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Flashcard 1: Name the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.
Answer: Axis Powers. Military alliance opposing Allied Powers in WWII.
Flashcard 2: Identify the 1991 event that marked the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Answer: Belavezha Accords. Agreement formally dissolving the Soviet Union.
Flashcard 3: Which treaty reduced the number of strategic nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Answer: START Treaty. Arms control agreement reducing nuclear arsenals.
Flashcard 4: Name the 1938 agreement that sought to appease Germany by ceding Czech territory.
Answer: Munich Agreement. Failed appeasement policy emboldened Nazi expansion.
Flashcard 5: Which U.S. policy aimed to rebuild Europe after World War II?
Answer: Marshall Plan. Economic recovery program for war-torn Europe.
Flashcard 6: Name the policy aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
Answer: Non-Proliferation Treaty. International agreement limiting nuclear weapons spread.
Flashcard 7: Identify the U.S. President who initiated the Strategic Defense Initiative.
Answer: Ronald Reagan. Proposed missile defense system against Soviet threats.
Flashcard 8: What was the primary purpose of the Warsaw Pact?
Answer: Military alliance of communist nations. Eastern European communist states' defense alliance.
Flashcard 9: Name the leader of the Soviet Union who introduced glasnost and perestroika.
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev. Reformist leader who liberalized Soviet system.
Flashcard 10: What was the primary goal of the European Union's formation?
Answer: Economic and political integration. Created unified European market and governance.
Flashcard 11: Identify the international organization founded after World War II to prevent future conflicts.
Answer: United Nations. Replaced League of Nations for global peacekeeping.
Flashcard 12: Which doctrine stated that the U.S. would support free peoples resisting subjugation?
Answer: Truman Doctrine. Commitment to support democratic nations globally.
Flashcard 13: What was the primary goal of the League of Nations?
Answer: Maintain world peace. First international organization for collective security.
Flashcard 14: Identify the first nation to enter the arms race with the U.S. during the Cold War.
Answer: Soviet Union. Nuclear rivalry began with Soviet atomic capability.
Flashcard 15: What was the primary focus of the Helsinki Accords in 1975?
Answer: Security and cooperation in Europe. Détente agreements on human rights and borders.
Flashcard 16: Which event in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War?
Answer: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Symbol of communist regime collapse.
Flashcard 17: Which country was invaded by Germany to begin World War II?
Answer: Poland. September 1, 1939 invasion triggered global conflict.
Flashcard 18: Which economic system was implemented in Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe post-World War II?
Answer: Communism. Soviet-imposed system in satellite states.
Flashcard 19: Which event in 1948-1949 involved airlifting supplies to a blockaded city?
Answer: Berlin Airlift. Western response to Soviet blockade of Berlin.
Flashcard 20: Which battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II?
Answer: Battle of Stalingrad. Decisive Soviet victory halted German advance.
Flashcard 21: What was the name of the program that provided U.S. aid to Western Europe post-World War II?
Answer: Marshall Plan. Economic aid program to rebuild Western Europe.
Flashcard 22: What was the primary governmental system opposed by the Allies in World War II?
Answer: Fascism. Authoritarian ideology promoting extreme nationalism.
Flashcard 23: Which conference in 1945 discussed the post-World War II reorganization?
Answer: Yalta Conference. Allied leaders divided post-war Europe and Germany.
Flashcard 24: What event is commonly considered the start of World War I?
Answer: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Triggered alliance system leading to global war.
Flashcard 25: Identify the treaty that ended World War I.
Answer: Treaty of Versailles. Officially ended WWI with harsh terms for Germany.
Flashcard 26: Which event in 1962 brought the world close to nuclear conflict?
Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet missiles in Cuba created nuclear standoff.
Flashcard 27: Name the military alliance formed by Western nations in 1949.
Answer: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Defensive alliance against Soviet expansion.
Flashcard 28: What was the economic system opposed by the Western Allies in the Cold War?
Answer: Communism. Socialist economic system spreading from Soviet Union.
Flashcard 29: Identify the major military conflict in Asia from 1950 to 1953.
Answer: Korean War. First major Cold War proxy conflict.
Flashcard 30: What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of during the Cold War?
Answer: Division between East and West. Physical barrier representing ideological divide.