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What was the name of the German president who appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
Who was Hindenburg?
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The exchange of crops, animals, technology and people that occurred after Columbus found the Americas.
What is The Columbian Exchange?
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Hitler’s “final solution” to the Jewish “problem” was
What is genocide?
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A policy of conquering land and territory
What is imperialism?
100
The middle passage was...
What is the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas?
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The three main Central Power countries during WWI were:
Who were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire?
200
a region that is politically or financially controlled by another country.
What is a colony?
200
These laws deprived Jews of German citizenship.
What were the Nuremburg Laws of 1933?
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The word "appeasement" means:
What is England’s policy towards Germany before World War II - they looked the other way while Germany rebuilt their industry and military and did nothing about it so as to not anger Germany.
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Which one of the following would be considered a long-term cause of WWI? (think of how the war began and who was involved.) a) Hitler’s rise to power c) Alliances b) Communism d) Religious conflict
What is ALLIANCES?
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Who was the wife of the president of the United States during World War II? She created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the United Nations.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
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This war occurred between 1914-1918.
What is World War I?
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Propaganda is...
The use of biased or misleading information to influence one’s thoughts and/or actions.
300
Social Darwinism is...
Some groups of people believe they are stronger and more intelligent than others. Survival of the fittest!
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The immediate cause or catalyst of WWI was
What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip?
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The three main Allied countries during WWII were
Who were England, the United States, and the Soviet Union?
400
People migrated from rural areas to cities during which event?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
Ghettoization is
What is to forcibly remove Jews to segregated sections of Eastern European cities where they endured terrible living conditions.
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England and France declared war on Germany in 1939 when Hitler’s army invaded this country:
What is Poland?
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This war occurred between 1939 - 1945.
What is World War II?
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The destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group is called
What is genocide?
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The invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 allowed the Allied Powers to recapture France. This was called
What is D-Day?
500
To bring justice after the Holocaust, the Allied nations held an international military tribunal in what city?
What is Nuremburg, Germany?
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Explain the phrase "Total War".
What is when all aspects of life are impacted by a war: taxes are raised, there may be forced labor to help the war effort, food and supply rationing, job changes, forced migration, blockades, violence, conscription, and more.
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Germany was to take full blame for World War I. This was stated in which treaty?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?