The ottoman empire was referred to as _____________.
The Sick Man of Europe because Europe was waiting for it to die (fall) so it could colonize
100
What is the Triple Alliance?
Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I.
100
Decolonisation mainly happened where?
From 1947 and 1962, decolonisation happened mainly happen in Asia and Africa and gained independence.
100
The most important factor in making Western culture available to the rest of the world was _____.
Improved technology.
100
What is the severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II?
Great Depression
200
The 1966 Chinese Cultural Revolution was initially intended to ____________.
Instill revolutionary eagerness in a new generation
200
What is the concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life?
Totalitarianism
200
What is the first Japan city to be destroyed by an atomic bomb?
Hiroshima
200
This person was lived from 1869 to 1948 and was known as a major spiritual and political leader of India and the Indian Peace Movement He is known as "Father of The Nation" in India for his defiance of British government and success in civil rights movement. He lead famous Dandi Salt March in opposition of British Salt Tax.
Mohandas Ghandi
200
What is globalization?
The term commonly used to refer to the massive growth in international economic transactions from around 1950 to the present.
300
Who is the person born 1918, 11th President of South Africa, and spent 27 years in prison after conviction of charges while he helped spearhead the struggle against apartheid. He also received Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Nelson Mandela
300
What was the Great Leap Forward that took place in China?
Major Chinese initiative (1958-1960) led by Mao Zedong that was intended to promote small-scale industrialization and increase knowledge of technology; in reality, it caused a major crisis and exacerbated the impact of a devastating famine.
300
What is the code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by refugee physicists in the United States?
Manhattan Project
300
During this, governments impose censorship on press, if you're pessimistic, you are considered a traitor, government takes over industry to gear towards war, and women needed to take over male roles.
Total war
300
What country experienced the most rapid growth during the Second World War?
The United States
400
What is the Marshall Plan?
A proposal to give massive and systematic American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism.
400
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union was secretly building nuclear missile launch sites in Cuba, which could have been used for a sneak-attack on the U.S. The U.S. blockaded Cuba until the U.S.S.R. agreed to dismantle the missile silos.
400
What is the Five Year Plan and what happened?
Stalin forced farmers and industries to modernize. However, the farms only produced enough to feed their own families. Because of this, famines happened.
400
What was the most dramatic change in the status of Chinese peasant women in the 1940s and 1950s?
Maoist principles that banned arranged marriages and made women an important part of the Communist women’s movement.
400
What are some effects of WWI?
-Russia has a revolution, communism takes over
-Women’s suffrage movement succeeds
-General decline of European global power
-Social transformation where aristocracy loses power
500
What is the social order in the Americas?
Spanish men, Spanish minorties (Creoles), mestizos, indigenous people known as Indians
500
1000-1750
By the end of this period (1500) capitalism was defined as a new economic system.
Focus? Economics
The main characteristics of Russian civilization as it emerged in the postclassical period was- it's mainly Orthodox and basically a mulitnational empire. it gained postclassical prosperity in trade
What is the main characteristics of Russian civilization?
500
The system by which boys from Christian communities were taken by the Ottoman state to serve as Janissaries.