Foundations
This term refers to a policy in which a stronger nation dominates weaker regions politically, economically, or socially.
What is imperialism
This European empire expanded across India, Africa, and parts of Asia, becoming the largest empire in history.
What is the British Empire
Colonized peoples often resisted imperialism through these types of actions
What are protests, armed uprisings, and full blown battles
This alliance system divided Europe into two major groups before WWI, what were they?
1) the Triple Alliance (German, Italy, Austria-Hungary)
2) the Triple Entente
(France, Britain, Russia)
Soldiers on the Western Front spent much of the war fighting from these long, dug‑out defensive systems.
What are trenches
One major cause of the Age of Imperialism was this 19th‑century economic transformation that increased demand for raw materials and markets.
What is the Industrial Revolution
One motive for imperialism was the desire for natural resources. Which natural resources were most desired through imperialism?
Cotton, Rubber, and Minerals (any of the 3 will work)
African resistance included this famous Ethiopian victory over Italy in 1896.
What is the Battle of Adwa
The assassination of this Austrian archduke in 1914 triggered the outbreak of WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
WWI was the first major conflict to use this new weapon that caused people to lose their vision and become violently ill
What is chemical warfare
This belief in loyalty to one’s nation or ethnic group helped fuel imperial expansion by encouraging competition among European powers.
What is nationalism
This was the name given to imperialism on the continent of Africa, as countries carved up the territories on the continent.
Anti‑imperial resistance movements often strengthened this ideology, which emphasized unity and self‑determination.
What is nationalism
These two long‑term causes of WWI involved competition for colonies and intense pride in one’s nation.
What are imperialism and nationalism
This new technology led to the creation of trenches and eventually trench warfare.
What are machine guns
This economic policy pushed European powers to expand overseas in search of new raw materials and new places to sell manufactured goods.
What is Mercantilism
In the Congo Free State, this European king’s actions led to forced labor, violence, and millions of deaths.
Who is King Leopold II
Imperial powers often forced colonies to pay these required charges, which pushed local populations into wage labor and increased dependence on the colonial economy.
What are taxes
This term describes the rapid buildup of military power that contributed to rising tensions before WWI.
What is militarism
Once trenches began to be used in WWI, this technology was created to help men cross no man's land in order to attack the enemy
What are tanks
This belief claimed that stronger nations were naturally meant to rule over weaker ones, and it was often used to justify imperial expansion. (policy that was both racist and ethnocentrist)
What is Social Darwinism
This group was attempted to be colonized in the movie Avatar
Who are the Navi
European empires strengthened control by replacing traditional barter systems with this type of standardized system that required colonized people to earn wages in order to participate in the economy.
What is a cash based economy or currency system? Also had the advantage of assimilating cultures to the colonial culture.
This 1915 event, in which a British passenger ship was sunk by a German U‑boat, increased international outrage and pushed some nations closer to entering the war.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania
This country was originally a part of the Triple Entente, but then had a political revolution and ended up backing out of the war in 1917
Who is Russia