June 6, 1944, the day of the Allies’ invasion of France.
What is D-Day?
100
Glorification of the military
What is Militarism?
100
The world’s first global conflict, the “Great War” pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan.
What is World War I?
200
Opposition to all war.
What is Pacifism?
200
A British engineer who developed a new process for making steel from iron in 1856.
Who is Henry Bessemer?
200
Trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or other restrictions.
What is Free Trade?
200
Votes cast without announcing them publicly.
What is Secret Ballot?
200
The reign of Emperor Meiji, which lasted from 1868 to 1912, during which Japan learned about the West and modernized.
What is Meiji Restoration?
300
Locke’s view of the rights belonging to all people at birth, including the right to life, liberty, and property.
What is Natural Rights?
300
Known as “the liberator”; freed several South American nations from European rule, including Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
Who is Simón Bolívar?
300
A decorated World War II general who later became president of the United States.
What is Dwight Eisenhower?
300
Dissenting groups of people.
What is Factions?
300
Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict, the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths (with some estimates as high as 85 million)
What is World War II?
400
A form of warfare using hit-and-run raids.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
400
The Japanese emperor who reigned from 1926 to 1989.
What is Hirohito?
400
Original; earliest people inhabiting a land.
What is Indigenous?
400
A nonbinding agreement to follow common policies.
What is Entente?
400
An incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians.
What is Amritsar massacre?
500
An economic system allowing business to operate with little or no government interference.
What is Laissez Faire?
500
The U.S. Navy commodore who led a fleet of ships into Tokyo Bay in 1853 and demanded that Japan open its ports
What is Matthew Perry?
500
Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment.
What is Corporation?
500
Massive aid package that funneled food and economic assistance to Europe to help with rebuilding after World War II.
What is Marshall Plan?
500
Fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789.