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What nation destabilized the balance of power in Europe in the years before WW1 w it’s increasing military and industry?

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Germany

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What was the name of the alliance that Germany formed with Italy and Austria Hungary to protect itself from France?

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The triple Alliance

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As Ottoman power declined the Balkan Peninsula became unstable due to….

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Ethnic nationalism among balkan people

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How did many Eurpoeans react to the outbreak of war in August 1914?

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Welcomed the war with patriotic celebration

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With the Schlieffen Plan Germany planned to win the war by….

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Quickly knocking out france with the fighting

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New military technologies used during WW1 resulted in….

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Unprecedented bloodshed

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During the war, nations began to print a lot of paper money because…

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They had difficulty of paying for the war

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9)Why did the US remain neutral when WW1 first broke out?

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All of the above

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In battle, both sides dug in and the offensive attacks stalled meaning nobody was winning. This is called…….

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Stalemate

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10) Which German tactic eventually drew the US into WW1?

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The US submarines against merchants ships

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11) The treaty of Versailles signed by Germany and the Allied Powers…

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Required germany to accept the responsibility for starting the war

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12) Why did Russia lose territory at the Paris Peace Conference even though it had been on the winning side of ww1?

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Russia was to weak to hold on to its empire

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13) Which of the following is a reason why the US Senate rejected membership in the League of Nations?

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They feared the league would draw the US into foreign wars

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14) What happened to the territorial possessions lost by Germany and the Ottoman Empire in Africa & the Middle east?

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These territories became mandates under league supervision

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The last czar to rule russia was

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Nicholas ll

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The February Revolution resulted in

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Nicholas ll giving up his throne

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How did Alexander the ll’s policies inspire revolutionary groups to form

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They encouraged critical public discussion of political and social issues

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Which of these Best describes attitudes most Russians had towards ww1?

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They supported the war at first but protested it after economic hardships

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The white armies were hindered during the civil war because they…

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Were divided by both geography and the causes for which they were fighting

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After the Russian Civil war, the government took over all private businesses and industries and controlled production. This was called..

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War communism

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Under the new economic policy, Lenin…

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Relaxed the policies of war communism

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Which statement BEST describes Latin American nations in the early 1800’s?

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They were controlled by oligarchies

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Economies in Central America and the Caribbean were based on the export of…

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Sugar, coffee, and bananas

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Which of the following actions might have been taken by a caudillo?

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Using force to take power

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How did the Mexican revolution affect other Latin American nations?

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It influenced them to adopt reforms

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Wearing the traditional fez hat was banned in the 1920s in Turkey in an effort to…

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Modernize & Westernize

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The mandate system created by the League of Nations after ww1 granted control of larger parts of the Middle East to….

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Great Britain & France

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Britain announced the support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine in the…

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Balfour Declaration

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The Ottoman Empire came to an end after…

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The allied powers dissolved at the end of world war l

29
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Saudi Arabia earned income from the oil that was discovered there in the 1930’s by…

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Partnering with American corporations

30
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The only Arab state to remain truly independent of Western powers between ww1 and 2 was…

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Saudi Arabia

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One result of the sepoy uprising in 1857 was that the rule of India was transferred to…

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To the british monarchy

32
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The uprising in 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China is known as the…

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Boxer rebellion

32
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Mohandas Gandhi’s Satyagraha movement urged Indians to resist British rule using…

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Civil disobedience, some examples are boycott and Salt march

33
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After capturing Beijing in 1949 Mao Zedong announced…

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The creation of people’s republic of china

34
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How did Italian leaders view the peace settlement that ended world war 1?

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They were disappointed of f the amount of territory they were awarded

34
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A worldwide economic depression in the 1930’s led Japan to turn to a policy of…

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expansion and Militarism

35
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Who organized a new political movement known as fascism in 1919?

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38)Benito Mussolini

36
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Mussolini believed Italy’s social and economic problems could only be managed effectively by…

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A dictator

37
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Mussolini helped Italy modernize it’s industrial sector by managing the economy according to principles of…

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Corporatism

38
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What did Mussolini believe would help restore Italy to the glory days of the ancient Roman Empire…

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Invading ethiopia

39
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Many Germans viewed the Weimar Republic as an illegitimate government because it’s leaders…

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Signed the treaty of versailles

40
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Which of the following factors helped to radicalize(extreme) German society in the years after ww1?

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Out of- control inflation and unemployment

41
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Hitlers goal of establishing a third reich meant that he wanted to…

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Create a new german empire

42
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When Hitler took power, most Germans….

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Supported, or at least accepted, Nazi rule

43
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The anti Jewish violence that took place throughout Germany on November 9 1938 was known as…

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Kristallnact (night of broken glass)

44
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Stallins first five year plan focused on…

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Modernizing agriculture and industry

45
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During the great purge in the USSR, top communist leaders…

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Were forced to confess fictitious crimes

46
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The regimes led by Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler after WW1 were similar in that they were all…

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Totalism

47
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How did the League of Nations respond when Italy invaded ethiopia?

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They imposed mild economic sanctions

48
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The term Anschluss refers to Hitler’s….

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Annexation of Austria

49
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The agreement made by France, Britain and Germany at the Munich Conference was an example of the policy of…

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Appeasement

50
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Which strategy allowed the Germans to achieve remarkable military success at the beginning of ww1?

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blitzcrieg

51
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Which nation was the last holdout against Germany’s complete domination of Europe?

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Great Britain

52
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This agreement made between Germany, Italy and Japan emphasized the countries’ support for each other.

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The Tripartite pact

53
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After Japan’s attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at pearl harbor the United states…

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Entered World War ll

54
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How did the Allied forces liberate France from the Nazi’s?

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They crossed the English channel and invaded northern France

55
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Why was Hitlers betrayal of Stalin significant in ww2?

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It opened another front creating intense battle between Germany & Soviet Union

56
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The nazi final solution was a plan to..

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Exterminate The Jews of Europe

57
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Japan surrendered in August 1945 because the U.S…

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Dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

58
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Historians estimate that the number of people including civilians killed in WW2 may be as high as…

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60 million

59
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Why was the Cold War called the cold war?

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The two main countries involved avoided direct combat with each other

60
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What was the main purpose of Nato and the Warsaw pact during the cold war?

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They were alliances that protected countries from the other alliances

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What did Winston Churchill mean by the iron curtain?

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The division between communist Eastern europe and democratic Western Europe

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65) During the cold war the US followed a policy of ___ to stop the spread of communism to other countries

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Containment

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66) compared to US goods, the goods the Soviet Union Produced were inferior in quality because…

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Socialist practices led to inefficiency and waste when producing goods

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