Putin's paradise
Western military alliance was formed to block the expansion of the Soviet Union allied countries (aka “The Iron Curtain
What is NATO?
"China is a civilization pretending to be a __________" - Lucian Pye
What is (a) "country"?
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from the country
What is France?
Ocean current is responsible for Europe mild climate
What is the Gulf Stream?
Mountain range that made it difficult for Spain to trade with the France
What are the Pyrenees?
One of the countries have tried invading Russia in the past
What is Poland/Sweden/France/Germany?
One of the man-made structures that represent China's geographical advantages
What is the Great Wall/Grand Canal?
Natural geologic feature that was the Western border for the early American colonists before the Revolutionary War
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Major reason for the economic split between northwestern Europe and southern Europe
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Flat land area that runs from France through Poland to the Ural Mountains
What is the Northern European plain?
Nomadic invaders who drove the Rus tribe from their homeland in the 13th century
Who are the Mongols?
Western power that fought with Qing China in the nineteenth-century over the importation of opium
What is Great Britain (England)/France?
Crisis that almost led to a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the USA in 1962
What is the "Cuban Missile Crisis"?
Major reason for Southern Europes slow economic development
What is drought?
When Western powers – from Europe and the
United States – would intimidate other, less powerful entities into granting concessions through a demonstration of Western superior military capabilities, usually represented by their naval assets.
What is gunboat diplomacy?
Tsar (Russian emperor) began invading neighboring countries as a way of defense?
Who is Ivan the terrible?
Official name of Taiwan
What is Republic of China?
Mocking name for the purchase of Alaska from Russia
What is "Seward"s Folly"?
The year that the UK left the EU
What is 2016?
The fate of the USA is to control the land from coast to coast
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
He said "said “Russia. It is a riddle wrapped up in a mystery inside an enigma.”
Who is Churchill?
Native people of Xinjiang
Who are the Uighurs?
He said “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”
Who is Mark Twain?
One of the new weapons used in the "the war to end all wars"
What is/are machine guns/poison gas/tanks?
Original purpose of the Grand Cana
What is connect the Yellow and Yangtze rivers?