1914 - Present Flashcards
1
Q
1914 - 1918
A
WW1
2
Q
1917
A
Russian Revolution
3
Q
1919
A
Treaty of Versailles (end of WW1)
4
Q
1929
A
Stock market crash
5
Q
1931
A
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
6
Q
1935
A
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
7
Q
1939
A
German blitzkrieg in Poland
8
Q
1941
A
Pearl Harbor
9
Q
1945
A
end of WWII
10
Q
1947
A
independence and partition of India
11
Q
1948
A
birth of Israel
12
Q
1949
A
Chinese Communist Revolution
13
Q
1950 - 1953
A
Korean War
14
Q
1954
A
Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
15
Q
1956
A
de-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal
16
Q
1959
A
Cuban Revolution
17
Q
1962
A
Cuban Missile Crisis
18
Q
1967
A
6-day war / Chinese Cultural revolution
19
Q
1973
A
Yom Kippur War
20
Q
1979
A
Iranian Revolution
21
Q
1987
A
1st Palestinian Intifada
22
Q
1989
A
Tiananmen Square / Fall of Berlin Wall
23
Q
1991
A
Fall of USSR / 1st Gulf War
24
Q
1994
A
Rwandan Genocide / First all-race elections in S. Africa
25
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