World War I
Interwar Period
World War II
Cold War
Globalization
100

This event is often considered the "spark" that started World War I.




Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

This leader promised to restore order and pride to Germany after WWI.

Adolf Hitler

100

WWII began when Germany invaded this neighboring country.

Poland

100

Symbol of the cold war that collapsed in 1989

Berlin Wall

100

This term refers to the increasing connection of countries through trade, culture, and communication.

Globalization

200

These are considered the four main causes of WWI

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

200

After WWI, this type of government became more popular in countries like Italy and Germany.

Dictatorship

200

This event ended the war in the Pacific and involved a powerful new type of weapon.

Atomic bombs in Japan

200

This economic system was promoted by the U.S., while the Soviet Union promoted communism.

Capitalism

200

This term describes when a population isn’t growing or shrinking.

Zero population growth (ZPG)

300

Trench warfare led to this kind of fighting, where neither side could gain much ground.

Stalemate

300

This leader of the Soviet Union used purges and censorship to keep control in the interwar period.

Joseph Stalin

300

An agreement to stop fighting is called....

An armistice

300

The imaginary line dividing Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.

Iron Curtain

300

This North African country was where the Arab Spring first began.

Tunisia

400

The treaty that ended WWI forced this country to accept full blame for the war.




Germany

400

A policy of giving in to an aggressor to avoid war, often associated with British leaders before WWII.

Appeasement

400

This was held to put former Nazis on trial for the crimes they committed during the war

Nuremberg Trials

400

This event brought the world close to nuclear war when missiles were placed near the U.S.

Cuban Missle Crisis

400

A pyramid that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom suggests this problem for the future.

Aging population or population decline

500

The name of the treaty to end WWI

Treaty of Versailles

500

During the 1930s, many countries turned to authoritarian leaders partly because of this global problem.

The Great Depression

500

This document, created in 1948 by the United Nations, outlines basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to.

UDHR or Universal Declaration of Human Rights

500

What event did the USA boycott in the 1980s?

Olympics


500

This model explains how birth and death rates change as a country industrializes.

Demographic transition model