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SS6-Milestones Rev 1
SS - 6th - GA Milestones Review 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened to the economy of Germany after WWI? | Economy went into a deep depression because Germany had to pay war reparations. |
| Withdrawal from WWI, poverty, starvation, overthrow of the czar, civil war, and communism are associated with ____. | Russian Revolution |
| 1400s - helped Portugal lead exploration by providing money to study navigation, develop better boats, and encourage voyages along the coast of Africa | Prince Henry |
| Reasons for establishment of European oversees colonies. | 1. Europeans wanted to spread Christianity to other peoples. 2. European industry needed more natural resources. 3. Europeans thought colonies would buy European products. |
| Demanded Germany 1) pay reparations; 2) limit its military; 3) give up some of its land | Treaty of Versailles |
| Causes of WWI | 1) Militarism 2) Alliances 3) Imperialism 4) Nationalism |
| Policy of obtaining and occupying colonies to form an empire | Imperialism |
| 2 Superpowers involved in Cold War | United States Soviet Union |
| Imaginary line separated the Communist countries from the rest of Europe | Iron Curtain |
| Signaled end of Cold War | Tearing down of the Berlin Wall |
| Murder of millions of Jews & other people in Europe | Holocaust |
| Government that gives citizens full and equal rights to participate | Democracy |
| Unitary government system concentrates its power in the ___ ___ | Central government |
| Has power in an autocracy | Dictator |
| Power is shared between central government and several regional governments (ex. Russia) | Federal government system |
| Seized power in Russian following the Russian Revolution | Communist Party |
| 1600s - European counties that established colonies in the Americas | France Spain Great Britain |
| Adolf Hitler's political party | Nazi party |