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WWII and 2nd Review
WWII for Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who blamed the Jews for Germany's problems? | Hitler |
| Who was the fascist leader in Italy? | Mussolini |
| Who forced peasant into collective farming? | Joseph Stalin |
| Germany invades Poland - 1939 | Was the beginning of WWII |
| D – Day 1944 | Allied invasion in Normandy France. |
| Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 | Japan surrenders to USA |
| What was it the division of Western and Eastern Europe AFTER WWII called? | Iron Curtain |
| What is Communism? (Stalin) | a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party (controlled by the government) |
| What type of government did Rome have? | Republic |
| What helped lead to the start of WWII? | Treaty of Versailles |
| Greece has what type of geography? | Extremely Mountainious |
| What did the end of the Soviet Union Cause? | caused many Eastern European countries to pursure free-market economies |
| What is an example of genocide? | Nazi's eliminating millions of Jews |
| Hitler and Mussolini led? | fascist states |
| How did dictators gained power in Europe between WWI and WWII | Governments failed to meet the needs of the people. |
| The end of communism in the Soviet Union caused many Eastern European countries | Seek out market economies |
| What does the United Nations do? | provide a way of solving world problems |
| Why type of culture would most likely borrow "ideas" from another culture? | A culture with many immigrants |
| Who invented the dome? | Rome |
| Who invented democracy? | Greeks |
| How did the rats with black death carrying fleas get to Europe? | Merchant ships coming from China |
| What is NATO? | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is a political-military alliance made up of 28 member countries, including the United States. Formed in 1949 |
| What did the destruction of Berlin Wall signify? | Ending of the Cold War |
| What ancient culture had city-states? | Greece |
| What is an oligarchy? | A government ruled by a few |
| What does putting limits on a government provide for that country? | personal and economic freedoms |
| Which continent did Ancient Rome have the most control over during their reign? | Europe |
| What is capitalism? | is an economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. |
| What are examples of adapting to your environment | building houses, irrigating farmland, building roads and heating and cooling your house |
| Where are Romania and Slovenia located? | Eastern Europe |