What is it called when one nation conquers another nation to take their land, wealth, and materials?

What is it called when a nation builds up a massive army in preparation for war or invasion?

What was unusual about the alliances made between European nations at the start of WWI?

Which nation was in a secret alliance with Germany at the start of WWI?

France and Russia formed a secret alliance with what other nation at the start of WWI?

What is the name for the region of Europe that is just north of Greece and included Serbia which started WWI?

What was the nickname for the Balkan region of Europe that had so many people constantly fighting each other?

Who was responsible for the assassination of Archduke of Austria-Hungary?

No nation was wanting a war more than Germany. What two nations did Germany declare war on at the start of WWI?

What was the German plan to conquer France quickly and then turn around and attack Russia?

What caused soldiers to dig trenches rather than fight in the open like previous wars in history?

What nation in Western Europe was hurt the most because that's where the Western Front was located?

What was the deadliest battle of WWI causing 1 million wounded and 300,000 deaths?

Who were the Germans fighting on the Eastern Front?

What were the Germans doing that angered America during the war?

Germany tried to get what nation to attack the USA?

(This is before the USA even entered the war)

What nation entered WWI against Germany in 1917 because they kept sinking their ships for selling supplies to England?

What is it called in the Russian government when the czar has complete control?

What did the Czar and his Russian government stop selling to the people that caused mass protests?

The czar was forced to leave office by his generals and this started a democratic government during what Russian Revolution?

The Russian government that replaced the czar failed in the February Revolution. Why?

What was the name of the extremist group in Russia that believed in violent revolution and communism?

The Bolsheviks promised what 3 things if they took power in Russia?

Most people supported the October Revolution because the Bolsheviks promised to _____________.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks that over the Russian government in October, 1917?

What did Lenin and the Bolsheviks do to create a communist system in Russia?

What happened in Russia when the Bolsheviks took over the country?

In 1921, Bolsheviks changed the name of their nation from Russia to USSR or better known as the _________.

Lenin focused on turning city workers into communists but didn't care about farmers. What was his style of communism called?

What were the Bolshevik soldiers in the army called during the Russian Civil War?

Where did the the Spanish Flu originate?

Why did people call it the Spanish Flu?

What was unusual about flu vaccines in 1918?

The Spanish Flu was a pandemic. What is a pandemic?

How many people are believed to have died from the Spanish Flu in the 3 years it spread throughout the world?

Why was there an increase in women hired in American jobs in 1919 and 1920?

What law was passed in America in 1920 after so many women began working in American jobs?

What is unusual about a totalitarian government?

What does a fascist government try to create in the people's lives?

In a fascist government, who does the government allow to help run the economy?

What did fascist dictatorships create to stop people from complaining about the government?

Fascist governments usually look for a group to blame . What term is used for this group?

In what country did fascism begin?

Who was the first fascist dictator that other fascist dictators copied?

How did Mussolini become dictator?

What was the special group of hired thugs who worked for Mussolini and threatened to beat or kill his opponents?

What was the name of the German government that replaced the German Kaiser/king after WWI?

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?

How much money did the Germans have to pay the Allied Powers (war reparations) at the end of the war?

What was unusual about the war reparations ($) the Allies wanted from Germany?

What happened when all of the gold left the German banks?

What was in the Treaty of Versailles that Germans found humiliating?

What term is used to describe prices that keep rising while the value of the money worth less?

What is the term for massive unemployment in a nation?

Where did the new nations of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia come from?

What nation was able to loan money to Germany in the 1920s?

Why did the USA stop sending loans to Germany in the 1930s?

What was Stalin's idea for quickly improving the Soviet union?

What did Stalin do with the wheat and corn grown by the Russian farmers?

What term was used to describe the communist government taking all private farms from Russian farmers?

Farmers in Soviet Union got to keep little or no food for themselves because it all went to fill the government's ______.

Why did the Soviet army become weak in the 1930s?

What happened to most of the men who had helped Russia win the October Revolution of 1917?

In October 1929, the stock market collapsed when everyone tried to sell stock and no one would buy. What was this disastrous day called?

As stock values dropped, so did the overall value of the _______.

When everyone tried to withdraw all of their savings from banks, what happened to many banks in America?

What are the 3 major events that caused the Great Depression

Pick 3

What was the percentage of unemployment in US of working men?

Stalin created a system where the government determined everything in the economy using 5 Year Plans.