Vocab
The policy or practice of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or economic control over other territories or nations.
Imperialism
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Russia changed its name to what?
United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or The Soviet Union
Identify the MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Name all three axis powers.
Germany, Italy, and Japan
In the Zimmerman telegram, Germany was seeking to make an alliance with which country?
Mexcio
A military strategy that emphasizes quick and decisive attacks using speed and surprise to overwhelm and defeat the enemy, as employed by the German military in World War II.
Blitzkrieg
Which mystical holy man became close with the Russian royal family in the lead up to the revolution?
Grigori Rasputin
Which country was the last to join the allied powers in WWI?
The United States
In which two 'theaters' was WWII fought?
The European and Pacific
What country was born out of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after WWI?
Turkey
The peace treaty signed in 1919 that officially ended World War I and imposed harsh penalties and territorial losses on Germany, leading to resentment and contributing to the conditions for World War II.
Treaty of Versailles
What were the names of the two armies fighting against one another in the Russian Civil War?
The Reds vs. The Whites
Which country was blamed for WWI?
Germany
What was the major catalyst for Japan launching the Pearl Harbor attack?
The U.S. banning military exports to Japan
The invasion of which country by Germany started WWII?
Poland
Italian fascist dictator and founder of the Fascist Party, who ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943, allying with Hitler during World War II.
Benito Mussolini
The Russian parliament was called what?
The Duma
The Western Front was between which two countries?
France and Germany
What was the code name used for the D-Day invasion?
Operation Overlord
Operation Sea Lion was the code name for Germany's invasion of which country?
Great Britain
Members of the radical wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party that seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
Bolsheviks
What was Lenin's three-pronged promise to his followers during the Russian Civil War?
Peace, Land, and Bread
Gavrilo Princip, the person who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was a citizen of which country?
Serbia
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the majority of WWII?
Winston Churchill
Name one of the two countries created at the end of WWI after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia