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4 FACTORS LEADING TO WWI? Competing Rivalries in Europe and Alliances Imperialism Militarism Nationalism
THE U.S. BECAME INVOLVED IN WWI BECAUSE: Sinking of the Lusitania / German U-Boats sank 4 American merchant ships The Zimmermann Letter Sinking of the Lusitania German U-Boats sank 4 American merchant shipsThe Zimmermann Letter
CZAR NICHOLAS II RULE WAS UNPOPULAR BECAUSE: A shortage of food & fuel/The Czar’s political incompetence and reliance on the mystic Rasputin/He would not withdraw Russian troops from WWI
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLE’S EFFECT ON GERMANY WAS: It left Germany humiliated and resentful.
WHAT STYLE OF WAR WAS ASSOCIATED WITH WWI TRENCH WARFARE
Why was the League of Nations so ineffective at the start of aggression in W.W.II? Strong members of the LoN were unwilling to confront dictators (APPEASEMENT)
WHAT WAS D-DAY? June 6, 1944, the Allies staged a massive landing on the beaches of Normandy, France.
WHICH GROUPS DID HITLER EXTERMINATE AS “UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS”? JEWS/SLAVS/GYPSIES/HOMOSEXUALS, CRIMINALS, MENTALLY ILL
What Communist Asian Nation is the most aggressive militarily? North Korea
The main goal of the U.S. Army during the wars of the Cold War era was….? Stop the spread of Communism
THE FIRST COMMUNIST LEADER OF CHINA WAS: Mao Zedong
Containment was part of the Truman Doctrine and was intended to stop the spread of …. COMMUNISM
What nation was formed as a result of Muslim/Hindu tensions in India? Pakistan
WHAT GROUP STRENGTHENED THE POLICY OF APARTHEID? What was Apartheid? Afrikaners/The legal separation of races in S. Africa / unfair to black majority
How was the Cold War connected to the current War on Terror The U.S. Military supported Afghan rebels vs the Soviets in the 1980’s. Afghan rebels now fight vs the U.S. using some of the same weapons and mountain retreats we helped them create.
AFRICAN NATIONS FACED WHAT PROBLEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY? Health Issues (AIDS, malaria,etc)Ethnic ConflictPoverty
What communist Asian nation is currently a threat to disrupt world peace by creating nuclear weapons against the wishes of the U.N.? N. Korea
NEWLY INDEPENDENT AFRICAN NATIONS HAD TO OVERCOME: Ethnic Conflict over Political Boundaries
When Palestine was partitioned (divided) and part was given to the Jews to become a homeland called Israel, what was the immediate result? War with Israel and its muslim neighbors
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF FORMING THE PLO? Led by Yasir Arafat, the P.L.O. was formed to eliminate Israel and created a Palestinian state
IRAQ INVADED WHICH COUNTRY IN 1990? KUWAIT
WHAT IS A PRIMARY SOURCE? A primary source is an original historical document, written at the time of the historic event. Examples: Declaration of Independence
WHICH MAN HELPED LEAD INDIA TO ITS INDEPENDENCE? GANDHI
WHAT WAS THE IRON CURTAIN? The imaginary barrier between democratic western and communist eastern Europe
Did the formation of Israel occur as a result of the cold war or as a result of W.W.II? Not a cold war event, a holocaust event.
Trade Embargo on Cuba? Effects of Cold War
Terror attacks at Munich Olympics in 1972? Arab Israeli Conflict
Oil embargo placed on U.S. by O.P.E.C.? Arab Israeli Conflict
Government Instability Impact of colonialism
Development of Nuclear weapons? Effects of Cold War
Economic collapse of Germany? A. Effect of W.W.I
Occupation of Germany by Allied troops? Effects of Cold War
Hutu and Tutsi conflict in Rwanda Impact of colonialism
Rise of Fascism? A. Effect of W.W.I
Creation of the U.N.? Effect of W.W.II
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