World Leaders Bad War Stuff Governments & Economies Documents & Agreements Presidents & Personalities
100
Who is Adolf Hitler
Fascist dictator of Germany from 1933-1945.
100
What is Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on this American naval base in Hawaii at the end of 1941, thus entering the U.S. into World War II.
100
What is Western Democracy
Form of government. The people elect their leaders & business is privately owned in a free-market.
100
What is The Fourteen Points Speech
Wilson’s ground rules for peace after WWI; fundamental problems, boundary changes, & world peace-keeping body.
100
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
President from 1933-1945. He is known for leading the U.S. out of the Great Depression and through World War II until his death.
200
Who is Winston Churchill
British prime minister during the majority of World War II.
200
What are Concentration Camps
Labor and extermination sites in German occupied areas of Europe where Jews and other minorities suffered and died.
200
What is Capitalism
Form of economy. Business is privately owned in a free-market.
200
What is The Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty that ended the war between Germany and the Allies. It was quite severe toward Germany.
200
Who is Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity.
300
Who is Josef Stalin
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953.
300
What is Trench Warfare
Form of war characterized by fighting from ditches with neither side being able to substantially advance on the enemy.
300
What is Communism
Form of government. A dictator rules the people & business is owned and run by the government.
300
What is The Zimmermann Note
Telegram by Germany that encouraged Mexico to join WWI against the U.S. by promising to give it American land after the war.
300
Who is Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt’s VP that became pres. when Roosevelt died. He made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in order to end WWII.
400
Who is Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922-1943.
400
What is Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan
The two Japanese cities that had atomic bombs dropped on them by the U.S. in an effort to quickly end WWII.
400
What is Socialism
Form of economy. Business is owned and run by the government.
400
What is The Munich Pact
A 1938 agreement that gave Germany possession of western Czechoslovakia, supposedly the last territorial demand by Hitler.
400
Who is Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States from 1913-1921, during the time of the Mexican Revolution and World War I.
500
Who is Vladimir Lenin
Leader of revolutionary, communist, Russian group known as the Bolsheviks which took the nation; established the USSR.
500
What is The Katyn Forest Massacre
Mass execution of 22,000 Polish people carried out by the Soviet secret police in 1940.
500
What is Fascism
Form of government. A dictator rules the people & business is privately owned in a free-market.
500
What is The Nuremburg Trials
The Nazi war crimes trials took place here after World War II.
500
Who is Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria-Hungary that was assassinated in Yugoslavia. This incident basically started World War I.






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