The League of Nations was created to keep ___________.
world peace
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Give 5 reasons there was worldwide economic depression after WWI
great loss of life, inflation, countries had to pay war debts, stock market and banks crashed.
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Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany?
Adolf Hitler
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People who spoke out against the Nazi party were _______ or ________
imprisoned or killed
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What is prejudice against Jewish people called?
anti-semitism
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During which war was the Holocaust?
WWII
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The Cold War began in _______ and ended in __________.
1945-1991
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Which two superpowers engaged in the Cold War?
The United States and Soviet Union
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What was the Cold War about?
The US and USSR were both worried the other would become too powerful and spread its government and economic system to other countries.
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West Germany and West Berlin had a ___________ government.
democratic
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Countries in which part of Europe fell under the influence of hte Communist Soviet Union after WWII?
Eastern Europe
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What was the Iron Curtain?
The imaginary line that divided the democratic countries and the communist countries in Europe
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East Germany and East Berlin had ____________ governments.
communist
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The purpose of the ___________________ was to keep Comunist East Berlin separated from Democratic West Berlin.
Berlin Wall
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How did the United States and the Soviet Union compete with one another during the Cold War?
Spreading government and economic system to other countries, nuclear weapons buld-up (arms race), putting a man in space and landindg on the moon (space race).
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How did the competion between the US and Soviet union affect the Soviet Union's economy?
Defense, weapons build up, and space race cost the country a lot of money: not enough food or goods for the people.
