- The Speech that Bismark gave that expressed Germany's view, just before WWI, regarding it's prioroities was called the:
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- Kaiser William II was the leader (Kaiser, like King) of Prussia, with Bismark the Prussian Prime Minister. They did not share the same views about the military. How did Bismark get what he wanted in order to help Germany unify?
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He aided the socialists who called for a democracy.
Bismark tried to close the Catholic churches so they wouldn't influence the government.
Bismark assassinated the Kaiser to become Emperor.
Bismark would redirect the money which made the German army strong for WWI.
- The main purpose for map attached is to show:
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The Triple Alliance
Europe before World War Two
The Allies
Europe before World War One
- The artist of this cartoon is representing what area/region?
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The International Community (The International Herald)
The Muslims
Iraq
The United States
- The main issue the cartoon is showing is:
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the roles of infidels (non- muslims in a modern society)
making cartoons come to life
the roles of all Muslims in a modern society such as Denmark
recent reactions in the Muslim world to political cartoons
- In regard to freedom of speech issue and political cartoons, why did the majority of the US newspapers decide not to print the cartoons?
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They didn't want to incite the Muslims in the US to do what they did in Denmark.
Newspapers in Denmark were in the limelight and handling the debate, so US papers didn't want to take over.
All of the answers
The were trying to be respectful of their culture.
- Cartoon 2 is represented by what area, region, people or country?
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The illustrator is representing the view of the United States' people in general.
The illustrator is representing the view of the City of Dubai
The illustrator is representing the views of Muslims in America.
The illustrator is representing the view of The United States' government.
- In regards to the on going port controversy, answer this question. Dubai is a city in what country? Use the web link to find the answer, you may have to navigate.
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Oman
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
- In regards to the ongoing port controversy, answer this question. The Capital of the United Arab Emirates is: Use the web link to find the answer, you may have to navigate.
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Bagdad
Manama
Doha
Abu Dahbi
- The country that is in the news right now because of their interest in nuclear power and was also called part of the "Axis of Evil" by President Bush is:
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Iraq
Qatar
Israel
Iran
- Using your knowledge and the above link- Why didn't Gandhi want India to be separated into Pakistan and India?
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The Assassination of Gandhi
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He didn't want a smaller land mass for India
He felt the Muslims later would try to take over Hindu India.
He felt that a new religion would form combining both religions.
He believed Hindus and Muslims were "brothers" and needed to be unified.
- Using your knowledge and the article in the above link: Vincent Sheean the American Reporter, stood "dry-eyed" as Gandhi was assinated. Why was that?
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The Assassination of Gandhi
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All of the answers
It was a quiet day and everything seemed normal.
He didn't know that Gandhi had died.
He was in shock and disbelief that this could happen.
- Using your knowledge and the above link: "Mahatma" is an honorary title and term of reverence rooted in the Sanskrit term for "great souled." Why does Gandhi deserve this term.
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The Assassination of Gandhi
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He liked sanskit words.
He was not from India orginally but understood the people of that country.
He was named that because he was a great healer.
He believed everyone would ultimately be reincarnated.
- Using your knowledge and the above link: "Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, was described as a nationalist and right-wing Hindu who blamed Gandhi for the partitioning of India." What were the views of Gandhi on this point.
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The Assassination of Gandhi
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He knew he could not force people to do what they didn't want to do. The Muslims were following other leaders.
Gandhi said the country could split if that would mean less bloodshed, but he did not favor that.
All of the answers
Gandhi did not want the country split.
- Using your knowledge and the above link: Gandhi did not participate in the the celebration of India's Independence. Why?
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The Assassination of Gandhi
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He was against the country splitting which was part of the agreement, and he wanted to call attention that day to the untouchable caste.
He was angered that the British didn't make him the leader of India.
He had other business appointments with companies that day.
He wanted the ceremony held in a different location.
- Using your knowledge and the above link: Gandhi was a pacifist. What does that mean?
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The Assassination of Gandhi
Your answer:
He didn't believe in violence; instead he believed in calm civil disobedience to get what they wanted.
He liked everyone to be pasive and quiet.
He believed India had to go back to spinning cloth to survive.
Gandhi wanted no part in any revolution in India.
- The speech by Schroeder was important because:
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Schroeder apologizes about the Holocaust
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He condemed the Nazi ideology, which set his postion in current affairs.
All of the answers
He apologized for the inhumanity of the holocaust by Germany.
He was the leader of Germany and he accepted responsibity for his country's action.
- Schroder mentions Germany as being the country of "Final Solution". what was he referencing?
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Schroeder apologizes about the Holocaust
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The holocaust was the final solution of ridding the world of the jews.
He was referencing the division of Berlin as being the "Final Solution".
He referenced the "Final Solution" as being the Peace treaty at the entd of WWII.
He was talking about mustard gas as being the "Final Solution" to WWI
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, made recent statements about the holocaust. What are his views on the subject?
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Ahmadinejad
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People fear he will enrich uranium ( a key component of the A-Bomb).
He denies the holocaust ever existed.
Ahmadinejad talks are spurring fundamentalist groups and radical Muslims
He provokes outrage and wants to go after Israel.
- China and Russia wants to send the issue of whether Iran should be able to have nuclear weapons to the Security Council. The Security Council is part of what organization?
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Ahmadinejad
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The League of Nations
NATO- North American Treaty Organization
The United Nations
None of the above
- Mustard gas, tanks,trench warfare and railroads all were originated for World War I.
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TrueFalse
- President Wilson was known to have had a tough decision to make about sending the Americans to battle this in part was due to the Epidemic of 1918.
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TrueFalse
- The Avian flu of 1918, also called N5H1 is the same basic strain of flu that concerns the WHO and CDC, right now.
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TrueFalse
- The War on Terror is really a War on Muslims.
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TrueFalse
- Japan remained in World War II after Germany had lost. The United States wanted Russia to stay in the war to help win the war against Japan.
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TrueFalse
- President Roosevelt had polio when he worked with Churchill and Stalin in Yalta, and when Germany surrendered he still had polio back at the Whitehouse.
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TrueFalse
- The Schliffen Plan of World War I, discussed Germany fighting the Soviet Union first and then going after France.
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TrueFalse
- Rasputin was close to the Czarina and professed to be able to cure Alexis, her son, of hemophelia, when the Czar was away inspiring his WWI troops.
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TrueFalse
- Czar Nicholas abdicated his throne but remained in Russia. This prompted Stalin to get him killed later, so the white guards wouldn't have a rallying point.
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TrueFalse
- Which world leader did a mass genocide before WWII in which wealthy kulaks and many others were sent to hard labor camps or were killed, in order for collectives and communism to succeed.
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Hitler
Lenin
Stalin
Milosevic
- Which was NOT a point that our guest speaker, Mrs. Jungfang, from China made?
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People are poorer in the country and don't have as much access to education, yet their required scores for college are higher.
People do not talk about the government in China because the government knows what it is doing.
Women continue to have a lower standing in China than men.
People in China feel Americans are lazy because they don't learn Chinese.
- Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Vice President. He would later become President and make the decision to drop the A-Bomb on Japan.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Ike Esienhower
Harry Truman
- What made WWI warfare so dangerous?
Your answer:
mustard gas that sunk into trenches and burned lungs
rats that spread disease and ate bodies
all of the answers
barbed wire that protected troops but also made it difficult to advance
- The White Guards supported the nobility of Russia. In order to not have a rallying point for the White Guards, Lenin
Your answer:
ordered the execution of the Czar, Czarina and their five children.
ordered Rasputin killed.
made the Czar step down.
ordered the take over of the factories by the government.
- Czarina Alexandra thought she and her husband had the backing of the people when they cheered about a special gift she was given by her husband Nicholas. What was the gift?
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coins to distrubute to the people.
a miniature palace in gold.
new clothes that made her look beautiful as a symbol of the people.
a Faberge egg showing the Romanoff family portraits.
- Comparing the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Russia to one of the salt mine protests of Gandi. How did the Indian protestors keep from being stampeded by the horses the guards rode on?
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the Indian protestors out ran the horses in the opposite direction.
The Indian protestors gave up peacefully.
The Indian protesters layed down and the horses wouldn't walk on them.
None of the answers.
- Stalin, like Napoleon put friends in high places of authority. This policy is called
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the Neolithic Policy.
the Stalin Edict.
the Good Old Boy Policy.
nepotism.
- The Allies worked with Russia during WWII, but when Russia divided a city, the Allies were angry. Which city was this?
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Berlin
Moscow
Paris
Warsaw
- The Holocaust with Hitler, is an example of genocide. What other country/ies that have had genocides in the 20th century?
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Bosnia-Herzegovina with Slobadan Milisevic
Russia with Stalin
Cambodia with Pol Pot
All of the answers
- Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics) and ethnic Albanians (Muslims)were the people involved in which genocide.
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- The Hindenburg was the name of a technology that Germany was hoping to make for transportation. What was the technology? tanks; zepplins, submarines or U-Boats
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- The ideology that believes in free trade, making profits and limited interference from government is
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- The ideology of the governments of Germany and Japan during WWI and WWII was______________. militarism, communism,democracy or nationalism.
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- Russian generals knew their country well. Often they would plan military strategies upon the _____________, which gave them a great strategic advantage.
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- During WWII there were three men mainly in charge. They were called the "Big Three", who were they?
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- During WWI the United States intercepted a note from Germany stating if Mexico helped Germany then, if Germany won the war they would give them back New Mexico. What was the name of the note? The Austro Hungarian Note; The Zimmerman Note; or The Plannerman Note
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- The secret project that Stalin was told about at a party with Truman and Churchill was:__________. They were all interested in his reaction which he did not give away.
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- Alfred Nobel invented a technology which he resented being used for war. What was the item he invented?
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- The name of the man who initiated Communism in China. Mao ZeDong, Hirohito; Jin Jungfang; Adolf Hitler
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- Which item was not introduced in World War I? U-Boat; barbed wire;zeppelins or dynamite?
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