Imperial Pursuits
The Dictator's Playbook
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Second World War
The calm before the storm
100

European nations often sought colonies in order to obtain these valuable materials for industry.

Raw materials

100

This term describes a government that seeks complete control over public and private life.


Totalitarianism 

100

The glorification of war and the build up of weapons

Militarism

100

The policy that Britian and France adopted in the years leading up to WWII to try and prevent a war from happening. 

Appeasement

100

This failed 1923 attempt to seize power in Munich helped make Hitler nationally known.

The beer hall putsch

200

Historians often argue that imperialism increased tensions among European nations and helped contribute to this global conflict

WWI

200

Millions of Soviet citizens were sent to these labor camps during Stalin's rule.

Gulags

200

To protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines from across No Man’s Land

Trench warfare

200

The German and Soviet attack on this country marked the official beginning of WWII

Poland

200

While in prison, Hitler wrote this book outlining his political beliefs.

Mein Kampf (my struggle)

300

This 1884-1885 meeting established rules for European colonization of Africa

Berlin conference

300

Both Hitler and Stalin used this method to control information and influence public opinion.

Propaganda

300

Two part question-This man's assassination in this city started WWI

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, Bosnia

300

This attack dragged the US into WWII

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

300

Germany experienced this economic problem in the 1920s when money rapidly lost value.

Hyperinflation

400

Many Europeans justified imperialism using this belief that some cultures were more advanced than others

Racism (or social darwinism)

400

Stalin's campaign to remove real or suspected enemies from society is known by this name

The Great purge

400

This invention made charging across open ground extremely deadly.

The machine gun

400

Allied forces landed in Normandy during this operation on June 6, 1944.

D Day

400

After becoming chancellor, Hitler used this fire in the German parliament building as a reason to expand government powers.

The Reichstag Fire

500

Name the last country to be imperialized in Africa. They were able to fend off imperialism until 1935, largely because the Emperor was able to play European powers against each other. 

Ethiopia 

500

Many historians argue Stalin used food supplies to strengthen control over this region.

The Ukraine

500

Name the four provisions in the treaty of Versailles that Germany had to agree to

1. Accept Total blame for WWI

2. Surrender extensive territories (including colonies)

3. Pay billions in war reparations

4. Severely disarm the military 

500

Germany's rapid military strategy using tanks, aircraft, and infantry became known as this.

Blitzkrieg

500

This law passed in 1933 allowed Hitler to make laws without approval from the German parliament

The enabling act