Impact of Technology
What invention allowed Britain to move resources to ports quickly in places like Africa?
The Railroad
What does "Czar" mean?
This group of French peasants rebelled and eventually killed their ruler
Third Estate or National Assembly
What is it called when cities expand quickly?
Urbanization
China rejected Britain's requests for more trade, leading the British to flood China with this addictive drug
Opium
This revolution was an attempt to stop starvation in overpopulated countries like India
The Green Revolution
This leader used the Red Guards to help enact his Cultural Revolution
Mao Zedong
This global conflict never turned into an actual all-out war between the two main opponents, but proxy wars all over the globe
The Cold War
The Enlightenment
Mikhail Gorbachev gave freedom of speech to Russia as well as some of this economic system
capitalism
These types of weapons were used in Syria and invented during World War I
Chemical Weapons
This leader was exiled to an island after failing to invade Russia
Napoleon Bonaparte
This man used nationalism to unite people against Spain
Simon Bolivar
This revolution in early 2010s kicked off because of social media platforms like Twitter
Arab Spring
The USSR partially collapsed because they spent a lot of money on amassing a ton of these.
Nuclear weapons
The PC (personal computer)
This leader committed suicide once he realized he was going to lose World War II
Hitler
Tank Man
What controversial items were given to Cuba, causing tensions with the United States?
Nuclear Missiles
The Belgians used the Congolese people to painfully harvest this natural resource
Rubber
This useful alloy is made out of iron and carbon!
Steel
This leader commissioned the creation of the Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
The French peasants fought to free people wrongfully imprisoned in this place
The Bastille
This Enlightenment thinker was focused on women's rights
Mary Wollstonecraft
What does IMF stand for?
International Monetary Fund