The 1919 peace treaty that officially ended WWI, imposing heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
A former KGB officer who became President of Russia in 2000, consolidating political power and pursuing an assertive foreign policy.
Vladimir Putin
A prolonged Cold War-era conflict in which the United States supported Vietnam against communist North Vietnam; the U.S. withdrew in 1973, and Vietnam was reunified under communist rule in 1975.
Vietnam War
The policy by which powerful nations extend their political, economic, and cultural control over weaker territories.
Imperialism
The widening ideological, political, and international divide between the U.S and Soviet Union.
The Cold War
Theory of Evolution/Natural Selection applied to society
Social Darwinism
Italian fascist dictator who rose to power in the 1920s, allied with Adolf Hitler, and led Italy into WWII as part of the Axis Powers.
Benito Mussolini
A political and economic union of European nations established to promote stability, cooperation, and a shared economy.
European Union
British Prime Minister who pursued a policy of appeasement toward Hitler in the late 1930s.
Neville Chamberlain
What was the name of the ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912, leading to the deaths of over 1,500 people?
Titanic
A city in northern England that became a symbol of industrialization, growing rapidly as a center of textile manufacturing in the 19th century.
Manchester
A set of three wars over "imperialism" and European trade in Asia.
Opium Wars
A meeting of European powers in 1884 to decide control of Africa
Berlin Conference
WWI allied offensive trying to divert German troops from Verdun. 58,000 casualties on day 1 (new record). Tanks used for the first time. Tolkin fought in this battle.
The Somme
The name of the Russian sub captain trying to kill Ramius.
Captain Tupolev
A Serbian nationalist society active in the early 20th century, responsible for orchestrating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914.
The Black Hand
Observed middle class culture he believed was plagued by illusions and self-deceptions. His ideal individual was one who abandoned burdens of cultural conformity and created an independent set of values
Friedrich Nietzsche
Believed animal behavior could be understood as a series of trained response to stimuli. Believed this to be true about humans as well.
Ivan Pavlov
a 19th-century ideology in the United States and Britain that defined a woman's proper role as exclusively within the private, domestic sphere
Who was the Austrian composer known for his Ninth Symphony?
Beethoven
Believed human behavior motivated by unconscious and irrational forces. Various unconscious desires war with a moral conscience.
Sigmund Freud
Russian mystic and advisor to the Romanov family, believed by some to have influenced decisions in the Russian Empire?
Rasputin
What year(s) did the Industrial Revolution begin in Europe?
Late 18th century
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
What was the name of the organization established to maintain peace and stability in Europe after World War II?
NATO