WWI
Whose assassination triggered the start of WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Person who was named chancellor of Germany in 1933; he soon after named himself dictator
Adolf Hitler
Country invaded by Germany that officially started WWII
Poland
This method of transportation/weapon allowed for fighting to occur in the sky.
Aircraft
Name of the atrocities committed predominantly against the Jews of Europe
Holocaust
What do the letters in the acronym M.A.I.N stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
List 2 ways Germany was punished through the Treaty of Versailles
war guilt clause, billions in reparations, loss of overseas colonies, loss of territories (Alsace-Lorraine and the Rhineland), prohibited from building new war materials, significantly demilitarized
This method of transportation/weapon was used by the Germans to shoot down both military and civilian vessels
U-boats/submarines
Biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political viewpoint is called
Propoganda
What years did WWI start and end?
1914-1918 (peace treaty signed in 1919)
Name of the Italian dictator who rose to power by promising to restore Italy to its former glory
Benito Mussolini
What years did WWII start and end?
1939-1945
Name at least one of the chemical weapons used during WWI
Mustard Gas, Chlorine Gas, phosgene
Name of the 1929 stock market crash that led to economic problems spreading worldwide
Great Depression
Which country in the Balkans did Austria-Hungary take control of, which angered Serbian nationalists?
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Name of the plans Joseph Stalin created to boost industrial and agricultural output.
5-year-plans
Name of the world organization created after WWI which failed to respond to German and Japanese aggression before WWII
League of Nations
This method of transportation/weapon was first used during WWI to be able to cross through "No Man's Land."
Tanks
Type of government where one person or group has total control of the country
Totalitarian
Which member of the Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand was responsible for assassinating the leader of Austria-Hungary?
Gavrilo Princip
Name of the atrocities committed by the Japanese against the Chinese before WWII
Nanking Massacre
During the Munich agreement, Britain and France appeased Hitler by allowing Germany to annex which nation
Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
Name of the project led by leading world scientists to create nuclear weapons
Manhattan Project
Type of government characterized by a person having total control of the government AND ruling through fear, censorship, propaganda, etc.
Fascist