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1415brock After WWI
1415brock WH After WWI to Today
Question | Answer |
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Which organization was started by Lenin? | Comintern |
How were Stalin’s and Lenin’s plans for the USSR different? | Stalin wanted an industrial country and Lenin wanted an agricultural country |
What was Hitler’s job during WWI? | Soldier |
What does Mein Kampf mean? | My Struggle |
Which two religions are still fighting over Palestine/Israel? | Muslims and Jews |
How did a lot of Africans gain the confidence to try to overthrow their colonizers after WWI? | They saw the world and peoples’ freedoms |
What were Gandhi’s protests mainly about? | England’s colonizing of India |
How were Gandhi’s protests different from those before? | They were non-violent |
Why did the US threaten an embargo on Japan? | Japan was taking over countries in Asia and the Pacific |
What two things did Hitler do before WWI that violated the Treaty of Versailles? | Started the draft and sent troops to Rhineland |
What was the official start of WWII? | Germany invaded Poland |
Describe how blitzkrieg worked. | Planes bombing ahead of tanks like a steamroller |
Which beach in France was stormed to start the Allies’ victory march to finally take down Hitler? | Normandy |
Which president decided to use the nuclear bomb? Why couldn’t FDR make the decision? | Truman, FDR was dead so he wasn't making good decisions |
Name the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan and the cities where they were dropped. | Little boy over Hiroshima and Fat Man over Nagasaki |
Which war had more deaths: WWI or WWII? | WWII |
What does anti-Semitism mean? | Hating Jews |
Why did the Jews first flee Israel (Palestine)? | To escape the Romans |
Which Shakespeare play is argued to have bred anti-Semitism? | The Merchant of Venice |
What happened on Kristallnacht? | Jewish businesses and synagogues were vandalized |
____ out of every _____ Jews in Europe died during the Holocaust. | 2, 3 |
Which organization was formed after WWII to do the job that the League of Nations couldn't do after WWI? | United Nations |
Which German city did a wall separate after WWII? | Berlin |
Who made the “iron curtain” speech? What was his position? | Churchill, British Prime Minister of England |
What does MAD stand for? What does it mean? | Mutually Assured Destruction, if one side uses nukes, both sides will die |
What were the names of the communist and capitalist alliances that formed after WWII? US and USSR were the two leaders of the groups. | NATO and Warsaw Pact |
Which country put the first person in space? Which country put the first person on the moon? | USSR, USA |
Which part of Korea is communist today? | North |
What were the wars in Korea and Vietnam fought to stop? | Communism |
Which country was invaded during the Bay of Pigs invasion? | Cuba |
What worried JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Cuba having nukes |
What caused prices to go up so high in Germany after the Great Depression? | Inflation because the German government kept printing more money. |
Why was Germany's economy dependent on America's after WWI? | Because Germany was borrowing money from the US to pay back France all of the war-debt they had. |
Why do dictators usually take over when times are so bad? | They have simple solutions and it is easy for them to get a lot of power quickly. |
What is the goal of Comintern? | To make the whole world communist. |
Who took over after Lenin died? | Stalin |
What was the solution of the Allies to Hitler's first signs of aggression before WWII? | Appeasement (to let him do what he wants) |
Why didn't the Maginot Line work? | The Nazis went around it. It wasn't a complete wall. |
Where is Pearl Harbor? | Hawaii |
Which other groups were killed during the Holocaust? | Gays, handicapped, gypsies |
What was the first time nuclear bombs were used in a war? | WWII |
What was the first country to use nuclear bombs in a war? | USA |
What was the only country to ever be attacked using nuclear bombs? | Japan |
AFTER WORLD WAR II, GERMANY BROKE INTO TWO COUNTRIES; ________________, WHICH WAS COMMUNIST AND _____________ WHICH WAS CAPITALIST. | EAST GERMANY, WEST GERMANY |
What do most people call the slaughtering of millions of Jews and other European people? | The Holocaust |
What do most Jews call the Holocaust? | The Shoah (means disaster in Hebrew) |
WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOYAL TO THEIR COUNTRY AND NOT JUST ONE LEADER, WHAT CAN THEY BE CALLED? | NATIONALISTS |
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST ANIMAL IN SPACE? | LAIKA |
Which part of Korea is communist today? | North |
What were the wars in Korea and Vietnam fought to stop? | Communism |
Which country was invaded during the Bay of Pigs invasion? | Cuba |
What worried JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Cuba having nukes |
Which country controlled Vietnam since the Opium Wars? | France |
Which USSR and US leaders worked together to end the Cold War? | Reagan and Gorbachev |
What event is usually considered the end of the Cold War? It happened in Germany? | The fall of the Berlin Wall |
What does apartheid mean? What country practiced it? | Apartness, South Africa |
Who was the first feely elected president of South Africa? Where was he before he was elected? | Nelson Mandela, prison |
What was the name of the theocratic government that took over Afghanistan form 1996 until 2002? | Taliban |
Why was Iraq invaded in 2003 by the US? | To find WMDs |
Which three modern countries exist today since India was split after WWII? | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |
People on which island near China say that they are the real China? | Taiwan |
Who was the leader of China during the Cultural Revolution? | Mao |
What is the newest country in the world? It was founded in 2011? | South Sudan |
What two countries come out of Korea after the Korean war? | North Korea and South Korea |
Who was the US president who ordered the Bay of Pigs Invasion? | Kennedy |
What event could have ended up being World War III? | The Cuban Missile Crisis |
Why did the US want to help the South Vietnamese? | They wanted to help them beat the North Vietnamese communists and make all of Vietnam capitalist. |
How were the outcomes of the Vietnam War and the Korean War different? | In Korea, the country split in two with half being communist and half being capitalist after the US withdrew. In Vietnam, the whole country became communist after the US withdrew. |
What was the term used by many Americans who feared that if Vietnam became all communist they would end up making other Asian countries communist? | The Domino Effect |
Which was the first US war that many Americans were against? | Vietnam War |
Which country took over South Africa in the 1800s and started a system of Apartheid there? | England |
Why was Mandela jailed? | He was peacefully protesting Apartheid. |
What is the name of the government-sponsored separation and mistreatment of blacks in South Africa? | Apartheid |
What was so ironic about congress not allowing the US to join the League of Nations? | President Wilson created it |
Which nation lent Germany most of the money that it was paying back to France after WWI? | US |
Which American history event led to great inflation in Germany following WWI? | The stock market crash |
What happens to money during inflation? | Its value goes down |
At what times in history can one expect a dictator to take over? | When the economy is bad |
What type of government puts the interests of the country in front of the rights of individuals? | Fascism |
Which leader came up with fascism? | Mussolini |
Which organization was started by Lenin? | Comintern |
How were Stalin’s and Lenin’s plans for the USSR different? | Stalin wanted an industrial country and Lenin wanted an agricultural country |
Match the dictator with their country: Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Kim Il-sung, Ho Chi Minh, Hitler, Franco | ITL, USSR, CHN, NK, VET, GER, SPN |