AP World History Unit 7 Test Review Questions and Answers Already Passed

AP World History Unit 7 Test Review Questions and Answers Already Passed What international organization was established after WWI to reduce the possibility of global war? League of Nations What were the main causes for the global depression in the 1930's? Over production of goods U.S. Foreign policy of protection and tariffs Bank failures Define "Total War". War where every weapon and all of the countries recourses are used What were the causes of WWI? Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand Mutual defense alliances Imperialism Militarism Nationalism Who were the Allied leaders during WWII? Great Britain: Churchill U.S: Franklin D. Roosevelt Russia: Stalin USSR Who were the Axis leaders during WWII? Germany: Hitler ???? Why did President Roosevelt implement a massive government spending program pre-WWII? New Deal: in response to the global depression in the 1930's to provide jobs to strengthen the economy Who was the first communist leader of Russia? Lenin What event is known as the "spark" that began WWI? Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand What event began WWII? Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 What are the characteristics of a totalitarian nation? Absolute power Government run in a centralized and dictatorial way Controlled citizens Nationalistic Propaganda Why were the Japanese unhappy after WWI? Wanted to control China Did not get recognition Japan invaded China in 1932 What are the characteristics of Fascism? Totalitarian Not allowed to protest What event brought the U.S. into WWII? Pearl Harbor List the social, economic, and political consequences that Germany faced after WWI: Social- country was viewed as weak Economic- forced to pay millions of dollars Political- lost oversea colonies What were the results of the Yalta Conference? Determined government and borders of Europe after WWII What was the major reason for Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs? To prevent invasion from Japan What was the India Act of 1937? India wanted to gain independence from England What were the names for the two sides that fought in WWI? WWII? WWI: Allies and Central Powers WWII: Axis and Allies What is Lebensraum (AKA: living space)? Nazis wanted to colonize Russia like England was able to colonize Europe Which three governmental systems share characteristics and when combined together are known as Totalitarian? Russia: ????? Italy: Fascism Germany: Nazism List new weapon technology used in WWI...which weapon was responsible for the most deaths? Artillery, rifles, pistols, machine guns, poison gas, barbed wire, aircraft, tanks, airships How were Wilson's 14 points used after WWI? Only 1 point was used What political entity controlled China beginning in 1921? CCP began in 1921 and took control in 1949 What did Hitler believe about the Aryan race? Superior to others What happened as a result of the German invasion of the Soviet Union? Harsh winter killed most of the soldiers Which document of WWII laid out the Allies goals or aims of the war? Atlantic Charter Which two men were President of the U.S. during WWII? Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman