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Starts with a "P"
World War II
People of the century
Villains
An Event to remember
100
ghettos, starvation, disease but especially, sudden attacks by armed troops intended to intimidate Jews
What is a "pogrom"?
100
His name will always be associated with "appeasement"
Who is Neville Chamberlain? (Prime Minister of Great Britain)
100
Military leader of Japanese troops during WW II
Who is "Yamamoto"?
100
Looked dirty and evil, but the ladies in Russia LOVED him!
Who is Rasputin?
100
Started in the late 1880's as the Zionist movement, by 1948 it became a reality
What is the creation of Israel?
200
His style was new, inventive and unusual...an artist to set a new standard
Who is Picasso?
200
Dissatisfaction with Versailles Treaty, aggressive invasions of neighboring countries ("lebenscraum") and totalitarian control by Fascists leaders.
What are causes of World War II?
200
"We will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the land, and in the air, we will NEVER surrender"! Also coined the term "Iron Curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill?
200
All you need to know about him is in the "little red book"
Who is Mao Zedong?
200
Similar to the fast pace of the 5 year Plans in Europe, this plan in China killed millions of peasants
What is the Great Leap Forward?
300
Advertisment and rhetoric designed to convince, persuade and influence the masses
What is "propaganda"?
300
The British and French governments gave Czechloslovakia away at this meeting, without even asking the Czechs!
What is the "Munich Conference"?
300
Fought the battles against Japan by using "island-hopping" and then supervised the plan to re-construct Japan after the war was over.
Who is General Douglas McArthur?
300
Stared back at the American President in a stand-off on who would back down first and remove their missiles
Who is Nikita Kruschev?
300
The failed attempt to invade Cuba that left JFK embarassed.
What is the Bay of Pigs incident?
400
Area of WWII where the last battles took place (2 words)
What is the "Pacific Theater"?
400
The plan to restore Europe physically and financially after the war was over.
What is the "Marshall Plan"
400
Started a panic with the scare tactic of telling Americans that Communists had infiltrated our government. Found out later it was wrong.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
400
His Great Purge and 5 year Plans caused untold misery and thousands of deaths during his time in power
Who is Josef Stalin?
400
SALT, SORT, START and Star Wars all fit in this category
What is efforts to reduce weapons proliferation?
500
The enthusiastic, fierce warrior legions fighting to gain control of Israel....AND their leader's name too
What is the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) and Yassir Arafat
500
Stalin was stunned and REALLY angry!
What is the Non-Aggression pact between Russia and Germany that Hitler broke by invading Russia
500
Led the Kuomintang against the CCP but was pushed out to Taiwan
Who is Chinag Kaishek?
500
Everyone's first thought when asked about villians of the 20th century
Who is Adolf Hitler?
500
These nations were in a quandary about who to side with during the Cold War.
What are "3rd world non-aligned nations"?