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History Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is imperialism? | The conquering of foreign territories by powerful countries for natural resources and markets. |
| What is social darwinism? | Theory that those who were fittest for survival enjoyed wealth and success and were considered superior to others. Stated Europeans were superior and had the duty to bring their successes to other countries |
| What happened at the Berlin Conference? | A meeting between the European powers to divide and conquer parts of Africa without any African leaders present |
| What was the Sepoy Mutiny? | An uprising of Indian soldiers after the grease used from pigs and cows were used on their rifles which they refused to use, as it was against their respective religions, Islam and Hinduism. |
| What was the Boxer rebellion? | In 1900, a group against Westerners and Christians fought in a disorganized manner towards its objects of ridicule. They also disliked the weak Manchu Qing dynasty. |
| What government system led to the Russian Revolution in 1917? | Czarist imperialist totalitarian government that was taken over by Marxist revolutionaries. |
| What was the M.A.I.N acronym? (causes of WW1) | Militarism. Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
| Which event is considered the immediate cause of World War I? | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| What tactic created a stalemate on the Western Front? | Trench Warfare |
| Who did Germany invade first? | Belgium (wanted answer France) |
| What was the Schlieffen Plan? | Germany’s plan to face a war on two fronts. Quickly defeating France in the west and then fighting Russia. |
| What was the Zimmerman Telegram? | The telegram that was intercepted that said Germany would help Mexico regain lost land if Mexico would ally with Germany. |
| What was the treaty that ended WWI? | Treaty of Versailles |
| What impact did that treaty have on Germany? | Treaty also punished Germany, lost territory, restricted military, and the war guilt clause- placed sole responsibility of the war on Germany. Germany had to pay reparations to the Allies. |
| Who created the League of Nations? | Woodrow Wilson and his input to the Treaty of Versailles. |
| What is the Month and Day that Stock Market Crashed? | October 29, 1929 |
| What was the Great Depression? | Stocks were bought on margin and were too high due to wealthy Americans, bad loans for Europe and Europeans stopped buying American goods, farming prices fell due to oversupply of crops. |
| Who was president from 1932-1945? | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Who was the leader of the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, and Britain during WWII? | USSR Joseph Stalin; Italy Benito Mussolini; Germany Adolf Hitler; Britain Winston Churchill |
| What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact (non aggression pact)? | The German and Soviet agreement to not attack each other and both have individual halves of Poland |
| What is blitzkrieg? | Lightning War; quickly and effectively attacking with tanks, planes, and heavy artillery; going around enemy lines to close in on the enemy and destroy their resupply depots with bombings from planes; then use tanks and troops to encircle and trap opposin |
| Which World War II campaign did the Nazis mainly bomb civilian targets? | Battle of Britain |
| Where did DDay take place? | Normandy, France |
| Who was the President of the U.S. who dropped the atomic bombs and started the Cold War? | Harry Truman |
| What happened at the Potsdam conference? | Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction. |
| Which United States military figure accepted Japan’s surrender in World War II? | Douglas MacArthur |
| What 2 countries went against each other in the Cold War? | United States and Soviet Union |
| What was NATO? | A military alliance between Western European Countries, the U.S. and Canada. |
| What was the Warsaw Pact? | The alliance of communist countries: Soviet Union and its satellite states |
| What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to any country that needed to resist communism? How can it be explained in one word? | Truman Doctrine - Containment |
| What country, other than Germany, was divided after WW2? | Korea |
| What military conflict did the U.S. follow the policy of the “Domino Theory”? | Vietnam War |
| Which president is MOST responsible for bringing the Cold War to an end? | Gorbachev/Reagan |
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