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Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire became known as what powers

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Central powers

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During WWII the western front was characterized by what type of warfare

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Trench warfare

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3
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The Germans were especially unhappy with the ___________ that stated that Germany was responsible for starting the war

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War guilt clause

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Germany, Austria, and Italy were known as what alliance

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Triple

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What is NOT considered a major cause of WWI

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Impressionism

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During WWII many men entered into the military, and so new roles were created for who?

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Women

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What did they call huge German airships

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Zeppelin

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What is the complete mobilization of resources and people called

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Total war

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9
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What are the ideas that influence public opinion

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Propaganda

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What is the aggressive preparation for war

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Militarism

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Warfare based on protected lines of ditches is called?

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Trance warfare

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12
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What is warfare based on wearing down opponents called?

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War of attrition

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What is a government called that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens.

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Totalitarian

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What was the destructive Nazi rampage against Jews called

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Kristallnacht

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A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment is called

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Economic depression

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What were the laws called that excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and Germans?

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Nuremberg Laws

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What was one of the factors that triggered the Great Depression?

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Economic downturns

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18
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What group promised the German people peace in a time of turmoil?

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Nazis

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19
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The Great Depression was caused primarily by economic downturns and the what?

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Stock market crash

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20
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Hitlerʼs birthplace

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Austria

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21
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Legislation that gave Hitler supreme power?

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Enabling act

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22
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Hitlerʼs philosophical work?

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Mein Kampf

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What was the National Socialist German Workersʼ Party called?

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Nazi

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What term describes Hitlerʼs right of superior nations to “living space”?

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Lebensraum

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Who is Mao Zedong? What was he the leader of?

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A communist leader in China

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26
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What is the “Domino Theory?” How does that impact the US involvement of the conflicts in Vietnam and Korea?

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It led to other countries getting involved because they’re involved in. If one country falls to communism, they all fall

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What was the result of the Korean War?

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The Korean War led to the armistice of 1953 to end the war. the U.S. Got involved to stop the spread of communism and North Korea was dived into 2 north and South Korea. ( it was never settled, north remained communist south remain capitalism

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Who were the Vietcong? What was the result of the Vietnam war

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The Viet Cong were Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front cfought for south Vietnam and it was never settled

29
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What policy was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe?

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Appeasement

30
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Roosevelt favored the idea of ____________________ for European states following the war.

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Self determination

31
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The German air force?

A

Luftwaffe

32
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Hitlerʼs “lightning war,” using air­supported panzer divisions is called?

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Blitzkrieg

33
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Series of fortifications along Franceʼs German border?

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Maginot Line

34
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Target of Japanese attack December 7, 1941?

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Pearl Harbor

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Site of Alliesʼ D­Day invasion?

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Normandy

36
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Hitlerʼs Final Solution for the Jew

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Genocide

37
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Had the task of administering the Final Solution?

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Reinhard Heydrich

38
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Hitlerʼs largest extermination center in Poland?

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Aushwitz

39
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The mass slaughter of European Jews?

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Holocaust

40
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Crowded, designated containment or holding areas within cities for Jews?

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Ghettos

41
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Site of Trumanʼs demands for free elections in Eastern Europe?

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Postdam

42
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Assembling and preparing for war?

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Mobilization

43
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“Divine wind” or suicide bombers?

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Kamikaze

44
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British name for German air raids?

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Blitz

45
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Postwar ideological conflict between the United States and the USSR

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Cold War

46
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What was launched that had many americans fear that the Soviet Union was ahead of the United States in the production of missiles?

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Sputnik 1

47
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What was it called when the U.S. attempted to overthrow the Cuban government?

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Bay of pigs

48
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What was built in order to prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany?

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Berlin Wall

49
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To stop the spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of?

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Containment

50
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Military alliance of Soviet allies?

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Warsaw Pact

51
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Tactic used to overcome a Soviet blockade?

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Berlin airlift

52
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Country with both military powers and political influence?

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Superpowers

53
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U.S. policy of support against communism?

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Truman doctrine

54
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U.S. effort to rebuild war­torn Europe?

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Marshall plan

55
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What new source of energy fueled the Industrial Revolution?

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Coal

56
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Before the Industrial Revolution, how were goods produced?

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By hand in cottages

57
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In which country did the industrial Revolution start?

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Great Britain

58
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What was the invention that could spin many threads at one time, saving labor and time?

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Spinning Jenny

59
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Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain?

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Because Britain could sell products to their colonies

60
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What is “capital” in the economic sense?

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Means of production such as land/money/ machines

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The building of cities and the movement of people to cities is called what?

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Urbanization

62
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What is imperialism?

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Country controls the government of another country

63
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“An area in which an outside power claims exclusive trading privileges,” describes which of the following?

A

Sphere of influence

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