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Post World War II (1945-1949)
Cold War & Fight for Independence
Years of Crisis
World War II
Contemporary
100

The ideological basis of the Cold War was conflict between communism and this.

What is democracy?

100

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

What is the Warsaw Pact?

100

This event is considered the start of the global Economic slow down.

What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

100
Name the 3 dictators who emerged after WWI by spurring increased nationalism, giving captivating speeches, and intimidating with secret police.
Who are Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler
100
Conflict between the US and Arab nations stems from the US support of which Jewish state?
What is Israel
200

This American leader was most closely associated with stopping the spread of communism.

Who was Harry Truman?

200
This movement celebrated African Culture, Heritage, and values.

What is Negritude?

200

This document ended WWI, and lead to a new political movement in Germany and Italy.

What is the Treaty of Versailles

200
Citizens turned to new types of leadership as this ruined the economy of many countries in the 1930s
What is the Great Depression
200

Soviet Leader, Gorbachev attempt to modify the economic structure of the Soviet economy by allowing some private enterprise.

What is perestroika?

300

This method was encouraged by Mohandas Gandhi to achieve the goal of Indian independence.

What is nonviolent civil disobedience?

300

The Korean War and the Vietnam War were what type of wars for the USA and Soviet Union?

What are proxy wars?

300

The weak governments in place in Germany and Italy, gave way to this form of government.

What is Fascism?

300
Hitler's invasion of this country started WWII.
What is Poland
300

The extremist group that seized control of Afghanistan during the 1990s

Who is the Taliban?

400

The creation of the nation of Pakistan was a result of this.

What is religious conflicts within India?

400

In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being "behind the iron curtain" include?

What is the Soviet Union and it's Satellite Countries.

400

Which Country pushed more active of aggression during the 1930s?

What is Germany?

400
This is the word that both the French and British tried to use at the Munich conference by giving Hitler the Sudetenland.
What is Appeasement
400
What was South Africa's imposed policy of racial separation?
What is apartheid
500

The United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the USSR formed this international organization to protect member nations from aggression.

What is the United Nations.

500

Bosnia Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Darfur Genocide, and Cambodian Genocide all focused their killing on a minority ethic group.  What is this type of genocide called?

What is Ethnic Cleansing?

500

This military strategy used surprise attacks and overwhelming force on it's opponents to win battles.

What is blitzkrieg?

500

This Arab-Israeli War resulted in the gains of Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank? 

What is the Six-Day war of 1967?