1. European History

2. World War I
Began in _____ with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of _________ by a _________ nationalist.
The four years of the ___________ - as it was then known – saw unprecedented levels of carnage and _____________ thanks to ________________ and the introduction of modern weaponry such as ______________, tanks and __________________.

3. World War I
Began in _____ with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of _________ by a _________ nationalist.
The four years of the ___________ - as it was then known – saw unprecedented levels of carnage and _____________ thanks to ________________ and the introduction of modern weaponry such as ______________, tanks and __________________.
1914
Austria
Serbian

4. World War I
Began in _____ with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of _________ by a _________ nationalist.
The four years of the ___________ - as it was then known – saw unprecedented levels of carnage and _____________ thanks to ________________ and the introduction of modern weaponry such as ______________, tanks and __________________.
1914
Austria
Serbian
Great War
destruction
trench warfare
machine guns
chemical weapons

5. World War I No man’s land today, Vimy, France
Before and after photo of village of Passchendaele
No man’s land today, Vimy, France

6. World War I
By the time World War I ended, more than ___________ soldiers had been killed and ____________ more wounded.

7. World War I
By the time World War I ended, more than ___________ soldiers had been killed and ____________ more wounded.
9 Million
21 Million
Cemetery at Verdun

8. World War I
The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, determined post-war borders from ________ to the _____________, established the ___________________ as an international peace organization and punished _________ for its aggression with _____________ and the ___________________.

9. World War I
The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, determined post-war borders from ________ to the _____________, established the ___________________ as an international peace organization and punished _________ for its aggression with _____________ and the ___________________.
Europe
Middle East
League of Nations
Germany
reparations
loss of territory

10. World War I
The instability caused by World War I would help make possible the rise of ______ leader ______________.

11. World War I
Hitler with WWI Commander of
German Army.
The instability caused by World War I would help make possible the rise of ______ leader ______________.
Nazi
Adolf Hitler
Hitler with fellow soldiers during WWI.
1932 campaign poster

12. World War II
Hitler’s invasion of ________ in September _____ drove Great Britain and ________ to declare war on _______, and World War II had begun.
Over the next ________, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the ______ than any previous war.

13. World War II
Hitler’s invasion of ________ in September _____ drove Great Britain and ________ to declare war on _______, and World War II had begun.
Over the next ________, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the ______ than any previous war.
Poland
1939
France
Germany

14. World War II
Hitler’s invasion of ________ in September _____ drove Great Britain and ________ to declare war on _______, and World War II had begun.
Over the next ________, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the ______ than any previous war.
Poland
1939
France
Germany
6 Years
globe
Dresden, Germany

15. World War II
An estimated ______________ people were killed, with __________ of those being _____ murdered in Nazi ____________________. This is now known as the _________.

16. World War II
An estimated ______________ people were killed, with __________ of those being _____ murdered in Nazi ____________________. This is now known as the _________.
46-60 Million
6 Million
Jews
concentration camps
Holocaust

17. World War II
Approximately _______ American _________ were killed in World War II.
After the fall of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Germany was divided into ________. The West being controlled by the _____________, Great Britain, and _______. The East being controlled by the _____________.

18. U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy, France
World War II
Approximately _______ American _________ were killed in World War II.
After the fall of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Germany was divided into ________. The West being controlled by the _____________, Great Britain, and _______. The East being controlled by the _____________.
400,000
soldiers

19. U.S. Military Cemetery in Normandy, France
World War II
Approximately _______ American _________ were killed in World War II.
After the fall of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Germany was divided into ________. The West being controlled by the _____________, Great Britain, and _______. The East being controlled by the _____________.
Berlin Wall, 1975
400,000
soldiers
2 parts
United States
France
Soviet Union

20. World War II
Displaced _____, needing a country of their own, were given a small region in __________ which was their home _____ years ago.
Many islands became US territories, such as, American Samoa, ____________, and ______________________.

21. World War II
Displaced _____, needing a country of their own, were given a small region in __________ which was their home _____ years ago.
Many islands became US territories, such as, American Samoa, ____________, and ______________________.
Jews
Palestine
2000

22. World War II
Displaced _____, needing a country of their own, were given a small region in __________ which was their home _____ years ago.
Many islands became US territories, such as, American Samoa, ____________, and ______________________.
Jews
Palestine
2000
Puerto Rico
the U.S. Virgin Islands

23. Bosnian Genocide
April 1992, the government of ____________________ declared its independence from ___________.

24. Bosnian Genocide
April 1992, the government of ____________________ declared its independence from ___________.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Yugoslavia

25. Bosnian Genocide
Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb _______ targeted ________ and ______ civilians resulting in the deaths of some ________ people by Camps were set up to hold prisoners until their deaths.

26. Bosnian Genocide
Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb _______ targeted ________ and ______ civilians resulting in the deaths of some ________ people by Camps were set up to hold prisoners until their deaths.
forces
Muslims
Croat
100,000

27. Bosnian Genocide
This was the worst act of _________ since the Holocaust.

28. Bosnian Genocide
This was the worst act of _________ since the Holocaust.
genocide