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  • Which country entered WW1 in 1917?
    USA
  • Which powerful country did not join the League of Nations?
    USA
  • What is an interpretation?
    A historians opinion using evidence on a person or event.
  • Why did the USA join WW2 in December 1941?
    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Name two beliefs on the Left of the political spectrum
    Equality, no wars, government controlled businesses
  • What does appeasement mean?
    Giving into the demands to stop further violence or aggression
  • Name two parts of a trench
    Fire step, Dugout, Barbed wire, Sandbags, Duckboards
  • Give one difference between a democracy and dictatorship
    Freedom of voting, control over civil rights, propaganda and censorship
  • In 1931 what did the Japanese claim Chinese soldiers had destroyed?
    The Manchurian railway
  • What were the names of the two Alliances involved in WW1?
    Triple Entente and Triple Alliance
  • What years did WW1 start and end?
    1914-1918
  • What happened when the Japanese invaded Nanking in 1937?
    Killed, assaulted, shops and buildings destroyed and looted
  • Name two beliefs on the Right of the political spectrum.
    strong over weak, rich over poor, nationalism, invading other countries for resources, private businesses
  • Name two differences between a democracy and a dictatorship.
    Censorship/freedoms, Voting/decisions, Secret police etc
  • Name two punishments from the Treaty of Versailles
    reparations (money), lost land, reduced army, no airforce
  • Japan gained control of which country after the first Sino-Japanese War?
    Korea
  • Appeasement was followed by Britain because the public did not want another war. True or False
    True
  • Japan used WW1 as an opportunity to gain more control over which country?
    China
  • When Japan invaded Manchuria, who did China ask to help them?
    League of Nations
  • Who was at the top of Japanese society?
    Emperor
  • Which political party was Hitler the leader of?
    Nazi
  • Japan turned to militarism in the 20th Century to become a powerful country like Britain and the USA. True or False.
    True
  • During WW2 Americans placed any Japanese people into camps. True or False.
    True
  • Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War?
    Lenin
  • Why did France want harsh punishments for Germany at the end of WW1?
    Most of the fighting took place in France, lost land and resources
  • Name two jobs women did during WW1
    Munitionette, Ambulance driver, nurse, police, farmer
  • Where was China's capital in the 1930s?
    Nanking
  • Name two restrictions the Nazis placed on Jewish people in the 1930s
    banned from school, certain jobs, cinemas, marrying other Germans, segregated
  • Which mad monk influenced Russian politics in the early 20th Century?
    Rasputin
  • Which colour did the Communists represent in the Russian Civil War?
    Red Army
  • What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?
    Primary source is from the time of the event, secondary is after
  • Who did Hitler sign a secret pact with in 1939 to split Poland between them?
    USSR, Russia, Stalin
  • What jobs were colonial soldiers made to do during WW1?
    Non-combat, digging trenches, transporting equipment
  • In which country did Germany agree to the punishments from WW1?
    France
  • Who competed for leadership of Russia after Lenin died?
    Stalin and Trotsky
  • What colour are the uniforms of the Japanese army?
    Black
  • WW2 ended when Germany surrendered in May 1945. True or False.
    False
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