1. For the 3 wars, make a collage of words, phrases and pictures to fill the two pages.
2. For each vocabulary word, write the word, definition, and draw a picture.
3. On the front page, write the title “Europe in Conflict” and also add your name, date, and
class period.
4. A cheat sheet is provided below
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World War I (pages 1-2)
-Allied vs. Central Powers
-Lusitania sank making U.S. join war
-Woodrow Wilson president
-Zimmerman Note between Germany and Mexico- Germany asked Mexico to join with Central
Powers against U.S.
-Started when Serbia assassinated leader of Austria-Hungary
-Beginning of trench warfare
-Treaty of Versaille made Germany take all blame and pay reparations to other countries.
World War II (pages 3-4)
-Hitler became chancellor
-Nazi party and Hitler began the Holocaust
-genocide: deliberate killing of a specific group of people of a certain race, nationality, or culture
-U.S. joined when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
-Allied vs. Axis Powers
-First and only use of Atom Bomb at war
-war happened because Germany attacked Poland
Cold War (pages 5-6)
-not really a war with fighting
-Iron Curtain fell (not really a curtain) dividing Communist East European countries from
Democratic Western European countries
-race to build nuclear weapons between Soviet Union and United States
-Eastern European countries considered “Behind the Iron Curtain”
-NATO vs. WARSAW pact
-NATO was a military pact between western European countries
-Warsaw pact was a military pact between eastern European countries and Soviet Union
-Eastern European countries joined with Soviet Union adopted communist governments
Page 7
Imperialism: increasing power by taking over other areas of the world, usually by military force.
Page 8
Nationalism: extreme pride and loyalty to one’s country
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Alliance: a treaty or agreement to cooperate for mutual benefit (it benefits everyone involved)
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Territiorial expansion: expanding of a country’s borders by claiming land from countries around
it.