True/False TermsPeople Cities & Geography Miscellaneous

The Cold War was dangerous because there was fighting and bombing in both Europe and Asia.

What is False? The Cold War was dangerous because both sides competed to build the most powerful and greatest number of nuclear weapons, enough to blow up the entire world.

Textiles were the first industry to move into factories during the Industrial Revolution.

What is True?

The Axis Powers were made up of Germany, Japan, Italy, and Spain.

What is False? The Axis Powers were made up of Germany, Japan, and Italy, not Spain.

Tariff is the term used for a tax on exported goods.

What is False? Tariff is the term for a tax on imported goods.

In the Russian Revolution The Russian czar (king) was overthrown and a democratic government established.

What is False? The czar was overthrown, but a communist government took over.

An organization of the nations of Western Europe formed to promote free trade among the members. This cooperation led to more economic growth.

What is the Common Market?

Term for the military alliance that was dominated (controlled) by the Soviet Union in the decades after WWII.

What is the Warsaw Pact?

System in which powerful European nations claimed colonies around the world from which they could benefit economically.

What is imperialism?

Term for the systematic murder of millions of Jewish people and others by Germany during WWII.

What is the Holocaust?

Term for the groups of workers formed to demand better pay and working conditions.

What are unions?

The political party that ruled Germany during WWII and used the swastika as its symbol.

Who are the Nazis?

The Soviet leader who introduced reforms in 1985 to encourage economic growth and freedom in the Soviet Union.

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?

He was the leader of Germany during the Holocaust.

Who is Adolph Hitler?

This religious group was persecuted and killed in the Holocaust.

Who are the Jews?

These were the five nations that made up the Allies in WWII.

Who are Great Britain, France, China, Russia, and the United States?

This country once contained Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro.

What is Yugoslavia?

This city is the capital of Germany and was divided into four parts after WWII.

What is Berlin?

The Industrial Revolution began in this European nation.

What is Great Britain?

These are the places where Jews and other prisoners were taken by the Nazis to be beaten or exterminated.

What are concentration camps?

The United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Greece were the 12 founding member nations of this. It replaced the Common Market.

What is the European Union?

The name for the group of nations including the US and Western Europe who organized to repel an attack from the Soviet Union. They agreed that if any one nation of this group was attacked, they would all retaliate, even using nuclear weapons.

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Under this plan, the US loaned money to the nations of Western Europe to rebuild their economies.

What is the Marshall Plan?

Term for the global competition after WWII between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union.

What is the Cold War?

These were the four main causes of World War I.

What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?

The Pacific island where a famous photo was taken of US Marines raising an American flag.

What is Iwo Jima?