Key People 1
Name the Enlightenment thinker who wrote about natural rights and government by consent.
John Locke
This South African leader fought against apartheid and later became president.
Nelson Mandela
This is where the Industrial Revolution began.
Great Britain
Name one major cause of the French Revolution.
Rising cost of bread
Absolutism - abuse of power
Inequality of the Estates System
Enlightenment Ideas
National debt
Rising taxes
King was viewed as weak
This term describes loyalty and love for one’s nation or culture.
Nationalism
This French king exemplified absolutism with his reign and palace at Versailles. He was later executed via guillotine.
Louis XVI
Using nonviolence and civil disobedience, this person helped end British colonial rule of India
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi
Name the African country known for its long struggle against apartheid
South Africa
This conflict was characterized by a rivalry between the US and Soviet Union without direct fighting.
Cold War
The term for the domination of one country over another for control
Imperialism
This person led the communist revolution in China. His "Great Leap Forward" caused a massive famine.
Mao Zedong
Known for German unification, using "iron and blood." Later, organized the Berlin Conference.
Otto von Bismarck
The revolution in this country led to the overthrow of the Tsar and rise of communism.
Russia
In World War 2, there were two alliances- the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. Name two major powers on each side.
Allied - US, Great Britain, Soviet Union, France
Axis - Germany, Italy, Japan
This ideology promotes a classless society and the government controls resources.
Communism
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, this leader modernized Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
World War 1 began after the assassination of this heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Meiji Restoration modernized this country.
Japan
This event was a 13-day standoff during the Cold War. The USSR had pointed nuclear weapons at the US.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This economic system was expanded during the Industrial Revolution.
Capitalism
These two key leaders fought for independence in South America and Haiti.
Simon Bolivar
Toussaint Louverture
The Cambodian genocide was carried out by this group during the 1970s.
Khmer Rouge
Rwanda
Cambodia
Bosnia
Armenia
Ukraine (Holodomor)
Name two causes of Hitler's rise to power after World War 1.
Unfair terms to Germany in the Treaty of Versailles
Ineffectiveness of government (Weimar Republic)
Great Depression
Anti-semitic propaganda
The belief that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Militarism