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This was one of the causes of WWI This was one of the causes of WWI. This is when nations agree to defend one another in the event of an attack.

What is an alliance?

This event was the spark that led to the chain reaction that led to WWI.

What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand?

During WWI, this side included Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.

What are the Central Powers?

This group, led by Vladimir Lenin promised to reform czarist Russia.

Who are the Bolsheviks?

This Soviet ruler was known for his Five Year Plans and his collectivization of Soviet farmland.

Who is Stalin?

This treaty following WWI allowed for Hitler to rise to power in Germany.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

This entity was formed to settle problems following WWI, it was weak and unable to prevent a second world war.

What is the League of Nations?

This is when nations give into aggressive demands to maintain peace This is when nations give into aggressive demands to maintain peace. At the Munich Conference in 1938 western democracies gave into Hitler’s demands.

What is appeasement?

In 1943 German troops surrendered to this nation.

What is the Soviet Union?

This genocide of the Jewish people took place during WWII, under Hitler’s Germany.

What is the Holocaust?

This word is used to describe each of the rivals that came to dominate global politics following WWII.

What is a superpower?

These nations chose not to side with either the Soviets or the United States during the Cold War.

What are nonaligned nations?

This plan was developed following WWII by the United States to encourage economic development in Western Europe and stop the spread of communism to Western European nations.

What is the Marshall Plan?

This alliance was created following the Berlin Airlift by western nations. Members of this group pledged to support each other in the event of an attack.

What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?

This was the Soviet response to NATO.

What is the Warsaw Pact?

This is the most well-known Indian nationalist leader This is the most well-known Indian nationalist leader. He helped lead the movement to remove the British from India.

Who is Mohandas Gandhi?

Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta organized independence movements on this continent.

What is Africa?

This was the policy in South Africa that divided people based on their race.

What is apartheid?

This nation was created following WWII as a Jewish homeland.

What is Israel?

This nation became an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.

What is Iran?

This is the deliberate use of violence, often against civilians, to achieve a political goal.

What is terrorism?

These two South Asian nations have been experiencing conflict and may be at the verge of a war.

What is India and Pakistan?

The United States drove the Taliban from power in this nation.

What is Afghanistan?

This was established following WWII to promote peace and security.

What is the United Nations?

This revolution led to the increase in the food supply in nations such as India and Indonesia. New fertilizers and machinery were used.

What is the Green Revolution?