What organization was created by Woodrow Wilson as a way to solve international problems peacefully, but it was rejected by the Senate?
What is League of Nations
100
The treaty of Tordesillas separated South America and gave land to Portugal and Spain. Which country received lands on the east, and this country now speaks Portuguese? (You need to be able to locate this country on the map)
What is Brazil
100
What factors led to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
What is unstable economy and people wanting to be free from communism. (Tearing down of the Berlin Wall)
100
This leader was the last Czar (king) of Russia before the Russian Revolution.
Who is Czar Nicholas
100
The fall of the Soviet Union marked the end of this type of Government in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?
What is Communism.
200
What was the "spark" that started WW1?
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
200
Name 3 reasons for Exploration (3GS)
What is Gold, God, and Glory
200
What event marks the symbolic end to the Cold War? This separated Soviet controlled communist East Berlin from the democratic West Berlin?
What is tearing down of the Berlin Wall and Iron Curtain
200
Explain the causes of the Russian Revolution
What is food and clothing shortages.
200
In this type of government people contribute equally to the government. The government has control of the economics (money, jobs) and owns the factories and farms.
What is communism.
300
List three terms of the Treaty of Versailles that blamed Germany for WW1 and eventually led to WW2?
What are paying reparations, decreasing their military, and taking their colonies (territories), and blamed Germany completely!
300
Who is a very important figure for Portuguese exploration? He also created first Navigational School.
Who is Prince Henry.
300
This organization was a political and military alliance between countries formed to provide security against the communist Soviet Union?
What is NATO
300
The harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War 1 most directly laid the foundation for...
What is the rise of Nazism in Germany
300
The MOST important motivation for the English government to explore and settle new lands in the 17th century was...
What is the desire to increase wealth of the country.
400
What is the term for the money Germany owed the Allies for damages after WW1?
What are reparations.
400
Countries trying to build their _______ when they take over countries. Have a large one of these makes countries feel powerful and successful.
What is Empire
400
This war was a result of tensions and problems between the United States and Soviet Union. The U.S. feared the spread of communism to other parts of the world. It ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is The Cold War.
400
What was a fundamental cause of WW1?
The building up of national militaries in Europe.
400
As the European powers grew more industrialized, their colonies became very important sources of...
What is raw materials
500
List three terms of the Treaty that blamed Germany for WW1 and eventually WW2.
What is reparations, decreased military, and loss of territories.
500
This is the name for when many countries were competing to take over Africa's land and raw materials.
What is Scramble for Africa.
500
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik party? He helped turn Russia into a communist country named the Soviet Union?
Who is Vladimir Lenin.
500
How did nationalism play a part in Europe's competition to colonize Africa?
What is having colonies made countries feel more important and successful.
500
What was the BIGGEST reason that Europeans began to explore unknown regions of the world during the Age of Exploration?
What is Europeans wanted new sources of raw materials and new markets to which they could sell goods, increasing European wealth.