After Napoleon
What was the name of the meeting to decide Europe's fate after Napoleon's second exile?
Congress of Vienna
List the long term causes of WW1
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Why did the USA join WW2?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. Threatened safety of citizens.
Ultra could be used as a synonym for what word?
Extreme
What were two of the goals at the Congress of Vienna?
shift back to traditional rulers, stop nationalism, balance the powers, create buffer states
It is believed WWI started with one murder, one bullet, and one wrong turn. Who was murdered that triggered a chain events leading to war?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were two of the locations Japan took over through their imperialism practices?
Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore
Name 3 characteristics of ultranationalism
- extreme pursuit of national interests with no regard of consequences
- dividing us vs them
- use of ethnocentrism and discrimination
- total loyalty to the nation
Who was the leader and the host of the Congress of Vienna? (often referred to as a system)
Metternich
How did views of WW1 differ between Anglophones and Francophones (Quebecois) in Canada?
Most English speakers supported the war and felt loyalty to Britain
Francophones (Quebecois) did not support the war and fought against conscription.
Who are three fascist leaders, and their respective countries, in WW2 era that used ultranationalism and propaganda to rule?
Mussolini, Hirohito, Hitler
Stabbings, burnings, burying alive, executions, torture are all forms of extreme actions taken by which soldiers in which location
Japanese soldiers in Nanking
What countries unified in the 1870s?
Germany and Italy
Name 3 countries from the Allied and the Central Powers in the year of 1915
Central: Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Allied: France, Russia, G.B., Serbia
What foreign policy was practiced by Britain and France to try and avoid another World War with Germany?
Link to national-interest.
Appeasement
Safety/Security, feared going into another World War so valued themselves over taking action
Mein Kampf was wrote by Adolf Hitler. What is the translation of this book, and what would you expect to read about in it?
My Struggle.
Master plan for germany. Destroy the TOV, regain power, exterminate opponents.
Who ruled France when Napoleon was exiled to St Helena?
King Louis
What was the most important section of the Treaty of Versailles? (answers vary but must be defended with proof)
- War Guilt Clause
- Reparations
- Military Reductions
- Land Reductions
This act was done by the United States to justify ending WW2. Name the act and locations
Use of 2 atomic bombs on Japan.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Name any 3 of the 10 stages of genocide
Classification, Symbolization, Discrimination, Dehumanisation, Organisation, Polarisation, Preparation, Persecution, Extermination, Denial