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| 163803096 | China | approaching World War II, this nation saw the rise of its nationalist party, aka the Guomindang, and grew stronger | 1 | |
| 163803097 | Japan | approaching World War II, this nation became very militaristic. | 2 | |
| 163803098 | Germany | approaching World War II, this nation was weak and discouraged from World War I. In a state of both despair and disrepair, this nation saw the rise of the Nazi party and a totalitarian system. Began an aggressive campaign of expansion in Europe. | 3 | |
| 163803099 | China and Japan | the first nations to be involved in war long before the other countries of World War II. triggered by one of these nations invading the other. | 4 | |
| 163803100 | Poland | because of the Nazi invasion of this country, Britain and France declared war. | 5 | |
| 163803101 | Russia | because of conditions in this countries, Nazi forces got stuck and had no choice but to turn back. | 6 | |
| 163803102 | France | because of its indecisive government, outdated weapons, and dispirited civilians, this nation was quickly overtaken by Nazi Germany. | 7 | |
| 163803103 | Britain | because of its strong leadership, radar detection, and high morale of both the royal family and civilians, this nation was able to resist direct attacks from Nazi Germany. | 8 | |
| 163920202 | Western Europe, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean, North Africa | empire conquered by Nazi Germany; forced to provide labor, soldiers, materials | 9 | |
| 163920203 | the U.S. | this nation entered World War II because of Pearl Harbor; initially provided just supplies, then eventually invaded occupied Italy and France | 10 | |
| 163920204 | the Japanese empire | this empire took over European colonies in the Pacific; its leadership was even more oppressive than European rule and led to guerilla movements. Fell because of Victories at Coral Sea and Midway Island & the atomic bomb | 11 | |
| 163920205 | US, France, Britain, China, USSR | these nations made up the security council of the UN | 12 | |
| 163920206 | the UN | more representative than the League of Nations; nations from around the world granted membership, used to promote humanitarian efforts | 13 | |
| 163920207 | USA and the USSR | superpowers facing off during the cold war | 14 | |
| 163920208 | Tehran Conference | postwar conference in 1944; USSR doesn't pull out of many occupied countries. First sign of tension. "Iron curtain." | 15 | |
| 163920209 | Yalta Conference | postwar conference in 1945; Germany divided into 4 occupied zones; US and USSR disagree over what kind of governments should exist in eastern Europe | 16 | |
| 163920210 | Potsdam Conference | final postwar conference; the USSR pledged to go to war against Japan | 17 | |
| 163920211 | US influence in Western Europe | occupying troops, economic aid (Marshall plan), promotion of democracy | 18 | |
| 163920212 | USSR influence in Eastern Europe | push boundaries west, eats up smaller nations, promotion of communism | 19 | |
| 163920213 | Because of the Nazis, the Japanese, and other examples of European cruelty and frailty... | ...any ideas about white dominance were shattered, contributing to decolonization. | 20 | |
| 163920214 | Because of the persecution of the Holocaust... | ...Jews began pushing for their own country in a movement called Zionism. | 21 | |
| 163920215 | Atlantic Charter of 1941 | Roosevelt convinces Churchill to sign, granting colonies the right to choose their government. | 22 | |
| 163920216 | Quit India Movement | civil disobedience campaigns in 1942 in India | 23 | |
| 163920217 | Because the British feared decolonization in India... | ...they backed Communists and the Muslim League. | 24 | |
| 163920218 | Because they feared oppression in a Hindu dominated nation... | ...the Muslim League, led by Muhammad Ali Jihnnah, pushed for the creation of a Muslim state (Pakistan) | 25 | |
| 163920219 | Even after India and Pakistan gained their independence... | ...violence continued due to Hindu-Muslim and Muslim-Sikh fights. Massive refugee movements. | 26 | |
| 163920220 | Holland and France | these countries continued to fight to hold onto their colonies in Asia even after decolonization was well under way. | 27 | |
| 163920221 | effects of WWII upon Africa | forced labor, confiscation of crops/materials, inflation; also, industrialization didn't create enough jobs, and Africans now had had a chance to kill Europeans with European weapons | 28 | |
| 163920222 | British Gold Coast path to independence | efforts led by Kwamee Nkrumah with the establishment of the Convention People's Party (CPP). Determined boycotts, strikes. The French, tired of fighting, worked out an agreement and slowly left. | 29 | |
| 163920223 | In settler colonies.. | ...whites living in these colonies blocked nationalistic movements, forcing African leaders to turn to radical solutions. | 30 | |
| 163920224 | Kenya path to independence | guerilla movements against the British, the British fight back. Kenyatta forms a new nation in 1963; the British are tired of fighting. | 31 | |
| 163920225 | Algerian path to independence | the French fight decolonization to compensate for failures in Vietnam; eventually, because of the financial drain, they leave. Here, Africans formed the Secret Army Organization | 32 | |
| 163920226 | Because of its high white population, Afrikaner Party leadership, and complex white supremacist ideology... | ...segregation and white dominance continued in South Africa under the apartheid. | 33 | |
| 163920227 | Egypt, Syria, and Iraq | these nations gained independence during the Interwar Period | 34 | |
| 163920228 | Because the Zionists wanted a Jewish state, the Palestinians wanted a multireligious Palestine, and the British just wanted to wiggle out... | ...there was a deadly stalemate in Palestine | 35 | |
| 163920229 | Western Europe recovers from WWII because of US aid and democratic roots... | ...but it was no longer a dominant region of the world. Lost its colonies and settled into minimal international influence. | 36 | |
| 163920230 | As the Eastern bloc emerged... | ...Soviet troops stayed in place, communist governments were elected | 37 | |
| 163920231 | the US, Western Europe, and Canada | members of NATO | 38 | |
| 163920232 | the Warsaw Pact | Soviet response to NATO | 39 | |
| 163920233 | Because of it held rebuilding money, had occupying troops, and protected them with a nuclear umbrella... | ...Western Europe listened to the U.S., giving the U.S. enormous influence. | 40 | |
| 163920234 | After World War II, Western Europe... | ...stabilized democracies, modified nation rivalries, grew economically, and extended rights to women. | 41 | |
| 163920235 | As Germany was rebuilt by Western Europe and the US... | ...3 zones were combined, extremist politics were outlawed | 42 | |
| 163920236 | Britain, France, and Italy | these nations sponsored the idea of the Welfare State and provided "cradle to grave" care (hint: Labour Party and Christian Democrats) | 43 | |
| 163920237 | Because of the creation of the Welfare State... | ...military spending went down, the rise of the technocrat, government had more economic influence | 44 | |
| 163920238 | Civil Rights, Feminism, the Green Movement | movements of the 1960s in Western Europe and the US | 45 | |
| 163920239 | Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands | nations involved in the European Economic Community (Common Market) where tariffs were reduced, economic growth encouraged, and disputes worked out in a court in Belgium | 46 | |
| 163920240 | General Augusto Pinochet | Commander of the Chilean army; seized power in Chile in 1973; brutal repression, semi-Fascist | 47 | |
| 163920241 | Salvador Allende | leftist leader in Chile thrown out by the military | 48 |
