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74 Cards in this Set
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World War I occured during which years?
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1914 - 1918
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to which country's throne?
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Austria-Hungary
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How many people died in WWI?
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about 10 million
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When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, which country mobilized to help Serbia?
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Russia
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Which three countrise made up the Allies?
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Britain, Russia, France, and Serbia
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Which three countries made up the Central Powers?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
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What were the main causes of WWI?
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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
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Name one new weapon of World War I.
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the machine gun
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Describe the trenches.
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6ft deep and 6ft wide, zigzaged, with sandbags and barbed wire.
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What was the passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine in 1915?
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Lusitenia
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Which country enterd the war because of the Zimmerman Note?
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the United States
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Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution?
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Lenin
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Who were the Bolsheviks?
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Russian revolutionaries
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Who was the "mad monk" who advised the czarina (queen)?
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Rasputin
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Who was the last monarch of Russia?
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Nicholas II
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Why did Russia pull out of WWI?
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losses in lives
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What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?
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unfair treatmen of peasents, a failed government, WWI
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Which country did Russia suffer a humiliating defeat to in 1904?
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Japan
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What was Russia's new name changed to after the Russian Revolution?
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USSR
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What was the name of the temporary government in Russia?
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Provisional Government
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Lenin supported a dictatorship led by:
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the Bolsheviks
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What were the causes of the Great Depression?
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German reparations, overproduciton, debt, and uneven wealth distribution.
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After WWI the U.S. pursued a policy of:
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Isolation
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What were the major effects of the Treaty of Versailles?
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Germany was severally punished
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What did France build to defend themselves against the Germans?
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The Rhineland
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Who was the founder of Fascism?
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Mussolini
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Who is Joseph Stalin?
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Totalitarian of Russia
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What was the Great Purge?
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the attempt to rid all opposition to Stalin
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which organization failed to stop WWII?
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the League of Nations
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What did Stalin lie to about the public?
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He promised he was democratic
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Which country invaded Manchuria, Korea, and China in the 1930s?
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Japan
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Which country signed a nonagression pact with the Soviet Union?
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Germany
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Who was the leader of Nazi Germany's third Reich?
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Hitler
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Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" campaign?
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Nimitz
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Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
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MacArthur
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What year did the USSR switch to the Allies?
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1943
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Why did Japan use kamikaze warfare?
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It showed loyalty to their country
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What did British, American, Canadian, and Frech troops invade on D-Day?
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Normandy, France
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Which of Hitler's aggressive actions triggered England and France to declare war on Germany?
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the invasion of Poland
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Japan's surrender came less than a week after which event?
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the bombing of Nagasaki
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Which event made Americans willing to enter World War II?
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Pearl Harbor
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What was the "final solution to the Jewish question" announced by the Nazis?
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The Holocaust
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Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?
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Joseph Stalin
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Who was the prime minister of England during World War II?
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Winston Churchill
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Who decided to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Harry Truman
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Who was the General who helped the Japanese form a new government after the war?
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MacArthur
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Who were the dictators of World War II?
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Stalin, Hitler, Hirohito, and Mussolini.
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What was teh conferance that was a meeting between the Allies on what to do with Germany after the war?
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The Yalta Conferance
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Which countries were neutral in WWII?
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Sweden, Turkey, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland.
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What was the international peace keeping organization developed after World War II?
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the United Nations
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What was the imaginary line that divided the communist and non-communist countries of Europe?
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The Iron Curtain
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Which post-World War II war ended in a stalemate?
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The Cold War
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What word means, "to stop the spread of communism?"
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containment
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the Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow which leader?
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Castro
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Which plan helped Western Europe rebuild after World War II so they wouldn't have to turn to the USSR?
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the Molotov Plan
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Which country "owned" Vietnam before World War II and then wanted it back after the war?
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France
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What was the name of the alliance formed by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
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Warsaw Pact
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The United States and the Soviet Union had a danergous standoff over the pressence of Soviet missiles in what country?
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Cuba
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Why did the Soviets blockade West Berlin?
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To separate communist and democratic Germany
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Who was the leader of Communits North Vietnam?
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Ho Chi Minh
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Which countries are Communist today?
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China, North Korea, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.
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Which events signaled the end of the Cold War?
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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of communism
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What country controlled India before their movement towards independence?
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Britain
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Who was the strong nationalistic leader of the independance movement in Kenya?
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Jomo Kenyalta
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Which country's independence movement was nonviolent?
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India
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Which African country was the first to gain independance?
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Algeria
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What is the difference between a revolutionary and a terrorist?
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Revolutionaries want change, terrorists want to cause fear.
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Which of today's countries are developed?
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the United States, Germany, France, and Japan.
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Which of today's countries are developing?
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China, India, South America, and Africa.
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Rwanda genocide:
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a civil war agaisnt the Tutsi Tribe and Hutu
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Cambodia genocide:
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the Pol Pt in aim to create a dictatorship.
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Yugoslavia genocide:
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A religious and ethnic battle
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Russia:
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(The Great Purge) - Stalin eliminating his enemies
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Holocaust:
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Hitler's vision of a master race
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