Why were independence movements so successful worldwide, after WWII?

It was too expensive to keep colonies

Stalin seized land from the peasants and nobles of Russia. Many peasants starved--those who didn't...

Moved to cities and began working in factories

Which event immediately preceded the US entering WWII?

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

What did the FLN want from the UN?

An independent Algeria and recognition of the FLN negotiations with France

How did Hitler help end Germany's unemployment rates after The Great Depression had caused a global economic slump?

He started rebuilding the Germany military

What was "The Black Hand"?

A Serbian nationalist terrorist group

On the political spectrum, Nazism would be considered...

Extremely, extremely conservative

____________ is considered the "spark" that set off WWI, and NOT an actual underlying cause.

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

How did Germany respond when the Brits blockaded their northern ports during WWI?

They started their own blockade of Britain (with their U-boats)

What is a "proxy war"?

A war instigated by a major power, which does not itself get involved

After WWII, The British Raj became...

an independent India & Pakistan

What is a "total war"?

A war where soldiers consider enemy civilians legit targets

What was "No Man's Land"?

The area between trenches during WWI

Independence movements in Africa, Egypt, India and Vietnam after WWII, were all characterized by the development of...

nationalistic pride in the citizens there

Which is a TRUE difference between WWI and WWII? (the rest are FALSE)

More women worked in factories on the home front during WWII than WWI.

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Even though they "won" WWII, their leader was so bad, more people from here died than anywhere else during the war...
France
The USSR
Germany
England
2
Why were independence movements so successful worldwide, after WWII?
Too many lives were lost trying to hold on to colonies
Colonial armies could rival European powers
The UN would no longer allow colonies for member nations
It was too expensive to keep colonies
3
Why did Great Britain have the most powerful navy in the world, before WWI?
All of the above
Their entire economy was based on import/export from their colonies
They're a little island, but also a giant empire with overseas colonies
They were the first nation to industrialize
4
Stalin seized land from the peasants and nobles of Russia. Many peasants starved--those who didn't...
Moved to cities and took on bureaucratic jobs
Joined the Soviet Red Army
Were worked to death in prison camps
Moved to cities and began working in factories
5
Which event immediately preceded the US entering WWII?
Hitler's invasion of Poland
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese invasion of Manchura
The discovery of concentration camps in Poland
6
Which two nations were in an "arms race" after WWII?
Great Britain and Germany
Japan and China
Italy and Germany
The US and the USSR
7
Who was still a leader after WWI?
King George V of England
Czar Nicholas of Russia
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary
8
How did the Nazis invade France so quickly in WWII, in sharp contrast to the stalemate of WWI?
They marched through neutral Belgium
Preliminary air raids the night before
Blitzkrieg warfare
All of the above
9
What did the FLN want from the UN?
Support for the expansion of socialism in Africa
An independent Algeria and recognition of the FLN negotiations with France
A military intervention in Algeria, forcing the French out
Support to end all imperial governments worldwide
10
Why did the US let Japan keep its emperor as part of its "unconditional surrender"?
All of the above
We didn't have any more atomic bombs to drop on them
After the "losers" of WWI were punished, fascist dictators rose to power
We wanted to let Japan "save face" and not be totally humiliated
11
What initially caused The Great Depression?
The US stock market crash
The Russian Revolution
The end of WWI
The urbanization of the USSR under Stalin
12
How did Hitler help end Germany's unemployment rates after The Great Depression had caused a global economic slump?
He stopped paying back war reparations
He invaded Poland
He annexed Czechoslovakia
He started rebuilding the Germany military
13
This was bad for almost everyone, but not the Nazi party--it helped them gain new followers.
The Nanking Massacre
The Spanish Flu (Influenza Epidemic)
The Spanish Civil War
The Great Depression
14
Which is NOT an underlying cause of WWI?
Alliances
Militarism
The Treaty of Versailles
Nationalism
15
What made the Nazis fascists?
All of the above
They banned other political parties once in power
They used violence and intimidation to win elections
They censored speech in a "police state"
16
The Nazis were fundamentally opposed to...
Communism, although Hitler signed a non-aggresion pact with Stalin
All of the above
The LGBTQ community, although there were high ranking gay Nazis
Jews, although Hitler's beloved doctor was Jewish
17
Which event from WWI, was in part, an inspiration for the Holocaust of WWII?
The march through neutral Belgium
The sinking of the Lusitania was
The Armenian Genocide
The Nanking Massacre
18
What was "The Black Hand"?
A Hungarian nationalist group
A Serbian nationalist terrorist group
A Bosnian nationalist group
An Italian anarchist group
19
Nazism is considered...
totalitarianism
communism
socialism
republicanism
20
On the political spectrum, Nazism would be considered...
Extremely, extremely conservative
Moderately conservative
Moderate
Extremely, extremely liberal
21
What caused WWII?
All of the above
WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
The Rise of Totalitarian Dictators
Appeasement
22
Who was the US president during WWI?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
George Bush
George Washington
23
Who was the "fascist" leader of the black shirts in Italy?
Joseph Stalin
Pablo Picasso
Benito Mussolin
Adolf Hitler
24
Serbia depended on __________, its Slavic ally, for help at the onset of WWI.
Russia
Germany
Italy
The US
25
Which German leader got really into boats while visiting his grandma Queen Victoria and vowed to outdo the Brits?
Winston Churchill
King George V
Czar Nicholas II
Kaiser Wilhelm
26
This Spanish painter and sculptor created art meant to show a global audience the horrors of war.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Pablo Piccaso
Rembrandt
27
____________ is considered the "spark" that set off WWI, and NOT an actual underlying cause.
The German march through neutral Belgium
Russia mobilizing at the border of Austria-Hungary to aid Serbia
The annexation of Austria to Germany
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
28
Joseph Stalin, led which communist nation?
The USSR (aka: Russia)
The Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary
France
29
Which two nations were in an "arms race" before WWI?
Japan & Russia
Austria-Hungary & Russia
The US & Great Britain
Germany & Great Britain
30
Germany's ______________ forced France and Russia to strengthen their alliance with each other.
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Social Darwinism
31
Context! In the 100 years leading up to WWI, which nation had the most powerful navy in the world?
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
The US
32
Both Communism and Nazism are characterized by totalitarian government?
False
True
33
Who led England for most of WWII?
Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill
34
How did Germany respond when the Brits blockaded their northern ports during WWI?
All of the above
They declared war on Great Britain
They sent the Zimmerman Telegram
They started their own blockade of Britain (with their U-boats)
35
What is a "proxy war"?
A war which never devolves into actual violent conflict
A war where soldiers see civilians as legitimate targets
A modern war involving nuclear weapons
A war instigated by a major power, which does not itself get involved
36
After WWII, The British Raj became...
an independent India
an independent Cuba
an independent Egypt
an independent India & Pakistan
37
What is a "total war"?
A war where soldiers consider enemy civilians legit targets
A war fought at land, at sea, and in the air
A war involving Europe, Africa and Asia
A war fought across the world, in all four hemispheres
38
Which Eastern European country didn't join NATO (the Western Alliance) or the Warsaw Pact (the Soviet Bloc)?
Albania
Yugoslavia
Czechloslovakia
Poland
39
What was "No Man's Land"?
The water between all the islands in the Pacific leading to Japan
The nuclear blasted landscape of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The area between trenches during WWI
The contested area between the borders of Germany and France
40
Why would Germany and Italy have supported General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War?
All of the above
He was also antisemitic
He was also a communist
He was also a fascist
41
Independence movements in Africa, Egypt, India and Vietnam after WWII, were all characterized by the development of...
new technologies, like internet access
All of the above
large, modern militaries
nationalistic pride in the citizens there
42
Which is a TRUE difference between WWI and WWII? (the rest are FALSE)
More people died in WWI than WWII.
Nuclear bombs were used in WWI but not in WWII.
WWII was a total war, but WWI was not.
More women worked in factories on the home front during WWII than WWI.

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