WWI/WWII Review

Which event sparked the outbreak of WWI?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan

• Germany's Invasion of Poland

• Bolshevik coup d'etat in Russia

• Assassination of the Austrian Archduke

What caused European nations to get involved in WWI

• Desire for resources

• System of alliances

• Fear of outsiders

• World domination

- "Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form the Triple Alliance." 
- "Serbian Nationalism Grows in the Balkans" 
- "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated in Bosnia."
The events in these headlines contributed most directly to the... 

• Beginning of WWI
• Outbreak of the Cold War
• Development of Fascist Europe
• Beginning of WWII 

What is an alliance?

• A formal agreement between countries

• A trading relationship

• Two countries that each other

• Countries that go to war

What word describes when neither side in war can gain an advantage to win?

• Stalemate

• Blockade

• Total war

• Front

What was the Lusitania

• A U.S. battleship sunk by the Germans

• A passenger ship sunk by the Germans

• A German submarine

• A general in WWI

What is the name of the treaty that ended WWI?

• Paris Peace Treaty

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of London

Who wrote the Treaty of Versailles?

• Triple Entente (Britain, France, USA)

• Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy)

The United States president at the beginning of WWII was

• Hirohito
• Harry Truman
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Winston Churchill

The leader of the Soviet Union/Russia during WWII was

• FDR
• Joseph Stalin
• Harry Truman
• Winston Churchill