indirectly led to the formation of this militant Islamist group currently in control of Afghanistan
The Taliban