S T U D E N T
H A N D O U T
Challenge Cards
A1 Which nation controlled one-fifth
E1 What challenges did the old empires
of the world and a quarter of its
population in the dawn of the 20th
century?
of Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the
Ottoman Empire face?
E2 With a smaller overseas empire, how
A2 How did the leaders of the newly
did Germany build its power?
unified Germany view their place
in the imperial competition for
colonies?
B1 What was the outcome of the rivalry
between Russia and Japan for
control over Manchuria and Korea?
F1 Why did the Balkan Peninsula
become the location for increasing
tensions among the Russian, AustroHungarian, and Ottoman empires?
B2 How did the imperialism of the
United States differ from German
and Japanese imperialism?
F2 What ambitions did Serbia have in
the Balkans?
C1 How did Latin American peoples
react to U.S. and European economic
imperialism?
G1 What were the larger forces that
turned the regional conflict of the
murder of Archduke Frank Ferdinand
into a world war?
C2 How did nationalism lead to unrest
in Asia?
G2 How did the alliance system of the
19th century change into the Central
Powers and the Allies?
D1 Which nations were part of the Triple
H1 What happened to the Ottoman
Alliance?
D2 How did France, Russia, and Great
Britain react to the formation of the
Triple Alliance?
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H2 How did the Allies treat Germany
after defeating it in World War I?
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S T U D E N T
H A N D O U T
Challenge Cards
I1 What did Benito Mussolini do
M1 How did the Allies finally defeat
after gaining control over Italy’s
democratic government?
Germany?
M2How did the United States finally end
I2 How did Adolf Hitler appeal to
the war against Japan?
many Germans who felt bitter
and humiliated by the Treaty of
Versailles?
J1 Why did many Japanese turn against
the West after World War I?
N1 Which agreement at the Yalta
Conference did the Soviet leader
Stalin later ignore?
J2 How did Great Britain and France
react to the growing nationalism in
their colonies in Africa?
N2 What effect did World War II have
on the independence movement in
India?
K1 What did Manchuria, Ethiopia, and
O1 How did France respond to
the Sudetenland have in common?
independence movements in the
Middle East and Southeast Asia?
K2 Which event finally forced Great
Britain and France to declare war on
Germany?
O2 What did the United Nations do in
Israel in 1948 that led to much of
the tension that exists in the region
today?
L1 How did Hitler change the course
of the war after the British air force
prevented the Germans from being
able to launch a land invasion of
Britain?
L2 What was the Holocaust?
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