Vocabulary
This is a society controlled by women
What is a matriarchy.
This region was known as the Powder Keg of Europe.
What is the Balkans?
This type of warfare was used in WWI.
What is trench warfare?
This person was the second major leader to be defeated by the harsh Russian climate.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
This person promised peace, bread and land
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
This is a person that disagrees with the government. Hint: Sometimes they disappear.
What is a dissident
If you offended Stalin, you might be sent to a gulag in this place in Russia.
What is Siberia?
Several revolutions inspired by this man's book, the Communist Manifesto.
Who was Karl Marx?
This person had a whole code of laws named after him, but he was exiled twice from France
Who was Napoleon?
Leon, Luka, Samuel and Sasha planned an escape from this place.
What is Sobibor?
What Karl Marx called the working class
This is the largest river in South America.
What is the Amazon?
During WWII, this Italian fascist aligned himself with Hitler.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
This Chinese philosopher believed in the "5 relationships"
Who was Confucius?
This code of honor was followed by the Japanese samurai warriors in feudal Japan.
What is Bushido?
This is a royal leader that thinks they get their right to rule from God.
What is a divine right monarch?
This ocean stands between the United States and Europe
What is the Atlantic?
This land was given to Germany to appease Hitler.
What is the Sudetenland (or Czechoslovakia)
This enlightenment philosopher believed in tabula rasa, the social contract and thought the government existed to protect our property.
Who was John Locke?
This French word is used to describe a government that doesn't interfere much with the economy.
What is laissez faire?
This means giving someone what they want just to keep them quiet and satisfied.
What is appeasement?
If you were taking a boat from Istanbul to Cairo, what direction would you be sailing in?
What is South?
After WWII, Winston Churchill stated that this descended across Europe in a speech that signals the start of the Cold War
What is the Iron Curtain?
This person was the father of capitalism
Who was Adam Smith?
This person led the first large scale slave revolt, leading to Haitian Independence.