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What are the dates for World War II?

1939-1945

What kind of empire were the Ottomans during their glory centuries of 1300-1700?

Gunpowder Empire

What led to the Ottoman Empire losing land in the 1800s?

Nationalistic Independence Movements and European Imperialist Expansion

Give an example of European imperial expansion into Ottoman territory.

England- Egypt, France- Algeria

Who were promised their own state in the Middle East upon WWI’s conclusion?

The Arabs

What modern-day lands was the Arab state supposed to comprise?

Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Israel

What system put France and England in charge of the Middle East after WWI ended?

Mandate System

What brought the Qing dynasty and the Ottoman Empire to an end?

Internal and external factors.

What are some examples of internal factors that damaged Qing Dynasty power and stability? Name one.

Taiping Rebellion

What do we call people who are ethnically Chinese?

Han

What are the Three Main Causes of WWI?

Nationalistic competition for colonial territory, Militarism, Archduke’s Assassination and the alliance system.

What is a war where the entire country participates in the war effort?

Total war

Which colony provided colonial subjects as soldiers during WWI?

India

Why didn’t England give India to the Indians after WWI?

They felt too superior to them.

What began to grow among colonized peoples after WWI?

Anti-imperial opposition

What did Nazis blame Germany’s loss in WWI on?

Socialists, Communists, and Jews

Why were countries like Germany willing to be ruled by authoritarian rulers?

They endured economic hardship in the 1920s, early 30s.

TRUE or FALSE: Hitler failed as a leader and the German economy improved very little under his leadership.

FALSE

TRUE or FALSE: Governments remained totally uninvolved in their country’s economic suffering during the Great Depression.

FALSE

What was FDR’s economic plan called?

The New Deal

What did FDR’s New Deal do?

Put Americans back to work.

How did the Nazis improve the German economy in the 1930s?

Factories making military supplies.

What was the main cause of the Soviet Union’s rise?

The collapse of the Russian Empire under the stress of WWI.

TRUE or FALSE: The Russian people loved their Czar and were sorry to see him get replaced by the Soviets.

FALSE

What economic modernization effort did Stalin institute?

5 year plans.

TRUE or FALSE: Stalin’s 5 year economic plans ultimately failed to modernize the Russian economy.

FALSE

Which country suffered the most casualties in both WWI and WWII?

Russia/Soviet Union

What was Japan’s main desire in colonizing parts of Asia?

Natural Resources

What areas of Asia did Japan successfully conquer?

Northeastern China, Southeast Asia.

TRUE or FALSE: Though the Japanese conquered other Asians, they ultimately saw these fellow Asians as brethren.

FALSE

What cleared the pathway for Southeast Asian states to gain independence after WWII?

The Japanese kicked the Westerners out.

What did the war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union come to be known as?

The Cold War

What term describes fighting your enemy in a war indirectly?

Proxy War

Which two countries were split in half because of the Cold War?

Korea and Vietnam

How were the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust different?

The Germans industrialized the killing of the Jews.

Why did people willingly collaborate with the Nazis during the Holocaust?

They were racist, afraid, or wanted to benefit financially.

TRUE or FALSE: Most concentration camps were in Germany.

FALSE

Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?

Because they knew an invasion would lead to tens of thousands of American soldiers being killed.

How many people were immediately killed when the first bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

70-80,000

How many people ultimately lost their lives from the two atomic bombs being dropped?

Over 200,000

What did Japan have to promise at the end of WWII?

That they would never rearm.

What replaced the League of Nations after WWII?

The United Nations.