Vocabulary
In German, this literally means "lightning war."
What is blitzkrieg?
These were the years that WWI took place.
What is 1914-1918?
This was the name given to the period of prosperity following the end of WWI.
What is the Roaring 20s?
These were the years that WWII took place.
What is 1939-1945?
These two "races" occurred during the Cold War, both related to technology.
What are the arms race and the space race?
He was the Communist leader of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
These were the MAIN causes of WWI.
What are
Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created this program to help citizens out.
What is the New Deal?
What is the Soviet Union?
American troops are sent to Vietnam because of this popular idea about spreading communism.
What is domino theory?
These were the two alliance groups formed during the Cold War to oppose each other.
What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
Much of the fighting in WWI became a stalemate due to this new military technique.
What is trench warfare?
This group led the second revolution in Russia leading to the rise of communism.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
The type of government that Hitler established in Germany is best described as this.
What is a totalitarian dictatorship?
Fascist dictatorship
This is the phrase Winston Churchill coined to describe the divide occurring between east and west Europe.
What is the iron curtain?
This man came to power in the Soviet Union after Stalin died.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This was the treaty that ended WWI.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
These were punishments given to Germany following WWI.
What are forced to pay reparations to Allies, forced to give up territory?
This event triggered the start of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash in America?
List 2 factors for why Germany turned to fascism and before WWII.
German economic downturn
Germans forced to pay reparations
German government upheaval
The rise of Adolf Hitler in government
The Afrikaner National Party in South Africa established a system of segregation called this.
What is apartheid?
This was the British promise to give the Jews a homeland.
What was the Balfour Declaration?
These countries were part of the Allied powers and these were part of the Central powers.
NEED AT LEAST 3 FOR EACH SIDE
What are United States, Britain, France, Russia
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire?
In 1935, Italy invaded this country in Eastern Africa.
What is Ethiopia?
These countries were part of the Allied powers and these were part of the Axis powers.
NEED AT LEAST 3 FOR EACH SIDE
Allies: United States, Britain, Soviet Union, France
Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
This program was created to provide economic aid to European nations rebuilding after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?