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| What was so ironic about congress not allowing the US to join the League of Nations? | President Wilson created it
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| Which nation lent Germany most of the money that it was paying back to France after WWI? | US
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| Which American history event led to great inflation in Germany following WWI? | The stock market crash
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| What happens to money during inflation? | Its value goes down
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| At what times in history can one expect a dictator to take over? | When the economy is bad
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| What type of government puts the interests of the country in front of the rights of individuals? | Fascism
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| Which leader came up with fascism? | Mussolini
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| Which organization was started by Lenin? | Comintern
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| How were Stalin’s and Lenin’s plans for the USSR different? | Stalin wanted an industrial country and Lenin wanted an agricultural country
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| Match the dictator with their country: Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Kim Il-sung, Ho Chi Minh, Hitler, Franco | ITL, USSR, CHN, NK, VET, GER, SPN
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| What was Hitler’s job during WWI? | Soldiers
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| What does Mein Kampf mean? | My Struggle
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| Which two religions are still fighting over Palestine/Israel? | Muslims and Jews
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| How did a lot of Africans gain the confidence to try to overthrow their colonizers after WWI? | They saw the world and peoples’ freedoms
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| What were Gandhi’s protests mainly about? | England’s colonizing of India
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| How were Gandhi’s protests different from those before? | They were non-violent
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| Why did the US threaten an embargo on Japan? | Japan was taking over countries in Asia and the Pacific
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| What two things did Hitler do before WWI that violated the Treaty of Versailles? | Started the draft and sent troops to Rhineland
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| What was the official start of WWII? | Germany invaded Poland
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| Describe how blitzkrieg worked. | Planes bombing ahead of tanks like a steamroller
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| Which beach in France was stormed to start the Allies’ victory march to finally take down Hitler? | Normandy
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| Which president decided to use the nuclear bomb? Why couldn’t FDR make the decision? | Truman, FDR was dead so he wasn't making good decisions
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| Name the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan and the cities where they were dropped. | Little boy over Hiroshima and Fat Man over Nagasaki
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| Which war had more deaths: WWI or WWII? | WWII
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| What does anti-Semitism mean? | Hating Jews
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| Why did the Jews first flee Israel (Palestine)? | To escape the Romans
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| Which Shakespeare play is argued to have bred anti-Semitism? | The Merchant of Venice
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| What happened on Kristallnacht? | Jewish businesses and synagogues were vandalized
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| ____ out of every _____ Jews in Europe died during the Holocaust. | 2, 3
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| Which organization was formed after WWII to do the job that the League of Nations couldn't do after WWI? | United Nations
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| Which German city did a wall separate after WWII? | Berlin
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| Who made the “iron curtain” speech? What was his position? | Churchill, British Prime Minister
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| What does MAD stand for? What does it mean? | Mutually Assured Destruction, if one side uses nukes, both sides will die
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| What were the names of the communist and capitalist alliances that formed after WWII? US and USSR were the two leaders of the groups. | NATO and Warsaw Pact
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| Which country put the first person in space? Which country put the first person on the moon? | USSR, USA
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| Which part of Korea is communist today? | North
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| What were the wars in Korea and Vietnam fought to stop? | Communism
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| Which country was invaded during the Bay of Pigs invasion? | Cuba
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| What worried JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | Cuba having nukes
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| Which country controlled Vietnam since the Opium Wars? | France
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| Which USSR and US leaders worked together to end the Cold War? | Reagan and Gorbachev
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| What event is usually considered the end of the Cold War? It happened in Germany? | The fall of the Berlin Wall
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| What does apartheid mean? What country practiced it? | Apartness, South Africa
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| Who was the first feely elected president of South Africa? Where was he before he was elected? | Nelson Mandela, prison
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| What was the name of the theocratic government that took over Afghanistan form 1996 until 2002? | Taliban
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| Why was Iraq invaded in 2003 by the US? | To find WMDs
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| Which three modern countries exist today since India was split after WWII? | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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| People on which island near China say that they are the real China? | Taiwan
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| Who was the leader of China during the Cultural Revolution? | Mao
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| What is the newest country in the world? It was founded in 2011? | South Sudan
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