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What is the immediate cause of British entry into the First World War?

The German invasion of neutral Belgium.

What did the Schlieffen Plan call for in 1914?

An attack and a quick defeat of France before attacking Russia.

What was the principle of national self-determination promoted by Woodrow Wilson?

People should be able to choose a national government through a democratic process and live free from outside interference.

What did the 'war guilt clause' in the Treaty of Versailles declare?

Germany was responsible for the war and had to pay reparations.

What was the purpose of the Enabling Act passed in Germany in 1933?

It gave Hitler dictatorial powers for four years after the Reichstag Fire.

How did Mussolini build support from big business in Italy?

He kept the economy from leaning to Communism with his system of corporatism.

What was Stalin’s theory of socialism in one country?

Proposed that socialism could be achieved independently within a single country.

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?

It marked the beginning of the Allied offensive in the Pacific.

What role did radar play in WWII?

It allowed the Royal Air Force to defeat Germany.

What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

It was the final German offensive on the Western Front.

Which event marked the final Allied victory in World War II?

Japanese surrender.

At the time of the Yalta Conference, Eastern Europe was under the control of:

The USSR.

What was one way in which the Treaty of Versailles differed from the Fourteen Points?

Only the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to pay reparations.

What was the effect of Lenin’s 1921 New Economic Policy (NEP)?

It encouraged peasants to sell their surplus in free markets and allowed private traders and small manufacturers to do business again.

What happened to Armenian inhabitants of the Ottoman Empire during World War I?

The Ottoman Empire ordered their mass deportation from their homeland, resulting in about a million Armenian deaths from murder, starvation, and disease.

How did the Nazis seek to legitimize their racial policies?

They established research institutes that defined racial differences in order to present prejudice in the guise of science.

What was the primary political weakness of the White forces as they fought against the Bolsheviks?

They had a poorly defined political program that failed to unite the enemies of the Bolsheviks.