Final Exam Review

September 1, 1939 ... What happened?

These two poisonous gases were used during the war

What was NOT a resource found in the Congo Free State?

What country was invited, but also ignored and alienated during the Versailles peace talks?

He was the man responsible for creating the Congo Free State.

I was put in the gulags after escaping prison; twice. Afterwards I overthrew the government and led Russia for 40 years

Guernica, a painting by Pablo Picasso, depicted the civil war in this country

This is when you produce too much of an item.

During World War 1, this animal would eat soldiers alive while they slept.

This event was when Adolf Hitler failed to overthrow the government, which led to him writing Mein Kampf while in prison

This was President Wilson’s idea for a worldwide organization that would help maintain world peace.

Name a reason why people don't support border walls.

This is when stocks for a business become more valuable than the company itself

In this conflict, slaves would behead their masters and put their heads on sticks to use as battle flags

This document imposed punishments on Germany for “starting the war”.

This group of military personnel in the Imperial Japanese Army was known for their gruesome experiments on prisoners

This amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States

This was Hitler’s plan to eradicate all the Jews in Europe

Originally, Adolf Hitler didn’t want to build concentration camps. He preferred to deport Jews to this island.

What was the name of the planned attack by the Japanese where they attempted to bomb the west coast of the US?

After a revolt on this island, all the white people that remainded there were executed.

These two men led the Manhattan Project

This is when immigrants are removed from the country they are currently living in.

This is having pride in your country.

The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 stated that this group could no longer be citizens of Germany

Which future black sports star was a member of the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II?

Soldiers who played these two sports were given grenades first due to the belief that they could throw them farther

Which country did NOT have a revolution in 1989

Gavrilo Princip, the man who assassinated the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was a member of this gang.

These two states have been at war since 1948

The Arab Spring (2010-2012) saw mass protests and uprisings in what parts of the world? (Two correct answers!)

This man, known as the Angel of Death, was known for his gruesome experiments in Auschwitz.

Money in Germany was useless during the Great Depression. What did Germans use it for?

This was the area between opposing trenches that were often blanketed in barbed wire and mines (underground bombs)

This was when Polish Jews revolted against the Nazis

This was the nickname for the decade before the Great Depression

This WW2-era bill allowed American women to get paid to study nursing, as long as they became nurses for the military

This was the deadliest conflict since World War 2

This insurance now protects your money at banks

Soldiers fought in deep pits dug into the Earth known as this

A lot of Americans blamed this person, or this group, for the Great Depression happening.

This was the day that the stock market crashed

The Reign of Terror, where 330,000 people were arrested or killed in 10 months, started after a civil war here:

Name the skirmish where black and white soldiers were able to fight together for the first time.

During this President's time in office, almost 12.5 million immigrants were deported.

This infection, caused by fungus spreading due to constant exposure to water, often resulted in limbs being amputated.

This dictator was killed by his own citizens. Some of them even cut off skin from his head to keep it as a souvenir.

This colony was notoriously known for cutting limbs off of slaves that weren't "working hard enough".

This bill increased the taxes on items imported to the United States

Immigrants coming to the United States are most-likely to live in these three states

President Roosevelt allowed his allies to buy American equipment in cash, as long as they took it home themselves.

After WW2, European countries started using immigrants from this continent to replace African workers in their colonies.