Law & Order: Lesson 7.1 & 7.2-UN and Human Rights

Was called the "war to end all wars."

• World War I

• World War II

The countries at war were divided into two sides: the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria) and the Allied Powers (Britain, France, Russia, Italy, the US, etc.)

• World War I

• World War II

Germany was to forced to pay reparations (financial amends) for this war in the Treaty of Versailles.

• World War I

• World War II

Countries at war divided into two groups: Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and Allied Powers (26 countries including US, Great Britain, and Russia)

• World War I

• World War II

German leader of the Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party during World War II that persecuted minorities, especially Jewish people, due to the belief in the superiority of the "Aryan race" over other people.

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

Italian leader during the beginning World War II that is credited as the founder of fascism.

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

Japanese leader during World War II who technically was in control, but his military leaders had most of the control of the war efforts.

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Emperor Hirohito

Over 60 million people were killed during World War II.

• True

• False

The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation, ethnic group, or religion with the aim of destroying that nation or group.

• Holocaust

• Genocide

• Massacre

• Mass Murder

The term genocide didn't exist before the Holocaust occurred during World War II.

• True

• False