Ap History 100 Facts Yhs

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The ______ view of the Austrians as foreign oppressors led to the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist which started World War I

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Serbians

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World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because modern _________ were more deadly

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Weapons

Front 3

During World War I, most women in allied nations kept their nations' ___________ going

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Economies

Front 4

The League of Nations might have been more successful if the ______________ had joined it

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United States

Front 5

The Bolshevik Revolution led to a civil war in ________

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Russia

Front 6

Lenin's New Economic Policy was designed to rebuild the ___________ economy

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Soviet

Front 7

The main cause of revolution in Mexico in 1910 was the unequal distribution of ______

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Land

Front 8

Economic nationalism swept through Latin America during the 1920s and 1930s because European trade fell following ___________ and the Great Depression reduced Latin American exports and increased the cost of imported goods

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World War I

Front 9

The Salt March in India is an example of _____ disobedience

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Civil

Front 10

The Chinese Communists chose Yan'an as the destination of their _____________ because it provided the natural protection of the mountains and the Huang He

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Long March

Front 11

The discoveries of Marie Curie and Albert Einstein had a major impact on our knowledge of ___________ and atomic energy

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Radioactivity

Front 12

Many Italians supported fascist, totalitarian rule under ________ because it promised a strong, confident government and instilled national pride in Italians.

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Mussolini

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Fascist Italy and militarist Japan shared a strong sense of _____________

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Nationalism

Front 14

____________ party members made up a privileged group in Soviet society

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Communist

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Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933; his government's economic policies improved the ____________ situation in Germany

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Unemployment

Front 16

One of Hitler's primary goals was the persecution and elimination of _____

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Jews

Front 17

Western democracies followed a policy of _____________ in response to Axis aggression in the 1930s

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Appeasement

Front 18

During the Blitz of London during ______________, Londoners carried on with their daily lives, seeking protection in shelters during the bombings

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World War II

Front 19

World War II in Europe ended with the surrender of ____________

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Germany

Front 20

Winston Churchill spoke of an ____________ dividing Europe after World War II in order to divide Europe into Eastern and Western blocs.

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"Iron curtain"

Front 21

During the Cold War, the United States tried to contain the spread of communism, which led to their direct involvement in two "hot" wars - the ________ War and the _________ War.

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Vietnam // Korean

Front 22

The United States wanted to attack targets in Cambodia to disrupt the ______________ trail supply line

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Ho Chi Minh

Front 23

The United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war in 1962 over Soviet missile bases in _______

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Cuba

Front 24

One goal of General _________ military government in Japan after World War II was to guarantee democratic government in Japan

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MacArthur's

Front 25

Global economic interdependence created an _______ in the 1970s because nations with oil resources underwent political crises which caused production to halt and prices to soar

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Oil crisis

Front 26

Efficient, _______________ adapted to the latest technology led to Japan's economic success following World War II

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Modern factories

Front 27

Because of ___________________ in the Soviet Union there were widespread shortages of food and consumer goods

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Central economic planning

Front 28

Tensions between _______ and Hindus resulted in the partition of India in 1947

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Muslims

Front 29

The colonial borders created by European powers cause problems for new African nations because it forced people of different ______ groups together

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Ethnic

Front 30

The civil war in Yugoslavia was fought among Serbs, ______, and Muslims

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Croats

Front 31

Economic sanctions helped end _________ in South Africa

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Apartheid

Front 32

Despite continued efforts for peace in the _____________ conflict, the struggle continues in occupied territories because Israel refuses to give up the territories until Arab nations recognize Israel's right to exist

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Arab-Israeli

Front 33

Developing nations are agriculturally and economically _____________ on developed nations

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Dependent

Front 34

Cash economies introduced in African nations by Europeans often fail because most people in Africa are _________ farmers

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Substinence

Front 35

In Africa in the 20th century, the spread of drought and ______________ caused hunger and migration

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Deforestation

Front 36

Since colonial days, a key cause of Latin American unrest has been the ______ distribution of wealth

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Uneven

Front 37

Germany was able to reunite because communism ________ in the Soviet Union

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Collapsed

Front 38

Technology has helped form a global culture by spreading _______ rapidly

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Ideas

Front 39

Worldwide there is generally a lower literacy rate for _______ than for males

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Females

Front 40

One African country that successfully resisted European imperialism was ________

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Ethiopia

Front 41

__________ helped turn World War I into global war

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Alliances

Front 42

Fascism can be described as a glorified loyalty to _____

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State

Front 43

Western democracies chose to respond to Axis aggression during the 1930s with a policy of ____________ partly because they saw Hitler and fascism as a defense against the greater evil of Soviet communism

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Appeasement

Front 44

World War II ended in the Pacific with the bombings of ___________ and Nagasaki

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Hiroshima

Front 45

During the Cold War, the United States responded to communist expansionist efforts by following a policy of _________

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Containment

Front 46

Both the Soviet Union under Stalin and China under Mao Zedong had a _____________

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Planned economy

Front 47

The capitalist economic systems chosen by some of Africa's newly independent nations allowed ___________________ to take their profits out of the country

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Foreign business owners

Front 48

Although Bangladesh was once part of _________, India's location between the two made travel and trade difficult, which explains Bangladesh's desire fore independence

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Pakistan

Front 49

Japan's economic success during the 1950s and 1960s resulted, in part, from __________ military protection, which allowed Japan to spend more on economic development

Back 49

American

Front 50

Developed countries are considered the global North and developing countries, the global South - _____ is the only continent that is part of both

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Asia

Front 51

Saddam Hussein's invasion of ________ triggered the first Gulf War

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Kuwait

Front 52

The U.S. "road map" for peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict called for Israel and ________ to exist peacefully as neighbors

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Palestine

Front 53

The ________________________ (PRI) dominated Mexican politics from the 1920s to the year 2000

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Institutional Revolutionary Party

Front 54

Industrialization allowed Japan to expend resources on military and colonial expansion, which enabled Japan to become a ________________ after 1894

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Colonial power

Front 55

In 1900, anti-foreign sentiment in China led to an uprising known as the _______ Rebellion

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Boxer

Front 56

The collapse of the last Chinese Empire in ____ was caused by the imperial government's failure to control foreign influence

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1912

Front 57

In response to increased military power of Germany, Great Britain, France, and _______ formed the Triple Entente in 1907

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Russia

Front 58

Most of the combat on the Western Front in World War I took place in a relatively small area because the armies became immobile due to ______ warfare

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Trench

Front 59

The ___________ Plan was designed by the German military to avoid the problem of fighting Allied powers on two fronts

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Schlieffen

Front 60

Economic hardships in the Russian empire brought on by its participation in ____________ resulted in the downfall of the czar

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World War I

Front 61

American military and ________ intervention in World War I had a tremendous impact on the course and outcome of World War I

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Financial

Front 62

President Wilson said that his _____________ would provide a framework for a lasting and just peace

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Fourteen Points

Front 63

A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of ______________ following World War I was to keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces

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Versailles

Front 64

Italian leader, Vittorio Orlando, hoped to gain territory from ______________ during the creation of the Treaty of Versailles

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Austria-Hungary

Front 65

Authors Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald are identified with the __________________

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Lost generation

Front 66

The Cheka used terror tactics against the enemies of _______________ to help Lenin gain control of Russia

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Bolshevism

Front 67

Stalin's "Great Purge" from 1934 to ____ brought about the death of millions of people

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1939

Front 68

Both Italian Fascists and the _____________ gained power partly because they used terror tactics against political opponents

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German Nazis

Front 69

In the ___________ governments of Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Stalin's Russia, political opponents were killed and all three nations sought to expand their borders

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Totalitarian

Front 70

Hitler signed a ______________ treaty with Stalin on the eve on World War II to allow Germany to invade Poland without Soviet opposition

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Non-aggression

Front 71

After the United States entered World War II, American and British leaders decided that their highest priority would be to invade ________ and defeat Germany

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Europe

Front 72

One major purpose of the Yalta conference in 1945 was to decide how to restructure _______ after World War II

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Europe

Front 73

The primary cause of the ___________ between the United States and the Soviet Union was the competition for political influence over other countries

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Cold War

Front 74

Mohandas Gandhi used his philosophy of nonviolent non-cooperation in an effort to achieve India's independence from ______________

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Great Britain

Front 75

Poland, Czechoslovakia, ____________, and Romania became satellites of the Soviet Union because the Soviet army occupied these areas at the end of World War II

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Hungary

Front 76

The Arab oil embargo against the United States in 1973 was initiated because of U.S. support for _______ in the Yom Kippur War

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Israel

Front 77

______ was created in order to establish a unified military defense among the United States and European countries

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NATO

Front 78

In India and Pakistan, feelings of nationalism are intertwined with religious conflict between Muslims and ________

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Hindus

Front 79

The ___________________ called for the partition of the Ottoman Empire after World War I

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Sykes-Picot Agreement

Front 80

The Balfour Declaration (1917) declared support for the creation of a national home for _________ people

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Jewish

Front 81

In 1947, the ________________ controlled the Mandate of Palestine

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United Nations

Front 82

A _________ is attacks on Jews in Eastern Europe

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Pogrom

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The Holocaust raised sympathies and increased interest in the _________ movement and resulted in a massive Jewish emigration

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Zionist

Front 84

The leading force behind reform in the Middle East today is ________

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Islam

Front 85

One of the biggest challenges facing nations in the Middle East is sharing the region's _______

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Water

Front 86

An _________ is a ruler with unlimited power

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Autocrat

Front 87

To _________ means to resign as a ruler

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Abdicate

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The Russian leader, ______________, used the slogan "Peace, Land, and Bread."

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Joseph Stalin

Front 89

The __________________ in China rejected Confucian traditions and learning from the West

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May Fourth Movement

Front 90

A policy of rigid segregation called __________ was practiced by whites against South African blacks

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Apartheid

Front 91

Writers expressed pride in their African roots and protested colonial rule through the ___________ Movement

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Negritude

Front 92

Powerful Japanese business families who ruled over industrial empires were known as ____________

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Zaibatsu

Front 93

Egyptian president ______________ was the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel

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Anwar Sadat

Front 94

The Missionaries of Charity, founded by ____________ provided food and medical care to the poor people of Kolkata, India

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Mother Teresa

Front 95

The Indian tradition of ______ requires women to be isolated in separate quarters

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Purdah

Front 96

The __________________ Massacre in 1989 showed the Chinese leaders favored order over political freedom

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Tiananmen Square

Front 97

________, an Islamic reform movement, wanted to return to the purity and simplicity of Muhammad's original teachings

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Wahhabi

Front 98

Rifle cartridges greased with animal fat set off the _______ Rebellion

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Sepoy

Front 99

The purpose of the __________ Policy was to protect U.S. trading rights in China

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Open Door

Front 100

Currently, ________ own less than 1 percent of the world's property

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Women