Quiz Bowl

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Quiz Bowl

• History Europe

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What country led the way in exploration?
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Portugal
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Why were spices in high demand in Europe?
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Because there was no refrigeration, spices helped
preserve food and improved its flavor.
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Explain God, Gold, and Glory
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God- Catholics wanted to spread their religion of
Christianity and diminish Muslim influence.Gold-
(valuable or worth) such as gold, silver, spices,
silk, etc.Glory-
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What are countries dominant in military and
political strength and also have influence over
world events?
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Superpowers
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What type of government does the government
controls everything?
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Communist
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Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.A
period of distrust and misunderstanding between
the Soviet Union and its former allies in the
West.
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Cold War
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What was the dividing line between Eastern and
Western Europe?
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Iron Curtain
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Who was the Soviet leader that came into power in
1985 and decreased military spending?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Who was Laika?
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Russian dog that orbited the planet. She was
launched into space on Sputnik 2.
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When the Soviet Union came to an end in 1991, how
many republics did it split into?
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15
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
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To keep East Berliners from going to West
Berlin.It separated the communist part of the
city from the free sections.
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What year did the Cold War begin?
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1945
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The build up of weapons in order to have power
for protection was the ______________
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Arms Race
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To reunite or bring back together is _________
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reunification
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Which organization included most Western European
countries and was formed to-set up a defense
alliance-protect member countries from the
Soviet Union invasion-assist in creating free
governments.
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NATO
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What marked the end of the Cold War?
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When the Berlin was torn down.
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When was Germany reunited?
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1990
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How were the Soviet Union and U.S. evenly matched?
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• They both had
• permanent seats on the UN Security
• Strong militaries
• Space technology
• Large reserves of nuclear weapons

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Who Was He?

• He took power after the death of Lenin
• Created the Five-Years Plans
• Ordered many new factories to be built
• Forced peasants to move to collective farms.

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Joseph Stalin
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The alliance of Eastern European countries behind
the Iron Curtain was the ____ _____
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Warsaw Pact
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What is a collective farm?
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• Farm that is government-owned and employed a
  large number of workers (peasants).
• Crops produced on the farms were distributed by
  the government.

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What was the main reason the Soviet Union
collapsed?
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Answers may varyexhausted all of their money
because they were trying to compete with the
United States in the Space Race and Arms race.

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Who did Hitler send to concentration camps?
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• Jews
• Mentally ill
• Disabled people
• Gypsies

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Who was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?
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Adolf Hitler
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Which were effects of the worldwide economic
depression?

• A.) Employment rose and wages fell.
• B.) Farmers gained land and business grew.
• C.) People had more money and better jobs.
• D.) Farmers lost their land and banks closed.

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D.) Farmers lost their land and banks closed.
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The Treaty of Versailles blamed what country for
World War I?
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Germany
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What restrictions did the Treaty of Versailles
put on Germany?
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• 1.) Give up land
• 2.) Accept responsibility for war
• 3.) Pay reparations for loss and damage
• 4.) Limit armed forces and stop producing war
  materials.

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Using strong armies and threats of war is
_________
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Militarism
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The love of ones country is ______
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Nationalism
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What was a cause of the Russian Revolution?
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Answers may varyThere were food shortages in
Russia.
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The planned killing of a race of people is _______
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Genocide