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43 Cards in this Set
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what 2 countries came out of WW1 in better shape then they came in?
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US && Japan
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HOw did the US great depression affect Europe?
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affected trade
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why did the league of nations fail to keep peace
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no authority not enough countries joined
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define Totalitarianism
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one party dictatorship
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What is appeasement? Who used it? and why?
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giving in to the demands of an aggressor. hitler so he could get power. in order to keep peace
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why did so many italians support mussolini?
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he was all about the economy
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What part of the world did Mussonlini conquer first
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egypt
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what were some of the restriction places on germany after ww1
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no weapons
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where did hitler first send german troops
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Richland poland
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what did hitler do before he started gaining political power
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wrote a book, wanted to be an artist
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who was blamed for the Reichstag fire
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communist
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what was the main type of fighting in ww2?
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guerilla warfare
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what was the non Aggression Pact? who signed it? what did it mean?
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soviet and germany promised not to go to war
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what was japan's objective in going to war
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take down american giant
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what was the cause of the us going to war
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Pearl Harbor attack
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what was the first military goal of the allies
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to get weapons
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what did d-day force hitler to do
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surrender
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what was the largest battle and a key turning piont in the war
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stalingrad
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why did we use the a bomb on japan
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they did it to get them to surrender
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what laws deprived jews of their civil rights
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nuremburgs
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what type of system has the government controlling some of the means of production
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socilalism
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where was facism born
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mussolini-Italy
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where was the Maginot line
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seperated germany france
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where did hitler and mussolini try out their new weapons
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in spain
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who was hitler's minister of propaganda
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Goebbels
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what were the Nuremberg laws
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Jewish citizenship is taken away
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what was the "final solution'
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genocide of jews
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how many jews died in the holocaust
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6 million
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what were conditions like in the death camps comcentration camps
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no food,scary,bad conditions kill people
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what did the nuremburg trials prove
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jews blamed for everything
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what group of people did the truks threaten ,kill an harass
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armanians
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who said " who speaks for the Armenians"
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hitler
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what country in Aferica sas genocide in the early 1990's
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Rwanda
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why is rwanda a genocide
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mass organized killing of people by government
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what is an ethic group
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large group who share the ame lang. and culture
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what were the names of the 2 tribal gruops in Rwanda
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Hutus and Tutsis
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what is NATO
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north alantic treaty
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what was the warsaw pact
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eastern europe treaty led by soviet union
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what replaced the league of Nations
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United nations
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wat is cold war
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war with no combat
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who is Mao Zedong
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leader of cummunist china
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what is the purpose of the UN
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to maintain peace around the world
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the Secretariat? General Assemby? Security Council? World Court
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branches of U.N.
secretariat-staff of U.N. G.A-reps of all nations S.c-deals with peace && war issues |
