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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, who was concerned with Germany threatening their national security? | Great Britain and France |
| The (blank) revolution cause the Western Front to become the focus of WWI. | Bloshevik |
| The main cause of the Peterograd Uprising (the began of the Russian Revolution) was | Severe Food Shortages |
| In WWI, dirigibles (blimps) were used to gather what? | Information on enemy movement |
| In the Zimmerman telegram, Germany promised who what if they would assist in the war? | Mexico was promised U.S territory |
| Bloody Sunday, WWI, Czar Nicholas' avocation, and the assassination of the Romnof family led to | The Russian Revolution |
| Whose currency lost value after WWI because of the payment of reparations? | Germany's |
| Vladimir Lenin's ideology during the Bolshevik Revolution | Authoritarian rule to implement communism |
| Woodrow Wilson proposed what? | The League of Nations |
| The colonies of what powers helped supple the needed troops for the war effort? | European |
| Ending secret alliances was one of who's goals for peace? | Woodrow Wilson |
| The "Plamer Raids" (1919-1920) targeted | Communist radicals |
| Trenchwarfare resulted in | A prolonged stalemate |
| What increased casualties in WWI? | Trenchwarfare |
| Who were the "powder keg of Europe" and why? | The Balkans because of nationalistic rivalries resulting in combat |
| What revolution forced Czar Nicholas II to advocate? | The March Revolution (1917) |
| The 1st Battle of the Marne halted German advancement into what city? | Paris |
| One major effect of WWI on Europe? | Change in political boundries |
| The outbreak of the Russian Revolution was the result of | WWI |
| The assassination of which archduke resulted in WWI why? | Frans Fredinand of Austria Hungry because it increased tensions between the allies in Western and Eastern Europe |
| Germany had economic difficulties from 1923-1933 because | Restriction of the Treaty of Versailles |
| What caused new strategies for fighting in WWI? | New weapons technology |
| The treaty that Russia withdrew WWI with was | The Treaty of Brest-Laitovsk |
| Woodrow Wilson's goal during the Paris Peace Conference | A just and lasting peace |
| Which front in WWI was ended quicker because of Russia's leadership withdrawing it from the war? | Eastern Front |
| 1905- "Bloody Sunday" was in St. Petersberg and due to what? | Workers' prtest |
| The Gallipoli Campaign was what? | The Allies attempt to establish a supply line to Russia |
| What plan was an effort to solve Germany's inability to pay the war reparations? | The Dawes Plan |
| Article 231 of the War Guilt Clause contributed to what? | Germany's economical difficulty after WWI |
| Italy and Germany developed a (blank) government before WWI. | Fascist system |
| Extreme nationalism and militarism and one man dictatorship rule is what kind of government? | Fascism |
| The Allied invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944) is a turning point of WWII because | It positioned Allied Forces to begin the Western Europe Campaign |
| What battle resulted in U.S. armored divisions beginning to drive toward Berlin in WWII? | "The Battle of the Bulge" (Dec 1944- Feb 1945) |
| Japaneses Prime Minister Togo advocated the use of what to guarantee the national security of Japan? | Force |
| What led to Adolf Hitler's arrest and imprisonment in 1923? | The Beer Hall Putsch |
| The partisan of what two countries in 1947 was due to difference in religious beliefs? | India and Pakistan |
| Adolf Hitler claimed Germany had become over crowded and needed more le bensraum (living space) to do what? | To justify expanding Germany's borders |
| The strategy of "Island Hopping" was developed by the Allies against who? | Japan |
| The most significant turning point in the Pacific War | "The Battle of Midway" |
| Adolf Hitler eliminated what in order to gain control over Germany? | Political Oppression |
| Japanese Admiral Yamomoto organised the attack against (blank). | Pearl Harbor |
| (Blank) on London caused significant civilian casualties in England. | German bombing raids |
| Who was the commander of the D-day invasion? | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Blitzkrieg (lighting war) is what? | Fast airplanes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces |
| After WWI, the Weimer Germany struggled to develop what? | A stable government |
| What forced Germany too relinquish the reign of Alsace-Lorraine? | The Treaty of Versailles |
| How did Germany initiate WWII? | Invading Poland |
| Japan's invasion of (blank) was based in part on a part of racial superiority. | Manchuria (in China) |
| The German government began promoting a program to rebuild the military as a response to what in the early 1930s? | High unemployment |
| Which two countries invasions were similar because the both sought to gain territory through military force? | Japan's invasion of China and Germany's of Europe |
| The Gestapo in Nazi Germany... | Persecuted political enemies and religious groups |
| What happened to the Reichstag that was a major step in Adolf Hitler's rise to power? | It was burned |
| Germany's use of Blitzkrieg tactics when invading the Soviet Union is a reason for what? | The high number of military casualties in the Soviet Union |
| What turned the tide in favor of the Allies in WWII? | The Normandy landing victory of 1944 |
| One purpose of the U.S.'s "Island Hopping" was to... | move land base bombers within range of Japan |
| Whose New Economic Policy allowed moderate capitalism? | Lenin |
| The Brown Shirts were what? | A paramilitary organization of the Nazi movement |
| During the 1930s, the rise of (blank) was helped by the wide spread sentiment that the political order that followed WWI was unjust. | Totalitariansim |
| Radar helped England what? | Defend itself against German air attacks with a 20 minute warning |
| Joseph Stalin carried out a campaign of terror against other communist party leader in 1930s. What was its name? | "Great Purge" |
| Stalin's first 5 Year Plan deported who to Siberia for refusing the Collectivization Program? | wealthy farmers called Kuiaks |
| What was known mainly for its brutality to civilians? | The Gestapo |
| Tensions increased between who due to competition to declare Korea a colony? | France and Great Britain |
| The U.S. victory in the Battle of Okinawa resulted in the US being able to.. | prepare an invasion of Japan's mainland |
| Stalin's main accomplishment in the 1920s | The industrialization of the Soviet Union |
| Which General was the commander responsible for Allies in the Pacific? | General Douglas McArthur |
| At the beginning of WWII, who urged its Allies to launch a military offensive against Germany from Western Europe to force Germany to fight on two major fronts? | the Soviet Union |
| What was the greatest mobilization of land and sea forces in history that occurred in WWII? | The Landing (Battle) of Normandy |
| Japan seized territories with valuable resources in the 1930s in order to what? | To correct the effects of the Great Depression |
| What was Cold War technology that was used to provide instantaneous communication? | The Arpanet (internet in 1981) |
| What is SALT 1 and what did it result in? | The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; resulted in reduction of the possibility a conflict could escalate to nuclear war |
| The (blank) prevented the spread of communism in foreign countries. | The Truman Doctrine (containment) |
| SEATO (1954) was created to protect Asia. What was it to protect Asia from and what does SEATO stand for? | It was to prevent the spread of communism and promote stability in Asia: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
| Corruption in the Cuban national government helped enable who to seize power in Cuba? | Fidel Castro |
| 1955- Soviet Union and it's satellite countries created the (blank), a military alliance to counter/offset NATO. | Warsaw Pact |
| NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was formed to protect who from what? | It was formed to protect Western Europe from the Soviet Union. |
| The Berlin Blockade (1948-1949) increased tension in the (blank). | Cold War |
| What was an important factor in the Cold War because it was viewed by the U.S. as a direct challenge to the stability of Europe? | The Berlin Blockade |
| Why is their a dispute between China and Taiwan that started in 1949 and goes on today? | In part to Taiwan seeking recognition as an independent country. |
| What conference fostered suspicion and distress among leaders? | The Yalta Confernce |
| The Yalta Conference led to an agreement on the division of what country into 4 zones between the Soviets, French, British, and Americans? | Germany |
| Why was Korea divided into two countries after WWII? | Because of communist ideology |
| The (blank) won the Chinese civil War because they had the support of the majority of the peasants. | Communist |
| In President Eisenhower's farewell speech, he said the influence of the military industrial complex was... | dangerous to American liberty |
| Eastern Europe was a what of the Soviet Union during the Cold War? | "sphere of influence" |
| Nuclear testing by what country during the Cold War led to increase tensions between USA and USSR? | The United States |
| What revolution caused the economic and educational systems in China to become unstable? | The Chinese Cultural Revolution |
| Pakistan helped found SEATO to gain what? | Widespread support for its conflict with India |
| The Cold War began in (blank). | Europe |
| What resulted in Germany being divided into occupational zones? | The Potsdam |
| Art forms in the renaissance included, realism, perspective, and what? | Humanism- the potential and achievement of the individual |
| Who was the artist that made "David", "Pieta", and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michelangeo |
| Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" an analysis of what? | Political power (what is it?, how do you get it?, how do you keep it?) |
| The Reformation was the movement to reform what important aspect of life? | The Catholic Church |
| Who started the Reformation because of his views on indulgences and posted his 95 theses on the door of a church? | Martin Luther |
| What did Martin Luther believe? | Salvation based on faith alone |
| John Calvin preached the idea of (blank). | Predestination |
| Democracy is based on the ideas of this man who also believed in natural rights. | John Locke |
| What did Thomas Hobbes contribute in the Enlightenment? | Rule of Law |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau came up with 3 ideas. Name them. | "Social contract", power from the people, right to change government |
| Who created the idea of separation of powers and checks & balances? | Montesquieu |
| The French Revolution led to the Reign of Terror which was led by which group of people under Maximullum Robspierre? | Committee of Public Safety |
| What are the factors of production? | Land, labor, and capital |
| The Industrial Revolution began in | England |
| The Agricultural Revolution produced more food, more people, and more labor for which revolution? | Industrial Revolution |
| Which industry was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution? | The Textile Industry |
| What is Cecil Rodes associated with? | Imperialism |
| What did the Berlin Conference (1888-1885) deide? | How to peacefully divide Africa |
| Who wrote "The White Man's Burden"? | Rudgyard Kipling |
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