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How many continents are there (50 bonus if you can name all)
7 (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica)
the church that held a lot of power in Europe until the Reformation
Catholic Church
the act of making treaties or agreements with other nations for defense or aggression
alliances
the strategy the US used in the Pacific Theater to defeat the Japanese
island hopping
what country became a world superpower after World War II since none of the war was fought there and they didn't have to rebuild
United States
where was ms novak this year for ANP
Social Studies Office
name of the disease that killed almost half of Europe's population in the Middle Ages
Bubonic Plague or Black Death
MAIN causes of WWI
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
the term for how the Allied nations' decided to give into German and Italian aggression to prevent armed conflict or war
appeasement
What were the two opposite groups fighting in the Chinese Civil War?
GMD Nationalists and CCP Chinese Communist Party
what Social Studies class do you HAVE to take next year
French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Haitian Revolution
list the members of either the Allied powers in WWI or the Central Powers of WWI
Allied- Britain, Russia, France, US, Italy
Central- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
what type of government controls and censors the media
totalitarian
When the Nationalists lost the Chinese Civil War, where did they retreat to?
Taiwan
How many oceans are there? (50 extra if you can name all)
5 (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern)
the city in the Islamic Empire, during their Golden Age, that was nicknamed the "round city" and was a center of learning and progress
Baghdad
clause in the Treaty of Versailles that said Germany should take full responsibility for the war
War Guilt Clause
Name two dictators during WWII
Hideki Tojo, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Hirohito
A type of war that is started by a major power that does not become involved itself. In other words, the major power uses someone else to fight for their causes. The Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War were all examples of this.
proxy war
Leader of the Mongol Empire who made it as large as possible and populated a lot of the earth
Genghis Khan
Ferdinand Magellan
Payments made by a defeated country after a war, like those the Allies forced Germany to pay are known as
reparations
List one event or circumstance that contributed to the beginning of WWII
failures of the League of Nations, failures of the Treaty of Versailles, Great Depression, Hitler invading Poland, militarism
The Cold War was fought primarily between which two countries?
USSR and US (Soviet Union and United States)