Age of Discovery - Land & Maritime Empires
This was the primary cause of death of Native Amerindian population after European exploration.
What is disease?
The Revolution in this country was unique because it was led by formerly enslaved people.
What is Haiti?
The idea that one's own country is superior to other countries.
What is nationalism?
This new form of warfare in WWI involved digging lines and fighting across a "no-man's land".
This extremist antisemetic leader came to power following the economic downturn in Germany from the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Hitler?
This the name for the exchange of plants, animals, organisms, and pathogens across the Atlantic.
What is the columbian exchange?
This refers to the European colonization of Africa in the 19th century.
What is the scramble for Africa?
This document at the end of WWI placed all the blame for the conflict on Germany.
What is the treaty of Versailles?
The fall of this wall was considered the symbolic end of the Cold War.
What is the Berlin Wall?
European explorers used this technology to help explore the world during the Age of Exploration.
What is Asian maritime technology (also acceptable: compass, astrolabe, lateen sail)?
During this philosophical movement, thinkers believed in the spread of knowledge to all through education.
What is the Enlightenment?
During these, China tried (unsuccessfully) to get Britain to stop the illegal trade of a dangerous drug in their country.
What are the opium wars?
During this conflict, revolutionaries overthrew dictator Porfirio Diaz and established liberal reforms.
In these global conflicts, the US and USSR got involved and supported both sides, though they weren't directly fighting.
What are proxy wars?
The British used this policy of taxing/decreasing imports and increasing exports to grow their wealth.
What is mercantilism?
During this cultural change, German priest Martin Luther protested against the Catholic Church.
What is the protestant reformation?
This refers to the rapid acquisition of overseas territories by European, US, and Japanese empires during the late 19th century
What is new imperialism?
This global phenomenon began with the US Stock Market Crash and ended with WWII.
What is the Great Depression?
What was the US policy of stopping the spread of communism?
What is containment? (also accepted: Truman Doctrine)
During this time period, Christian kingdoms in Spain and Portugal took back over the Iberian peninsula.
What is the reconquista?
Thinkers from this movement influenced the revolutions in the USA, Latin America, France, and Haiti.
What is the Enlightenment?
By establishing these, European countries got more control over China and Chinese trade.
What are treaty ports (OR trade enclaves)?
This is the policy of allowing Hitler to expand (in Violation of the Treaty of Versailles) in an attempt to avoid another world war.
What is appeasement?
These events led to Japanese surrender at the end of WWII.
What are the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?