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Global Review Packet #4

Conflict

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Flashcards! CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

Causes: MAAIN

Militarism

Alliances

Assassination (Archduke Francis Ferdinand)

Imperialism

Nationalism

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)

Trench Warfare and modern, mechanized technology

(machine guns, tanks) made WWI the deadliest war of its

time

Treaty of Versailles - Ended the war, punished Germany – making them take

the blame and pay war reparations

- Inspired by Wilson’s 14 Points: self-determination

- Led to World War II

EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR I

Resulted in enormous human and economic losses

Worldwide depression

Germany, Italy, and Japan dissatisfied by the peace

League of Nations created, but was not strong

RISE OF FASCISM

- depression left many people disappointed with their

government

- Mussolini (in Italy) and Hitler (in Germany) promised to

restore their countries’ greatness

Appeasement

Democratic nations used a policy of appeasement letting

Hitler go unpunished to avoid another costly war

Hitler breaks promise, invades Poland

WORLD WAR II OVERVIEW (1939-1945)

Allied Powers: Britain, France, U.S., Russia

Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan

Holocaust part of WWII

Ends with atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

COLD WAR (1945-1989)

- Soviet Union (and other Communist countries) vs. United

States (and other democratic countries)

- NATO was the alliance in the Democratic West

- The Warsaw Pact in the Communist East

- An imaginary Iron Curtain divided the “free” countries

from the Communist countries in Europe.

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The Berlin Wall - Divided West Germany (democratic) from East Germany

(communist).

- The fall of this wall symbolized the end of the Cold War

CONTAINMENT

Goal was to stop the spread of Communism

Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan – economic support for

democratic countries (contained communism)

Korea and Vietnam Both wars represent COLD WAR conflicts between US and

USSR

Vietnam reunited

Korea still divided

ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

- Turmoil in the Middle East from 1948-present

- After the Holocaust, Jews felt they needed their own

nation

- Jews returned to Palestine – their homeland

- Muslim Palestinians were living there

- Still fighting over land today

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Multiple Choice Practice

1. A major source of the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians is that each side

1. wants to control oil resources in the area 3. believes in different interpretations of the same

religion

2. has historic ties to the same land 4. has close military alliances with neighboring

countries

2. ". . . The Nazi holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the re-

establishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates

to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations. . . ."

This statement is referring to the establishment of which nation?

1. Jordan 3. Israel

2. Poland 4. Ethiopia

3. French intent to recolonize Indo-China after World War II

United States desire to prevent the spread of communism

United States support for the French in SoutheastAsia

These ideas are most closely associated with the

1. causes of the conflict in Vietnam 3. factors that led to the Korean War

2. reasons for the Nationalist settlement of

Taiwan

4. results of the Marshall Plan

4. One way in which the Korean War and the Vietnam War are similar is that both

1. resulted in unification of two formerly

independent nations

3. attempted to remove French imperialists from

power

2. reflected the success of the Western policy of

containment

4. developed from Cold War tensions

5. The fall of the Berlin Wall was followed by

1. an end of democratic rule in Germany 3. an expansion of the Warsaw Pact

2. the rise of a Neo-Nazi movement in Spain 4. the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union

6. Blockade of Berlin

Operation of the Berlin Airlift

Organization of the Warsaw Pact

Construction of the Berlin Wall

These events of the Cold War are examples of

1. efforts to prevent military conflict between the

superpowers

3. attempts to weaken the Soviet Union's control

of its Eastern European allies

2. situations that increased tensions between

communist and democratic nations in Europe

4. policies of peaceful coexistence and detente

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7. The term iron curtain refers to the

1. scars left on the land by the trenches of World

War I

3. border established between India and Pakistan

after World War II

2. no-fly zone in northern Iraq after the Persian

Gulf War

4. western boundary of Soviet domination in

Europe during the Cold War

8. Creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Warsaw Pact

Construction of the Berlin Wall

Cuban missile crisis

These events are most closely associated with

1. World War I 3. the Cold War

2. World War II 4. the Persian Gulf War

9. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was initially formed to

1. promote religious freedom. 3. isolate member nations from the rest of the

world.

2. defend Western Europe from Soviet

aggression.

4. stop the flow of immigration between member

nations.

10. Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to

1. the beginning of World War II in Asia and

Europe.

3. a conference at Munich for European leaders.

2. a meeting at Yalta between the United States

and the Soviet Union.

4. the withdrawal of Britain and France from

European affairs.

11. A. Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

B. Allies invade Europe on D-Day.

C. Germany invades Poland.

D. Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Which sequence shows the correct chronological order of these World War II events, from earliest to latest?

1. A --> B --> C --> D 3. C --> D --> B --> A

2. B --> A --> D --> C 4. D --> C --> A --> B

12. "Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia" (1935)

"Germany Takes the Rhineland Back" (1936)

"Germany and Russia Divide Poland" (1939)

These headlines might be used to illustrate the weakness of the

1. United Nations 3. Warsaw Pact

2. Congress of Vienna 4. League of Nations

13. One similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is that both

1. led fascist states 3. rejected militarism

2. supported communism 4. remained in power after World War II

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14. Which statement about both the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the rise of fascism in Germany and

Italy is accurate?

1. Economic conditions led to political change. 3. Goals were achieved by peaceful means.

2. Industrialization hindered national

development.

4. Communist ideals fueled both movements.

15. The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in World War I by

1. forcing Germany to accept blame for the war

and to pay reparations

3. supporting economic sanctions by the United

Nations

2. dividing Germany into four occupied zones 4. taking away German territory in the Balkans

and Spain

16. Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?

1. Renaissance --> Middle Ages --> Roman

Empire

3. Reformation --> Crusades --> European

exploration of the Americas

2. Treaty of Versailles --> World War II -->

Korean War

4. Bolshevik Revolution --> French Revolution --

> American Revolution

17. The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in World War I by

1. forcing Germany to accept blame for the war

and to pay reparations

3. supporting economic sanctions by the United

Nations

2. dividing Germany into four occupied zones 4. taking away German territory in the Balkans

and Spain

18. Base your answer on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

. . . A weary, exhausted, nerve-racked group of men it was indeed that, about noon November 1, assembled in a

gully north of Sommerance [France] to rest and dig in for the night. The artillery was still firing furiously, but

the enemy's barrage [bombardment] had ceased very suddenly about 10:00 a.m. and now only occasional shells

from long-range rifles would explode in the vicinity. The weather was gloomy and the moist air chilled one to

the bones. Yet it was with that meticulous [methodical] care that is characteristic of worn-out men, that we

prepared our foxholes, carrying boards and iron sheeting from abandoned machine-gunners' dugouts in order to

make our "houses" as comfortable as possible, even though only for one night. . . .

Source: William L. Langer, Gas and Flame in

World War I, Knopf/Borzoi

Which means of warfare is described in this passage?

1. guerilla 3. biological

2. nuclear 4. trench

19. What was the immediate cause of World War I in Europe?

1. start of the civil war in Russia 3. assassination of the heir to the throne of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire

2. sinking of the British liner, Lusitania 4. attack on Poland by the German army

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20. Which title would best complete this partial outline?

I. ______________________________________

A. Formation of secret alliances

B. Conflict over colonies in Africa

C. Military buildup of European armies and navies

D. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

1. Scramble for Africa 3. Results of World War II

2. Causes of World War I 4. Reasons for the United Nations

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