ww1
ww2
Potpourri
Interwar period
vocab
100

What was the start to WW1

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

What nation experienced the most casualties during WW2

The Soviet Union (27 million died)

100

What years did ww1 take place

1914-1918

100

Two fascist leaders

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

100

What is total war

When a nation puts all its efforts into winning a war

200

Name all nations in Triple entente and in the Triple Alliance (Specify what alliance they are in)

Triple Entente

-Great Britain, France, Russia

Triple Alliance

-Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary 

200

What is appeasment

Idea of letting Germany do what it wants to prevent war.

200

Who leads the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution

Vladimir Lenin

200

What was Mussolini's personal army called 

Black Shirts

200

What is Kristallnacht

Day where Civilians destroyed and looted Jewish people homes and business in Germany

300

What is the abbreviation of MAIN

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism



300

Name two innovations during ww2

Jet engine

Radar

Atomic bomb

Decoder

300

Who were two main revolutionaries for the Mexican revolution

Emiliano Zapata

Pancho Villo


300

What was the 5 year plan

the Five Year to revolutionize USSR and catch up with Western countries. Collectivized agriculture and built massive industrial plants. Made impossible quotas which lead to people lying about the amounts they made. This caused famines

300

What are the 14 points

Woodrow Wilson's plans/idea for peace in Europe

400

4 things included in the treaty of Versailles

Guilt Clause, Blank Check for reparations (later set to $33 billion in 1921), Army restricted to 100,000 men, Rhein was to be demilitarized, France got coal rights in the saarland, Loss of territories, lost all colonies, Could not join with austria

 

400

What was the name of the way Germany fought WW2

Blitzkrieg

400

What were the 4 olds

Old customs, Old culture, Old habits, and Old ideas

400

what are shanty towns called

Hoovervilles

400

what is FDR's new deal

Series of programs made to help the U.S. recover from the Great depression.

500

Name at least two of the big four

Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

David Lloyd George (Great Britain)

Georges Clemenceau (France)

Woodrow Wilson (America)


500

What was the idea to exterminate all Jews called

The final solution

500

What were the names of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan

Little boy (Hiroshima) and Fat Man (Nagasaki)

500

Name 3 traits of fascism 

preached nationalism, pledged loyalty to, authoritarian leaders, censorship, indoctrination,  secret police, denied individual rights, blamed problems on minorities, special salutes


500

The idea that Germany needed more space

(german for living space)

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