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Rising nationalism led to conflict over Alsace-Lorraine between France and
The map shows territories held by countries in 1914.Which two countries held the most territory in 1914?
Which is the correct order of countries that joined World War I following Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia?
A(n) __________ is when one country increases its army because others did.
In the 1900s, an arms race occurred when which two countries began to compete over the size of their navies?
What was the cause of territorial conflict, diplomatic disagreements, and economic rivalries between nations in Europe?
Which country resented the number of French and British colonial holdings?
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Marked by the fall of the Soviet Union which was the result of Eastern European countries gaining independence, Gorbachev's reform policies, and a series of nuclear limitation treaties.
1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
The blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.
The removal of the wall that separated East and West Germany in 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO
name for series of treaties between US and USSR regarding nuclear weapons
A nine-year conflict involving Soviet forces supporting the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan government against the Mujahideen resistance.
1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
fighting marked by sabotage, ambushes, and other surprise attacks