World War I
As a result of the Industrial Revolution, what kind of warfare was developed during WWI?
Trench warfare
What was the event that got the USA into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What religious group was the target of Hitler's "Final Solution?"
The Jews
Name 2 European nations involved in the imperialism of Asia and Africa.
Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy
King Leopold II was most concerned with which resource for the Congo free state?
Rubber
What was the name of the peace treaty that ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What two Japanese cities were destroyed by the USA with the Atomic Bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What religious group was the target of the genocide in Armenia?
Christians
What was the country that Gandhi was fighting to get independence from Britain for?
What was the event that got the Soviet Union involved in World War 2?
Germany invaded the Soviet Union/Operation Barbarossa
Historians sometimes use the acronym M.A.I.N. to explain the causes of WWI. What does the "I" stand for in the acronym M.A.I.N.?
Imperialism
What was the German excuse for starting WWII?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 Million
Nelson Mandela is most associated with which event?
Ending Apartheid in South Africa
Who was the fascist leader of Italy during World War 2?
Mussolini
What weapon was banned after its use in WWI?
poisonous gas
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Name three ways the international community responded to the genocide of the Jewish people in WWII?
The creation of Israel, the Nuremberg Trials, and the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights.
What are two reasons for the European Imperialism of Africa?
Resources, land, growing their empire
Give 2 things demographers look at to establish if a country is DEVELOPED?
life expectancy, health care, education, technology, GDP, GDP per capita, population, urbanization, etc.
What treaty effectively ended Russia's involvement in WWI?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What is the Allies invasion of Normandy commonly known as?
D-Day
What was the source of ethnic tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda?
European Colonialism/Imperialism
What is the name of the conference where Europeans countries divided up Africa?
The Berlin Conference
Which two African countries remained independent during European Imperialism?