| Question |
Answer |
| Nationalism |
Pride in ones own country it created Germany and Hungary but tore apart Austria-Hungary |
| Destructive Nationalism |
Nationalism that is destructive very bad for a country led to World War I and World War II |
| World War I |
1914 to 1918 |
| Alliances |
Agreements between countries to insure they are protected against attacks |
| Central Powers |
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey |
| Allied Powers |
Great Britan, France and Russia |
| Imperial Rivalries |
Competetion for colonies brought the Central and Allied powers into conflict and fueled ideas of war. |
| Newspaper Press |
Inflamed war fever to sell papers and interfered with government attempts to solve problems by diplomacy |
| Militarism |
After 1900 Europe experienced an arms race and countries spent huge amounts on arms to keep up with the one another |
| Treaty of Versailles |
Officially ended World War I. Forced the Germans to pay reparations and limit the size of their army. |
| Reparations |
A monetary settlement designed to pay for the damage to the allied powers |
| Causes of World War I |
1. Alliances 2. Militarism 3.Nationalism 4. Imperial Rivals 5. Newspaper Press |
| Causes of World War II |
1. Resentment over the Treaty of Versailles |
| Adolf Hitler |
a German leader during World War II |
| World War II |
1939-1945 |
| Axis Powers |
Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Allied Powers of World War II |
Great Britan, Soviet Union, France, China and the U.S.(joined in 1941) |
| Holocaust |
a deliberate and systematic extermination of European Jews during World War II. |
| Cold War |
was led to by World War I and World War II |
| Constructive Nationalism |
Nationalism that is good for countries |
| Europe before WWI |
Nationalism high. |
| Why join alliances before WWI? |
European nations feared one another; Nations were afraid that other nations might troy to take over its territory; they created alliances; There was strength in numbers and people feared attacks. |
| Main alliances during WWI? |
Central Powers and Allied Powers |
| Main alliances during WWII? |
Allied Powers and Axis Powers |
| Germany and the Treaty of Versailles |
1. not allowed to have a military 2. forced to give up colonies 3. Owed 33 million in war damages 4. Had to give up its trading ships |
| After treaty signed |
Germans felt a lot of resentment |
| Start of WWII |
September 1, 1939 |
| US joined Allied Powers? |
1941 |
| After WWII Western Europe |
allied themselves with the US and the countries grew together as a region |
| Ater WWII Eastern Europe |
their economies failed to recover and government suspended many of peoples freedoms |
| Superpowers after WWII |
United States and Soviet Union |
Biology Lab Midterm
