WWI, WWII

Question 1

What led to the Serbia & Austria-Hungarian war?

Answer 1

Austria- Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum to end all the anti-Austrian organizations, but Serbia did not agree

Question 2

Who did Austria-Hungary seek assistance to during the Serbia & Austria-Hungarian war. Who was Serbia aided by. Who did Germany declare war on. Who did Britain declare war on. Who did Austria declare war on.

Answer 2

Seeked assistance from Germany. Serbia was aided by Russia. Germany declared war on Russia & France. Britain declared war on Germany. Austria declared war on Russia.

Question 3

Triple Entente

Answer 3

Britain, France, Russia

Question 4

The Great War led to the downfall of which four monarchies

Answer 4

Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

Question 5

Map result of Great War

Answer 5

Created a new map with major changes around Eurasia

Question 6

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 6

• United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy.
• Italy was not happy about the aftermath of the Great War & did not get the territories promised to them
• Different POVs on how to reach peace
• Woodrow Wilson pushed for principles in the Fourteen Points (desired to create a League of Nations where countries can talk about current events together)
• nations agreed to join (U.S. senate voted against joining & were against the Treaty of Versailles, a peace treaty with Germany)

Question 7

What did the Treaty of Versailles do?

Answer 7

Made Germany pay for all the damage done during the war, give up its colonies, and restrict the size of its armed forces.

Question 8

What caused the creation of the Nazi Party?

Answer 8

Deep hatred for the German Republic after the Treaty of Versailles

Question 9

What did the British refuse to allow the Egyptians to do?

Answer 9

Refused to allow them to proclaim Egyptian independence

Question 10

What did the refusal for Egyptian Independence result in

Answer 10

National liberation movement (resistance to colonial domination)

Question 11

National liberation movement

Answer 11

Resistance to colonial domination

Question 12

Why did Russia ally with France and Britain?

Answer 12

Due to the fear of Germany’s growing economic and military power

Question 13

Why did Britain ally with the triple entente?

Answer 13

Due to Germany‘a desire to build a back to threaten Britain’s control over the oceans

Question 14

Central powers

Answer 14

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 15

How did imperialist rivalries contribute to the coming of war

Answer 15

Caused a further division between two alliances

Question 16

What destroyed Russia’s tsarist regime

Answer 16

German forces destroying the Russian army which produces Russia weak and the tsar of Russia (Nicholas II) poor handling of the army

Question 17

Benito Mussolini

Answer 17

Italian fascist dictator

Question 18

Armenian genocide

Answer 18

After the Ottoman Empire entered the war on Germany’s side, Turk leaders launched an assault against Armenians

Question 19

What pandemic occurred after the Great War? What resulted after.

Answer 19

Influenza pandemic that led to the Great Depression

Question 20

Georges Clemenceau

Answer 20

(French) encouraged a peace conference to force Germans to pay reparations to France and other nations. Desire to reduce the size of Germany and share its resources

Question 21

David Lloyd George

Answer 21

(British) feared that with a reduced Germany, the spread of a communist revolution would be born. Attempted to compromise with Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson to with reparations from Germany

Question 22

League of Nations

Answer 22

Mission to maintain world peace (forum to discuss and resolve international disputes)

Question 23

National congress party

Answer 23

Led Indians to ineptness and governed through the early decades of the post colonial era

Question 24

Morley-Minto Reforms

Answer 24

Provided educated Indians with opportunities to vote for and serve on local and Indian legislative councils

Question 25

Montagu-Chelmsford reforms

Answer 25

British promises to India (India to self govern)

Question 26

Rowlatt act

Answer 26

Placed restrictions on Indian civil rights (resulted in protests)

Question 27

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 27

Leader of India that turned protests into Indian campaigns against the politicies of the British

Question 28

Appeasement

Answer 28

Negotiation to prevent war

Question 29

D Day

Answer 29

Allied invasion of Europe

Question 30

Eisenhower

Answer 30

US general that commanded operations in Europe and led to the D Day invasion

Question 31

MacArthur

Answer 31

U.S. general that led forces into the Pacific theater

Question 32

Nuremberg trials

Answer 32

Ruled who should be punished for violations of human rights

Question 33

Dinshawai incident

Answer 33

Confrontation between the British and the Egyptians which illustrated British racial arrogance

Question 34

Balfour declaration

Answer 34

British secretary, lord Balfour promised Zionist leaders the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Question 35

Wafd Party

Answer 35

Created by Sa’d Zaghlul to provide nationalists with a primary focus of unified action for a hearing

Question 36

Négritude literary movement

Answer 36

Combatted much racial stereotyping that held the Africans in psychological bondage to the Europeans

Question 37

Ethiopia

Answer 37

Italians used bombs and poisonous gas on civilians

Question 38

Axis powers

Answer 38

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 39

Tripartite pact

Answer 39

Joined axis states and signed one year after WWII to deter the United States from entering the war

Question 40

Battle of Britain

Answer 40

Battles between Britain and Nazi air attacks. Britain won and Nazis had to abandon British conquest plan

Question 41

Wannsee conference

Answer 41

Conference to determine the punishment to Jews

Question 42

Battle of the bulge

Answer 42

Allies invaded Germany from the west Soviet armies from The east

Question 43

Battle of the coral sea

Answer 43

United States against Japan

Question 44

United Nations (UN)

Answer 44

Mission to provide a forum for negotiating international disputes, human rights, labor organizations, family relief, agricultural development, womens concerns, etc.

Question 45

Tehran conference

Answer 45

Allie’s agreed on the invasion of France

Question 46

Yalta conference

Answer 46

U.S president Franklin Roosevelt pressed the Soviet Union for assistance in fighting Japan

Question 47

Potsdam

Answer 47

Agreement that the Soviet Union could take over eastern Poland and give the poles eastern Germany

Question 48

Atlantic charter of 1941

Answer 48

Pact sealing the alliance between the United States and Great Britain

Question 49

Muslim league

Answer 49

Led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah rallied to British cause and won favor from the British for its wartime support. They demanded a separate Muslim state

Question 50

Convention People’s Party (CCP)

Answer 50

Won concessions from the British

Question 51

Kenya African Union

Answer 51

Underground organization that formed the land and freedom army and campaigned against the British (rebel movement was defeated)

Question 52

National liberation front

Answer 52

Mobilized parts of the Arab & Berber population to rebel against French rule and settler dominance

Question 53

Secret army organization

Answer 53

Settler violence for the Algerian struggle where violence was directed against Arabs, Berbers, and French who favored independence for the colony

Question 54

Armistice day

Answer 54

Allied advances against central powers forced Germany to surrender