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| 13624484151 | Bloody Sunday | 1905; peaceful march by russians turned deadly when Czar's guards fire on crowd, killing hundreds | 0 | |
| 13624484152 | Russian Revolution | overthrow of the Russian tsar by the socialist Bolshevik Party in 1917; led to their withdrawal from WWI due to a communist takeover of their government | 1 | |
| 13624484153 | Czar Nicholas | the Romanov ruler of Russia who was forced to abdicate his throne and flee with his family | 2 | |
| 13624484154 | Alexander Kerensky | Russian lawyer and politician who served as the minister of the Russian Provisional Government | 3 | |
| 13624484155 | Russian Provisional Government | middle-class and intellectual leaders who had little sympathy for workers and peasants; a temporary government | 4 | |
| 13624484156 | Bolsheviks | a group of revolutionary Russian Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who took control of Russia's government in November 1917 | 5 | |
| 13624484157 | Vladimir Lenin | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR | 6 | |
| 13624484158 | April Theses | a document that promised the Russian people peace, land, and bread and rejected the Provisional Government of Russia | 7 | |
| 13624484159 | no | was Russia part of the Treaty of Versailles? | 8 | |
| 13624484160 | Soviet Union | a Communist nation, consisting of Russia and 14 other states, that existed from 1922 to 1991. | 9 | |
| 13624484161 | Red Army | the regular army of the former Soviet Union created by the Bolsheviks | 10 | |
| 13624484162 | Leon Trotsky | Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and was the leader of the Red Army | 11 | |
| 13624484163 | Mustafa Kemal | led revolutionaries to overthrow the last Ottoman sultan and after became the president of Turkey | 12 | |
| 13624484164 | New Economic Policy | a plan started by Lenin which made the people of Russia believe they had some capitalistic opportunities in order to increase food production | 13 | |
| 13624484165 | Joseph Stalin | who became leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin? | 14 | |
| 13624484166 | Five Year Plans | plans outlined by Joseph Stalin in 1928 for the development of the Soviet Union's economy; called for collectivization | 15 | |
| 13624484167 | collectivization | a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government | 16 | |
| 13624484168 | Union of Soviet Socialism Republics | what was the formal name for the Soviet Union (USSR)? | 17 | |
| 13624484169 | Great Purge | started in 1934, a campaign of terror consisting of arrest, exile, or killings of thousands of people who were enemies or threatened Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party | 18 | |
| 13624484170 | capitalism | which economic system financed most of the recovery from World War I? | 19 | |
| 13624484171 | New York | where was the financial headquarters, once in London, moved to after World War I? | 20 | |
| 13624484172 | yes | did America lend the Europeans lots of money after World War I? | 21 | |
| 13624484173 | France and Germany | which two European economies relied most on American credit? | 22 | |
| 13624484174 | Great Depression | the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s | 23 | |
| 13624484175 | industrial capitalism | an economic system in which business leaders use profits to expand their companies; contributed to the great depression | 24 | |
| 13624484176 | germany to france | which country got credit from America that was used to pay reparations to another country? which country was the other country? | 25 | |
| 13624484177 | United States and Germany | which two countries did the Great Depression hit the hardest? | 26 | |
| 13624484178 | Franklin Roosevelt | who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? | 27 | |
| 13624484179 | anathema | an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation | 28 | |
| 13624484180 | fascism | a political philosophy that advocates the glorification of the state • single-party system • one ruler • aggressive nationalism • state is most importantf | 29 | |
| 13624484181 | totalitarianism | form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to the authority of the state | 30 | |
| 13624484182 | italy | which country was the first state to have a fascist government? | 31 | |
| 13624484183 | Benito Mussolini | the founder and leader of Fascism; creator of the National Fascist Party (1919) | 32 | |
| 13624484184 | blackshirts | group of military men "gangs" who were paid by the National Fascist Party to fight socialist and communist organizations (Italy) | 33 | |
| 13624484185 | yes | after World War I, did the emperor of Germany abdicate? | 34 | |
| 13624484186 | socialist | person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits | 35 | |
| 13624484187 | Weimar Republic | German democratic republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy | 36 | |
| 13624484188 | yes | was the Weimar Republic weak and unstable where political parties could not cooperate? | 37 | |
| 13624484189 | democratic republic | did the people of Germany favor a socialist and/or communist system or a democratic republic? | 38 | |
| 13624484190 | Reichstag | the Weimar Republic's elected body; German parliament | 39 | |
| 13624484191 | National Socialist Party | also known as the Nazi Party, was a far-right, racist political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. | 40 | |
| 13624484192 | nazism | a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism | 41 | |
| 13624484193 | dictatorship | what did the Nazi Party want? | 42 | |
| 13624484194 | democracy | what were the Nazi Party attacking? | 43 | |
| 13624484195 | Adolf Hitler | who was the head leader of the Nazi Party? | 44 | |
| 13624484196 | the aryan race | which race was Hitler convinced was the most highly evolved race? | 45 | |
| 13624484197 | slavs and jews | which races did Hitler believe were "inferior" and had "corrupted" the German race? | 46 | |
| 13624484198 | yes | did Hitler become the chancellor, leader of the Reichstag in 1933? | 47 | |
| 13624484199 | Third Reich | the Third Republic/Empire of Germany which began Hitler's rule in 1933 and ended with his defeat in 1945 | 48 | |
| 13624484200 | nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 49 | |
| 13624484201 | yes | was nationalism thought of differently from Europe and Japan compared to colonies? | 50 | |
| 13624484202 | yes | did Hitler go against the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the German military? | 51 | |
| 13624484203 | yes | did Gemany withdraw from the League of Nations? | 52 | |
| 13624484204 | yes | did the rest of the world choose to not object in Germany disregarding the Treaty of Versailles in fear of another war? | 53 | |
| 13624484205 | Francisco Franco | the Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution who was helped by Hitler and Mussolini | 54 | |
| 13624484206 | Rhineland | name of the territory in which Hitler sent troops to regain after it was taken away from them in WWI in defiance of the Versailles treaty in 1935 | 55 | |
| 13624484207 | Munich Conference of 1938 | a conference in which Hitler and Germany was given Sudetenland in return for the promise that Hitler end his expansionist activities | 56 | |
| 13624484208 | Neville Chamberlain | a British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany | 57 | |
| 13624484209 | appeasement | accepting demands of dissatisfied powers in order to avoid conflict | 58 | |
| 13624484210 | no | after the Munich Conference of 1938, did Hitler stop his expansions as he promised? | 59 | |
| 13624484211 | Nazi-Soviet Pact | an agreement between Stalin and Hitler to not fight each other, but invade and divide up Poland | 60 | |
| 13624484212 | Britain then France | after Germany went to invade Poland, which two countries declared war on Germany? | 61 | |
| 13624484213 | blitzkreig | also known as the "Lighting Wars," a type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 | 62 | |
| 13624484214 | Winston Churchill | who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II? | 63 | |
| 13624484215 | yes | did Germany break the Nazi-Soviet Pact? | 64 | |
| 13624484216 | Tripartite Pact | an agreement that created an alliance between Germany (Berlin), Italy (Rome), and Japan during WWII | 65 | |
| 13624484217 | Pearl Harbor | the bombing of a U.S. naval base in Hawaii by the Japanese on December 7, 1941; this eagered America to enter WWII | 66 | |
| 13624484218 | Manhattan Project | code name for the American project to build the first atomic bomb during WWII by | 67 | |
| 13624484219 | D-day | the allied invasion of France (Normandy) on June 6, 1944 | 68 | |
| 13624484220 | Harry Truman | which US president ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan? | 69 | |
| 13624484221 | yes | after the atomic bombs were dropped by the US, did Japan surrender, ending WWII? | 70 | |
| 13624484222 | Holocaust | the mass murder of Jews who lived in Germany and German-occupied lands under the Nazi Regime | 71 | |
| 13624484223 | genocide | the systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | 72 | |
| 13624484224 | Marshall Plan | the United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) | 73 | |
| 13624484225 | United Nations | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security | 74 | |
| 13624484226 | Cold War | the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II | 75 | |
| 13624484227 | America | which country was in charge of West Germany? | 76 | |
| 13624484228 | Soviet Union | which country was in charge of East Germany? | 77 | |
| 13624484229 | Berlin Blockade | when the Soviet Union blocked off Berlin from the allies, causing the Berlin Airlift | 78 | |
| 13624484230 | Berlin Airlift | program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade | 79 | |
| 13624484231 | spheres of influence | areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly | 80 | |
| 13624484232 | Soviet bloc | the communist nations of Europe, under the influence of the Soviet Union. | 81 | |
| 13624484233 | Western bloc | parts of Western Europe that was not controlled by the Soviets. | 82 | |
| 13624484234 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the Cold War military alliance (USA + Western Europe vs. USSR). | 83 | |
| 13624484235 | Warsaw Pact | a military alliance, formed in 1955, of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations. | 84 | |
| 13624484236 | Iron Curtain | a "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations during the Cold War | 85 | |
| 13624484237 | Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty | a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament | 86 | |
| 13624484238 | International Atomic Energy Agency | Cooperates with partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies; United Nations | 87 | |
| 13624484239 | Sun Yat-sen | the founder of the Kuomintang Party who led the movement to create a united, democratic Chine that would be free from control | 88 | |
| 13624484240 | Chinese Revolution of 1911 | the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty that ended 2,000 years of Imperial Rule | 89 | |
| 13624484241 | Three Principles of the People | Sun Yat-sen hoped to establish a new government in China based on these ideals: 1. Nationalism 2. Socialism 3. Democracy | 90 | |
| 13624484242 | Chiang Kai-shek | leader of the Nationalist Party in China that fell to the Communist Party after World War II | 91 | |
| 13624484243 | Mao Zedong | a Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976. | 92 | |
| 13624484244 | Republic of China | the Nationalist government that the United States set up on the island of Taiwan | 93 | |
| 13624484245 | People's Republic of China | the name given to communist China under Mao Zedong | 94 | |
| 13624484246 | Great Leap Forward | Mao Zedong's attempt to build Chinese industry and agriculture | 95 | |
| 13624484247 | Cultural Revolution | a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard | 96 | |
| 13624484248 | egalitarianism | the belief that all people should have equal political, economic, social, and civil rights | 97 | |
| 13624484249 | westernization | adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture | 98 | |
| 13624484250 | yes | when Communism was first introduced to China, did Confucianism vanish? | 99 | |
| 13624484251 | Tiananmen Square massacre | when a million demonstrators, calling for democratic reforms, converged on Tiananmen Square and hundreds were killed by troops sent by the government | 100 | |
| 13624484252 | General MacArthur | commander of UN forces in Korean War | 101 | |
| 13624484253 | Indochina | French colony made up of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam |  | 102 |
| 13624484254 | Vietminh | a Communist group led by Ho Chi Minh where the organization had goals to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule | 103 | |
| 13624484255 | guerilla warfare | type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy | 104 | |
| 13624484256 | Ho Chi Minh | the Communist leader of North Vietnam | 105 | |
| 13624484257 | Ngo Dihn Diem | the president of the democratic South Korea | 106 | |
| 13624484258 | Viet Cong | the communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam's government | 107 | |
| 13624484259 | Fidel Castro | a Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959 | 108 | |
| 13624484260 | Cuban Revolution | a revolt in 1959 that resulted in Fidel Castro overthrowing President Fulgencio Batista and forming a communist government in Cuba | 109 | |
| 13624484261 | Platt Amendment | amendment to the 1902 Cuban constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba | 110 | |
| 13624484262 | Bay of Pigs Invasion | President Kennedy's failed plan to round up Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs | 111 | |
| 13624484263 | Cuban Missile Crisis | the 13 Day period in October 1962 when Soviet nuclear missile were pointed at the United States in Cuba | 112 | |
| 13624484264 | Good Neighbor | Roosevelt's policy against military intervention in Latin America | 113 | |
| 13624484265 | National Action Party | a Mexican political party that took power in the 2000 presidential election (PAN) | 114 | |
| 13624484266 | export economy | a type of economy in which goods are produced mainly for export rather than for domestic use | 115 | |
| 13624484267 | Mikhail Gorbachev | the last leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s who worked with Reagan to end the Cold War | 116 | |
| 13624484268 | ethnic cleansing | the mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society - Bosnian and Albanian Muslims were raped and slaughtered by Christian Serbians | 117 | |
| 13624484269 | Boris Yeltsin | President of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Mikhail Gorbachev (Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) to resign. | 118 | |
| 13624484270 | Vladimir Putin | the current President of Russia | 119 | |
| 13624484271 | Muslim League | an organization formed by muslims in 1906 to protect their interests against British Rule | 120 | |
| 13624484272 | Indian National Congress | a movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government | 121 | |
| 13624484273 | Amritsar massacre | the killing of 319 Indians by British troops during a peaceful protest in a park against the arrest of two peace protesters | 122 | |
| 13624484274 | Mohandas Gandhi | the Indian leader who used nonviolent methods to seek independence from Great Britain | 123 | |
| 13624484275 | passive resistance | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate; civil disobedience | 124 | |
| 13624484276 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state and the leader of the Muslim League (1876-1948) | 125 | |
| 13624484277 | Causes of WW1 | nationalism, imperialism, militarism, creation of alliances (Central and Allied Powers); immediate cause: assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to Austrian throne) by a Serb on June 28, 1914 | 126 | |
| 13624484278 | Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war. | 127 | |
| 13624484279 | Zimmerman Telegraph | March 1917. Sent from German Foreign Secretary, addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's proximity to the US). In return, Germany would give back Tex, NM, Arizona etc to Mexico. | 128 | |
| 13624484280 | Treaty of Versailles | 1918, , Created by the leaders victorious allies Nations: France, Britain, US, and signed by Germany to help stop WWI. The treaty stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Air force, forced Germany to repay war damages (33 billion), Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI, and Germany could not manufacture any weapons. | 129 | |
| 13624484281 | Arab- Isreali Conflict | This conflict has been going on for years. It started when both the Jewish and Arab Palestinians wanted Palestine for their own. Eventually the Jews got control of Palestine, but there has been a number of wars and terrorist attacks between these two. This conflict continues today. | 130 | |
| 13624484282 | Kristallnacht | (Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews. | 131 | |
| 13624484283 | Appeasment | A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler. | 132 | |
| 13624484284 | Iron Curtain | A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region | 133 | |
| 13624484285 | Truman Doctrine | A US policy announced by President Harry Truman of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents | 134 | |
| 13624484286 | Chinese Civil War | War between communist Mao Zse Tong and nationalist Chaing-Kai Shek. The communists took over and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan | 135 | |
| 13624484287 | Cuban Missile Crisis | 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba | 136 | |
| 13624484288 | Cambodian Genocide | The four-year period saw the deaths of approximately two million Cambodians through the combined result of political executions, starvation, and forced labour by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. | 137 |
