1. How did the inventions of the airplane and radio change people’s lives?
2. How do times of peace and war affect the development of technology differently?
3. What are some of the aviation records that Amelia Earhart set?
4. Why was Amelia Earhart an unusual woman for her time?
5. How did the results of World War I contribute to the global economic collapse?
6. What were the two most important causes of the Great Depression?
7. What did the economic relief efforts of various political leaders have in common?
8. What were three reasons Benito Mussolini and his fascist regime rose to power in
Italy?
9. How did Mussolini’s rise to power reflect political trends of the times?
10. Why did Hitler and the Nazis rise to power? Why did the German people support
them?
11. Do you think Hitler could have risen to power if the Great Depression had not
taken place? Explain your response.
12. How did Kristallnacht gain its name?
13. How did Joseph Stalin transform the Soviet Union?
14. Why did Stalin expand the Gulag system?
15. What was the connection between totalitarianism and economic conditions in the
1930s?
16. How was the rise of totalitarianism in Germany similar to and different from that in
Japan?
17. Why did Gandhi undertake the Salt March?
18. Was Gandhi effective as a leader? Yes or no?
19. What was the effect of the Great Depression on colonized peoples?
20. What made China vulnerable to Japanese attacks in the 1930s?
21. How were the plights of the Chinese and Ethiopian people similar? How were they
different?
22. How did Francisco Franco become Spain’s dictator?
23. How did the bombing of Guernica targeted civilians?
24. What do you think rule under the Republicans would have been like had they been
victorious in Spain? Why?
25. What were two early acts of aggression by Adolf Hitler?
26. Why did nonintervention by Western democracies following Hitler’s early
aggression make the German leader bolder?
27. What event caused Great Britain to end its policy of appeasement toward Hitler?
28. How did the policy of appeasement ultimately fail to prevent World War II?
29. What role did the Treaty of Versailles play in the lead-up to World War II?
30. What was the significance of the Munich Agreement in the lead-up to World War II?
31. What were the major turning points of World War II on the Eastern Front?
32. How did the entry of the United States into World War II impact the outcome of the conflict?
33. What were the consequences of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
34. How did the post-World War II division of Germany contribute to the Cold War?
35. What were the main goals of the United Nations when it was founded in 1945?
36. How did the Marshall Plan aid in the recovery of Western Europe after World War II?
37. What were the main differences between the political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
38. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis bring the world to the brink of nuclear war?
39. What were the main reasons behind the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?
40. How did the end of the Cold War impact global politics and international relations?
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1. The inventions of the airplane and radio significantly changed people's lives by making long-distance travel faster and more accessible, and by revolutionizing communication and entertainment.
2. During times of peace, technology development may focus more on innovation and consumer-oriented products, while during times of war, technology may be developed more rapidly for military purposes.
3. Amelia Earhart set numerous aviation records, including being the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Amelia Earhart was unusual for her time due to her adventurous spirit and determination to break gender barriers in aviation.
5. The results of World War I, including economic instability and high war debts, contributed to the global economic collapse known as the Great Depression.
6. The two most important causes of the Great Depression were the stock market crash of 1929 and widespread bank failures.
7. The economic relief efforts of various political leaders during the Great Depression often involved government intervention, public works projects, and social welfare programs.
8. Benito Mussolini and his fascist regime rose to power in Italy due to economic turmoil, political instability, and Mussolini's charisma.
9. Mussolini's rise to power reflected political trends of the times by showcasing a strongman leader who promised stability and strength amid chaos.
10. Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in Germany due to economic hardship, political instability, and societal grievances, with support from those disillusioned with the Weimar Republic.
11. Hitler's rise to power was facilitated by the Great Depression, as economic instability and discontent provided fertile ground for his extremist ideology to gain traction.
12. Kristallnacht gained its name from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the coordinated attacks on Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues.
13. Joseph Stalin transformed the Soviet Union through industrialization, collectivization of agriculture, and the creation of a totalitarian state.
14. Stalin expanded the Gulag system to suppress dissent, control the population, and utilize forced labor for economic development.
15. Totalitarianism often arose in response to economic crises, with leaders like Stalin and Hitler exploiting these conditions to consolidate power.
16. The rise of totalitarianism in Germany and Japan both involved aggressive expansionism, militarization, and the suppression of dissent, but the ideologies and contexts differed.
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17. Gandhi undertook the Salt March to protest the British Salt Act, which imposed a tax on salt and demonstrated against British colonial rule.
18. Gandhi was effective as a leader in mobilizing mass movements through nonviolent civil disobedience.
19. The Great Depression had negative effects on colonized peoples, as economic hardships in colonial regions were exacerbated by the economic downturn.
20. China was vulnerable to Japanese attacks in the 1930s due to internal divisions, weak central government, and Japanese imperial expansionism in the region.
21. The plights of the Chinese and Ethiopian people were similar in facing aggression and invasion by larger powers, but differed in the global response to their situations.
22. Francisco Franco became Spain's dictator through a military uprising during the Spanish Civil War.
23. The bombing of Guernica targeted civilians as a terror tactic to demoralize and intimidate resistance against Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War.
24. Rule under the Republicans in Spain, had they been victorious, may have been more democratic and less repressive compared to Franco's dictatorship.
25. Two early acts of aggression by Adolf Hitler were the remilitarization of the Rhineland and the annexation of Austria (Anschluss).
26. Nonintervention by Western democracies following Hitler's early aggression emboldened him to pursue further expansionist policies.
27. Great Britain ended its policy of appeasement towards Hitler after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which led to the outbreak of World War II.
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