1750-1800s
a key power source of the Industrial Revolution
Steam Engine
An event where a bunch of European Nations went into Africa claiming it their territory
The Berlin Conference
Peacekeeping organization set up in the Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
He was known for starting the Communist revolution in China
Mao Zedong
Countries currently involved in a conflict in the Middle East that started in 1948
Israel / Palestine
When people move from rural areas to cities
Urbanization
This European country first colonized India
Great Britain / England
Russian communist
Bolshevik
Conflict that ended with dividing the country along the 38th Parallel
Korean War
Leader who modernized and westernized Turkey
Ataturk
Rule by a king or queen
Monarchy
In this country, the Belgium took control and force the people to collect rubber
What is Congo
Causes of World War I
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
Famous protest led by Gandhi to protest British salt taxes
Salt March
the right to vote
Suffrage
In this theory, Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" were applied to people and nations to justify imperialism
Social Darwinism
During WW2 America dropped a bomb on these 2 Japanese cities
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This leader of Russia helped end the Cold War with the U.S.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
Leader of the African National Congress and the first black president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
This revolution had unhappy people and had a time period called the rain of Terror
What is the French Revolution
The treaty that ended the Opium War
Treaty of Nanjing
Brutal totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin
Failed US invasion of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
This country was ruled by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975-1979
Cambodia