Revolutions
Which document was influenced by Enlightenment ideas that declared the independence for the American colonies
Declaration of Independence
Which country was the first to industrialize
Great Britain
Which European country controlled India
Great Britain
Which event sparked World War 1
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the name of the series of wars between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after World War 2
the Cold War
What is the name of the French document that proclaimed rights like liberty and equality for citizens
What did James Watt's invention improve
the Steam Engine
What is the name of the conference which divided the continent of Africa among European powers
What is the name of the treaty that officially ended World War 1
the Treaty of Versailles
What is the name of the alliance that was formed by the U.S. and its Western allies
NATO
Which Haitian revolution leader helped overthrow French colonial rule
Toussaint Louverture
What economic system supports private ownership and free markets
Capitalism
Which war forced China to open trade with Britain and accept imports
Opium War
Which global economic crisis began in 1929
the Great Depression
What is the name of the war in Southeast Asia that involved U.S. efforts to stop communism
the Vietnam War
What is the name of the political thinker that wrote "The Social Contract"
Rousseau
Which social class grew as a result of industrialization
the Working class (proletariat)
Which Chinese rebellion sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty and Western influence
the Boxer Rebellion
Which dictator created his own political party and led Germany during World War 2
Adolf Hitler
What is the name of the policy put in place by Mikhail Gorbachev that restructured the Soviet Union's economy
Perestroika
What is the name of the Latin American leader that helped liberate many parts of South America from Spain
Simon Bolivar
Which concept, proposed by Karl Marx, proposed that class struggle would lead to revolution
Communism
Which African kingdom successfully resisted European Colonization
Ethiopia
Which U.S. policy aimed to contain the spread of communism
Containment
What are the two causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union
Glasnost and Perestroika