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1. What are the dates for World War II? 1939-1945

1. What kind of empire were the Ottomans during their glory centuries of 1300-1700? Gunpowder Empire

1. There were two things that led to the Ottoman Empire losing a lot of land in the 1800s.  What were they?

• Nationalistic Independence Movements

• European Imperialist Expansion

1. Give me an example of European imperial expansion into Ottoman territory:

England- Egypt, France- Algeria

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

The Arabs

1. What modern-day lands was the Arab state supposed to comprise? Name 3: Jordan, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Israel.

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

2. What brought the Qing dynasty and the Ottoman Empire to an end: two things:

-internal and external factors.

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

• Taiping Rebellion

• Ethnic tension between the Manchus and the Han Chinese.

1. What do we call people who are ethnically Chinese?  Han

1. The Three Main Causes of WWI: Nationalistic competition for colonial territory, Militarism, Archduke’s Assassination and the alliance system.

1. This is a war where the entire country participates in the war effort:  total war

1. England used colonial subjects from this colony as soldiers during WWI: India

1. Why didn’t England give India to the Indians after WWI?  They felt too superior to them.

1. What began to grow in earnest among colonized peoples after WWI?  Anti-imperial opposition

1. What 3 things did Nazis blame Germany’s loss in WWI on?  Socialists, Communists, and Jews

1. Why were countries like Germany willing to be ruled by authoritarian rulers?  Cause they endured so much economic hardship in the 1920s, early 30s.

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

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

1. What was FDR’s economic plan called: The New Deal

2. What did FDR’s New Deal do?  Put Americans back to work.

1. The Nazis successfully improved the German economy in the 1930s by doing what? Factories making military stuff

1. The Soviet Union’s rise was mainly due to this:  the collapse of the Russian Empire under the stress of WWI.

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

1. In an effort to modernize the Russian economy, Stalin instituted these: 5 year plans.

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

1. Which country suffered the most casualties in both WWI and WWII?  Russia/Soviet Union

1. What was Japan’s main desire in colonizing vast parts of Asia? Natural Resources

1. What areas of Asia did Japan successfully conquer? Northeastern China, Southeast Asia.

1. TRUE or FALSE: Though the Japanese conquered other Asians, they ultimately saw these fellow Asians as brethren and did not look down on them. FALSE

1. What cleared the pathway for Southeast Asian states to gain independence after WWII? The Japanese kicked the Westerners out of that area.

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

The Cold War

2. The term for when you fight your enemy in a war indirectly:  Proxy War

1. These two countries were split in half because of the Cold War.  One of these countries is still split in half!  Korea and Vietnam

1. How were the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust different? The Germans industrialized the killing of the Jews.

1. Why did people willingly collaborate with the Nazis during the Holocaust?  They were racist, they were afraid, or they wanted to benefit $.

1. TRUE or FALSE: Most concentration camps were in Germany.  FALSE

1. Why did the U.S. drop the atomic bombs on two Japanese cities?  Why didn’t they invade mainland Japan with soldiers instead? Cause they knew such an invasion would lead to tens of thousands of American soldiers being killed.

1. How many people were immediately killed when the first bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima? 70-80,000

1. How many people ultimately lost their lives from the two atomic bombs being dropped? Over 200,000

1. What did Japan have to promise at the end of WWII?  That they would never rearm.

What replaced the League of Nations as a sort of world governing body after WWII?The United Nations