Wars

Question 1

Militarism

Answer 1

Glorifying war and preparing for it

Main cause of ww1 and ww2

Question 2

Alliances

Answer 2

A union of association formed for mutual benefits, especially between countries or organizations

Question 3

Triple alliance/ central powers

Answer 3

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their side
Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Lasted from May 20, 1882 to 1914

Question 4

Triple entente/ allied powers

Answer 4

Military agreement between Britain, France, and Russia

Question 5

Allied powers

Answer 5

Britain, France, Russia, and the United States

Question 6

Axis powers

Answer 6

Germany, Italy, and Japan which were allied before ww1

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 7

Agreement at the end of ww1 between Germany and the allied powers
Put all blame on Germany

Question 8

Nationalism

Answer 8

Belief that people who consider themselves a nation ought to have their own land/ govt. prominent during period of European imperialism, before the outbreak of ww1, and the period between the outbreak between ww2

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

Organization founded as a result of the Paris Peach Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organization with he mission of maintaining world peace. (1929) the onset of the ww2 shows that the league failed

Question 10

Appeasement

Answer 10

The policy of avoiding further arguments or war by accepting the conditions or demands of an aggressor.

Reference to Great Britain and France not declaring war against Germany when it re-United several ethnic German regions, including Austria. In the 1930s

Question 11

Fascism

Answer 11

An authorial and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization

A style of totalitarian government which emerged after ww1 in several European countries including Italy, Germany, Spain. It’s focus was nationalism and militarism -was anti-communist and often anti-Semitic (persecuted Jews)

Question 12

Genocide

Answer 12

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of the particular ethnic group or nation

Armenian genocide - 1916
Holocaust - 1939-1945
Cambodian genocide - 1975-1979
Rwandan genocide - 1994

Question 13

United Nations

Answer 13

An intergovernmental organization established in October 24, 1945 to promote international co-operation. Replacement for the League of Nations. Created following ww2
193 members - including a security council which is governed by 5 permanent members that make up the victors of ww2 - Britain, France, Russia, China, and the U.S.