Timeline Test 1900-present Flashcards
1
Q
1905
A
Russo-Japanese war
2
Q
1910-1920
A
Mexican Revolution
3
Q
1911
A
Chinese nationalist revolution
4
Q
1914
A
WWI begins
5
Q
1917
A
Russian Revolution
6
Q
1919
A
Treaty of Versailles, end WW1
7
Q
1929
A
Stock market crash
8
Q
1931
A
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
9
Q
1935
A
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
10
Q
1939
A
German blitzkrieg in Poland
11
Q
1941
A
Pearl Harbor
12
Q
1945
A
End of WWII
13
Q
1947
A
Independence and partition of India
14
Q
1948
A
Birth of Israel
15
Q
1949
A
Chinese communist Revolution
16
Q
1950-1953
A
Korean War
17
Q
1954
A
Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu
18
Q
1956
A
De-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal
19
Q
1959
A
Cuban Revolution
20
Q
1962
A
Cuban Missile crisis
21
Q
1967
A
6-day War/ Chinese cultural Revolution
22
Q
1973
A
Yom Kippur War
23
Q
1979
A
Iranian Revolution
24
Q
1987
A
1st Palestinian intifada
25
1989
Tiananmen Square/Berlin wall falls
26
1990
Namibia gains independence (last African colony to do so)
27
1991
Fall of USSR/1st gulf war
28
1994
Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S Africa
29
2001
9/11 attacks
30
2007
Global Great Recession
31
2011
Wikileaks, Arab spring
