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Who were the four members of the Central Powers alliance? |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottom-empire |
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Who were the seven European members of the Allied alliance? |
Great Britain, Greece, France, Serbia, Italy, Romania, and Russia describe the main cause of World War I |
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Describe the M.A.I.N cause of World War I |
Militarism Alliance Imperialism Nationalism |
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Who were the members of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente and why were each created? |
France and Russia were members. Were each created to not fight against them. |
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Describe the quarrel between the Ottomans and the Armenians and the Ottoman reaction? |
They were both demanding their freedom. The Ottomans government deported nearly 2,000,000 Armenians |
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How did the alliance system help perpetuate the start of World War I? |
Italy accused their former partners of unjustly starting the war. |
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How would you describe the components of militarism? |
Maintaining power and keeping their army prepared for any war |
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What was asked of governments and citizens engaged in "total war"? |
The countries devoted all their resources to the war effort. Government took control of the economy. |
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What was the goal of each country that used wartime propaganda? |
Goal was to keep up moral and support for the war. |
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Give a visual account of what would be experienced in trench ware fare. |
Men slept in mud, the trenches swarmed with rats, fresh food was nonexistent, and sleep was nearly impossible |
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Theorize why battles on the Eastern front would cause a stalemate on the Western front |
The war in the east was a more morale war then that in the west |
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Why would Lenin and his Communist Party pull out of World War I by agreeing to the Treaty of brest-litovsk? |
Lenin and his Communist Party would pull out because they were very short on supplies |
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How did the Germans believe there unrestricted submarine ware fare in the Atlantic would affect possible American participation in World War I? |
The Germans announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain. |
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How would the entry of the United States affect the outcome of World War I? |
With the US in the war the balance it seemed was about to tip in the allies favor |
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How does an armistice compare with surrendering in ware fare? |
It's an agreement to stop fighting |
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How does US President Wilson's 14 points peace plan differ from the goals of the British and French? |
Wilson wanted to negotiate solutions to world conflict. Britain and France weren't agreeing. |
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What is the "War Guilt Clause" and how will he be received by German citizens? |
The responsibility for the war was placed on Germany's shoulders. It left hatred in the hearts of the German people. |
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Why is "A peace built on quicksand" fitting for the versailles Treaty? |
The Treaty of Versailles did little to build a lasting peace |
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Where did Lenin advocate the spread of communism throughout Europe? |
Lenin would spread communism because he wanted to be run by a single party. |
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How would the Russians revolution under Lenin compare to other major political revolutions? |
Lenin turned to reviving the economy and restructuring the government. |
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Describe Stalin's great purge and how it was carried out |
It was a campaign of terror directed at eliminating anyone who threatened his power |
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What type of government did Stalin have? |
Communist Dictator |
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What type of government did Mussolini have? |
Democratic government |
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What type of government did Hitler have? |
Socialist Government |
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Churchill |
British prime minister |
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What type of government did Franklin D. Roosevelt have? |
Democratic Government |
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What does totalitarianism mean? |
The national government takes control of all aspects of both public and private life. |
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How would a totalitarian dictator increase his power? |
Mass communication and technology |
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What would a dictator use his secret police for? |
Spying on citizens or intimidating them |
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Characteristics of fascism |
Fascism had no clearly defined theory or program |
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What promises did fascist dictators in Germany and Italy promise their people? |
Promise to revive its economy and rebuild it's armed forces |
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With what type of government did the Russians replace a monarchy? |
Provisional government |
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Who wrote the book "Mein Kampf"? And what does the title mean? |
Hitler wrote the book and it means "My Struggle" |
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What is "Lebensraum" and how did Hitler attempt to achieve it? |
Lebensraum is living space Hitler promised to get that space by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia |
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Define indoctrination |
Instruction in the governments beliefs |
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Explain the "Island hopping" strategy |
MacArther would seize islands that were not well defended, but were closer to Japan |
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Describe Hitler's blitzkrieg or "lightning war" |
Hitler would take his enemy by surprise using fast-moving airplanes and tanks |
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Explain the goal of Hitler's "Final solution"  |
It was a program of genocide, the systematic killing of an entire people |
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Where were the atomic bomb's dropped? |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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Who were the members of the axis powers? |
Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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Define holocaust |
The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis |
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What was Stalin attempting to create in Easter Europe when he denied those countries the right to free election? |
Stalin wanted to build a buffer, or wall of protection |
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What was Stalin attempting to create in Easter Europe when he denied those countries the right to free election? |
Stalin wanted to build a buffer, or wall of protection |
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Defined the policy of containment |
Policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the spread of communism |
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What is NATO and why was it created? |
North Atlantic Treaty organization. It was created to defend any member that would be attacked |
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Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War and Vietnam war? |
Truman believe that the North Korean aggressors were repeating what Hitler, Mussolini Lenin, and the Japanese had done in the 1930s |
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Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War and Vietnam war? |
Truman believe that the North Korean aggressors were repeating what Hitler, Mussolini Lenin, and the Japanese had done in the 1930s |
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What was sputnik and why is it important? |
Was the first successful artificial space satellite |
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What did Perestroika promote's in Russia? |
Promoted economic restructuring |
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Define glasnost |
Openness |
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Define glasnost |
Openness |
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Describe the domino theory |
The fall of one communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors |
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What caused the Cuban missile crisis? |
Khrushchev secretly began to build 42 missile sites in Cuba |
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What was the goal of the space race? |
The goal was to deliver nuclear warheads and aircraft for spying missions |
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Why did allies divided Germany after World War II? |
To allies began to pursue opposing goals |
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How did Nixon decrease the tensions with the Soviet Union? |
Two superpowers agreed to pursue détente and to reduce tensions |
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Why were Soviet controlled countries considered satellite nations? |
Soviet controlled the eastern part of Germany. |
