History

Question 1

What region was the “Powder Keg of Europe”

Answer 1

The Balkans

Question 2

The event that “sparked” WW1

Answer 2

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 3

America’s first major battle in WW1

Answer 3

Battle of Bellau Wood

Question 4

Who asked for the armistice on 11/11

Answer 4

Germany

Question 5

What are the causes of WW1 and what do they mean? (M.A.I.N)

Answer 5

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Question 6

Who painted the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Cathedral in the Vatican

Answer 6

Michalangelo

Question 7

What is vernacular and why is it important in the context of the Renaissance

Answer 7

common speech; it allowed the translation of languages and increased reading

Question 8

what religious reformer held a strong belief in the ideal of predestination

Answer 8

calvin

Question 9

who posted the 95 Theses on the door of the church at Wittenberg? What is his most well known writing?

Answer 9

Martin Luther ; 95 Theses

Question 10

What were the main causes of the French Revolution

Answer 10

enlightenment ideals, debt, colonists not treated equally, grain shortage

Question 11

Who was the most famous poet of the Renaissance

Answer 11

Shakespeare

Question 12

Who was the Italian family that ruled behind the scenes

Answer 12

Medici family

Question 13

What democratic principle did the Americans and French fight for

Answer 13

enlightenment ideals, popular sovereignty, equality, separation of powers

Question 14

How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution

Answer 14

the American’s victory over the british was one of the greatest catalyst for the French Revolution

Question 15

What scientific theory involves the Sun at the center of the solar system

Answer 15

heliocentric theory

Question 16

who was the scientist that made many breakthroughs in physics? He explained the theory of gravity

Answer 16

Isaac Newton

Question 17

How did the US help britain without joining the fight

Answer 17

passed the lend lease act

Question 18

Japan invaded which country after aligning itself with Italy and Germany

Answer 18

Manchuria, China

Question 19

What event started WW2

Answer 19

Germany invading poland

Question 20

the liberation of europe began with this event

Answer 20

invasion of normandy beach on the coast of France (D-Day)

Question 21

the pacific victory that ended Japanese threat to Hawaii

Answer 21

Midway

Question 22

What are the reasons Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb

Answer 22

to end the war, save american lives, and stop Japan from fighting

Question 23

Know the minority contributions to WW2

Answer 23

Navajo - provided secret codes
Women - worked in factories

Question 24

what did the Geneva convetion do

Answer 24

established the treatment of prisoners of war

Question 25

the name of Hitler's solution to eliminate Jews from Europe

Answer 25

the final solution

Question 26

what was the government's policy of removing Japanese Americans from the west coast

Answer 26

putting them in internment camps

Question 27

how did the US control info during WW2

Answer 27

censorship

Question 28

Know the major battles, the order, where they occurred and the outcome

Question 29

Battle of Britain

Answer 29

where- Britain outcome-

Question 30

Pearl Harbor

Answer 30

where- Hawaii outcome- US joined war

Question 31

Midway

Answer 31

where- Tokyo (middle of pacific) outcome- US won and could now get to Japan; stopped Japan's threat to Hawaii

Question 32

El Alamein

Answer 32

where- Egypt outcome-

Question 33

Stalingrad

Answer 33

where- Stalingrad, Soviet Union outcome-

Question 34

D-Day

Answer 34

where- beaches of Normandy, France outcome-

Question 35

Battle of Bulge

Answer 35

where- Ardennes (region in eastern Belgium, northern France and Luxembourg) outcome-

Question 36

Iwo Jima

Answer 36

where- Iwo Jima, Japan outcome-

Question 37

Okinawa

Answer 37

where- Okinawa Island outcome-

Question 38

Know the political and military leaders of the countries during WW2