Final Exam Flashcards
What is the area between trenches in World War I called?
No man’s land
What country lost the Alsace Lorraine territory to Germany in 1870?
France in the Franco-Prussian War.
What nations made up the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, and Russia
What nations made up the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
Militarism
Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and for most of World War I?
Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm ll who forced Otto von Bismark to step down.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
The Schlieffen Plan was a strategic plan of Germany’s to win a possible war against France and the Russian Empire, using a lightning attack to defeat France in the West and then focusing its military resources east and defeating the Russian Empire in turn.
What caused the US to get involved in World War I
Germany took a couple of ships down with US citizens in them, and then Germany threatened the US by telling Mexico that they would help them get their land back from the US. This made the people of the United States ticked off and then they joined the war.
What were Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
A plan by President Woodrow Wilson of America on how to achieve a just and lasting peace.
What is the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
Submarines sinking ships without warning any ships.
What key factor led to the formation of the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Germany’s fear of France and their want for revenge, led to the Triple Alliance, which then led to the Triple Entente.
What event in Sarajevo was a cause of World War I?
The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What was the purpose of trench warfare
To protect soldiers from enemy fire.
Why is World War I considered “total war”
Countries devoted all their resources to WW1. These countries include Britain, Germany, Austria, Russia, and France.
What is the Zimmermann note?
The telegram said that if Germany went to war with the United States, Germany promised to help Mexico recover the territory it had lost during the 1840s, including Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona.
What was the Gallipoli campaign?
Was an attempt to knock Germany’s ally, Turkey, out of World War I and to open a supply route across the Black Sea to Russia and their poorly stocked army.
Who authored the Theory of Relativity?
Albert Einstein
What was part of Roosevelt’s New Deal that was supposed to fight the Great Depression in the US?
It brought back millions of jobs to the U.S. citizens, which then stabilized the economy.
Who is Il Duce?
Benito Mussolini
What term is used to identify the alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan
The Axis Powers
What is a totalitarian state
A government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life(ex. Russia).
What caused Germans to take Adolf Hitler and his message seriously?
When Hitler arrested and killed his enemies as soon as he came to power.
What does fascism stress?
Loyalty to the state and obedience to the leader.
Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
Japan was seeking raw materials to build its industry.
What is the policy of appeasement
To give people what they want, so that they do not hurt or harm you. This is exactly what Britain and France did with Germany before WW2.
What was the Dawes Plan?
Giving loans to Germany from the United States so that they could build their economy. It was not effective because when the U.S economy fell, so did Germany’s.
What impact did the radio have on people after World War I?
Provided a new form of entertainment, nationality, and faster communication for people.
Why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany’s troubles?
The Nazi party hated the Jews, and believed that one race was supreme. Because of this Hitler blamed the Jews for all of Germany’s problems.
What role did Winston Churchill play before World War II?
He was in the cabinet, and many other political offices.
Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
In response to Germany’s start of the invasion of Poland, they realized peace would not be possible right then and there so they declared war on Germany.
What did blitzkrieg depend on
A German military strategy meaning “lighting war”, first used in Germany’s invasion of Poland. It depended on fast and quick mobilization.
What battle was the final German offensive?
The Battle of the Bulge, a German counterattack on Allied forces.
Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews
They killed Jews and trespassed and damaged their property.
What was the goal of Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’?
To commit genocide and kill the entire Jewish population.
What was the result of Germany’s invasion of Poland
England and France declaring war on Germany, and Russia also invading Poland.
Who signed a nonaggression pact with the USSR in 1939?
Germany and the Soviet Union (which is the USSR), it was called the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
What happened on D-Day?
The allies met up on France’s beaches which were then conquered by Germany, their goal was to try and gain France back.
What did the region described as being “behind the iron curtain” include
The countries were East Germany, Poland, the Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, you also can include China.
What was the Soviet response to NATO
The Warsaw Pact, which was between eastern European nations and the Soviet Union.
When did Chinese troops enter the Korean War?
When the North Koreans were pushed close to the Chinese border.
What were Third World countries?
Countries not aligned with either superpower, and they were usually still developing nations.
What event increased US spending on education and technology?
When the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 into space.
What is China’s economic system?
Communism
Who were the Vietcong?
Communist Vietnam guerrillas located in the South.
What is the Commonwealth of Independent States?
Is a free association of sovereign states that was formed in 1991 by Russia and 11 other republics that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.
