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Module 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| suffragettes | Women who campaigned to get the right to vote |
| nationalism | devotion and loyalty to one country |
| imperialism | another force that helped set the stage for war in Europe |
| alliance | an agreement between two countries |
| communsim | a system where the government owns all property |
| What countries made up the Triple Alliance? | Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary |
| Why did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia? | A Serbian assassin shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary |
| When did WW1 end? | 1918 November 11 (at the 11th hour on the 11th day on the 11th month) |
| What did “Going over the top” mean? | soldiers would go over the trenches to fight the enemy |
| Who was the U.S. president at the end of World War I? | Woodrow Wilson |
| Great Depression | In the 1930s, a stock market crash caused the Great Depression |
| dictator | a person that has full control |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Allies | France, Great Britain, and other countries that opposed the Axis |
| Holocaust | the attempt by the Nazi government during World War II to eliminate Europe’s Jews |
| How did Oskar Schindler save some Jews during the Holocaust? | By employing them in his factory |
| When was D-Day, and what happened on that day? | On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched a massive attack on the Nazis |
| superpowers | strong and significant countries such as the US and Soviet Union |
| Cold War | a period of tense rivalry between the US and Soviet Union |
| What was life like in Eastern Europe during the Cold War? | People faced shortage of food, clothing, and more |
| What caused violence after the breakup of Yugoslavia? | Ethnic conflicts split up Yugoslavia |
| Leaders of the names of Germany and Italy | Hitler and Mussolini |