World War 2
This military offensive in December of 1944 got it's name from the sudden and shocking shape of the German's sudden gains in territory.
the Battle of the Bulge.
Name TWO member-nations of the Warsaw Pact.
USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania
Name TWO nations besides India that were created as a result of Indian independence.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
This is the number of times that Osama bin Laden caused terrorist attacks on the U.S.
3:
the WTC in 1993, the USS Cole in 2000, and the WTC in 2001
This is the tactic to avoid conflict by pushing your opponent to the point where they almost start fighting in order to try to get them to back down, or maybe concede.
Brinksmanship
This is the name of the person who became president in 1945 after the death of F.D.R.
Harry Truman.
The Vietnam and Korean Wars are examples of this type of conflict, where more powerful nations use less powerful nations to fight their wars for them.
Proxy Wars.
Name TWO African nations that gained their independence from France between 1950 and 1980.
Algeria, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal
Under this plan, powerful European nations governed/ran various territories that were controlled by the Germans and Ottoman Empire until WW1 ended.
the Mandate System
Biased, misleading information meant to change the hearts and minds of those it's meant to manipulate is called this.
Propaganda
Name TWO of the reasons why Germany lost at Stalingrad.
winter in Russia, no supplies, too deep into Russian territory, "Scorched Earth" policy, outnumbered.
This meeting in 1945 saw the U.S., Britain, and the USSR join forces to discuss what the post-WW2 world would look like.
the Yalta Conference.
Name TWO reasons why the people of India didn't like being a colony.
Their customs, their language, and their religions weren't respected, and Indians were kept out of good jobs.
The land that is currently called Israel was named what until 1947.
Palestine, or British Controlled Palestine.
The modern, Nationalist perspective of the right for Jewish people to have their own sovereign nation in the land of Israel.
Zionism
These TWO incredibly important Japanese-controlled islands were captured by the U.S. Navy, which severely limited the offensive military capabilities of the Japanese. It led to one of the most famous pictures taken during the war.
Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
This is the name of the fighting force of Communist-supported North Vietnam.
the Viet Cong.
Passive/Non-Violent Protest.
This is the name of the Iraqi leader that the U.S. helped in 1979, then fought a war against in 1990-91, and then invaded to overthrow in 2003.
Saddam Hussein
This policy is meant to prevent the further spread of something undesired, and in this era's context for the U.S., that would include things like Communism.
Containment
This event is often called the turning point of the Pacific Theater of WW2 where the U.S. Navy surprised a Japanese fleet and destroyed most of it.
the Battle of Midway.
Agent Orange.
After WW1, in April of 1919, more than 400 Indian protesters were killed by their colonizers in what is called _____________ .
the Amritsar Massacre.
Chemical weapons and nuclear weapons fall into this category of weaponry.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
This is the name of the multi-nation group who worked together to protect Western Europe from Communism and the USSR.
NATO