Global Regents Review

Slogans & Quotes

100

"BLOOD AND IRON!"

Otto von Bismarck

200

"Let them eat cake!"

Marie Antoinette

300

"PEACE, LAND, AND BREAD!"

Vladimir Lenin

400

"An Appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"

Winston Churchill

500

"The State is more important than the individual"

Benito Mussolini

Meetings & Agreements

100

This was drawn up following WWI, putting the entirety of the blame on the German Empire

Treaty of Versailles

200

After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, European Monarchs and dignitaries met in 1815 to restore the balance of power across the European continent.

Congress of Vienna

300

At this meeting, Stalin agreed to allow free elections in Poland; decisions were made on the splitting up of Germany after their surrender in WWII

Potsdam Agreement

400

This agreement between the US and USSR in the 1970s greatly reduced the number of nuclear weapons developed on both sides

SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks) Agreements

500

At this 1997 international meeting, countries attempted to tackle climate change by making agreements to reduce emissions 

Kyoto Protocol

Hotspot Geographic Context

100

This southeast Asian conflict against the United States lasted 20 years, eventually leading to its unification under communist rule following the departure of the US

Vietnam War

200

This East Asian conflict was the first major proxy of the Cold War, dividing communism and democracy along the 38th parallel

Korean War

300

In this Middle-Eastern conflict, the mujahedeen successfully rebelled against the potential communist rule in their country; led to the fall of the USSR

Soviet-Afghan War 

400

Stalin's land and sea blockade of 1948 in East Germany led to this decision by President Truman 

Berlin Airlift

500

In this 1968 conflict, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia after fear that its democratic reforms weakened its communist rule and could spread to other satellite states

Prague Spring

Who Wrote It?

100

Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

200

Jamaica Letter 1815

Simon Bolivar

300

Declaration on Human Rights

United Nations

400

Declaration of Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen

Olympe de Gouges

500

Letter to Queen Victoria

Lin Zexu

Alliances & Organizations

100

Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II

Axis Powers

200

Western Bloc-aligned organization created in the early Cold War to defend democratic nations in Europe; still exists today

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

300

This extremely weak alliance system was ironically suggested by the United States following WWI, though the United States never ended up becoming a member. 

League of Nations

400

A organization of 12 different nations who set and stabilize the price of oil which is sent out from their respective countries

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

500

The aim of this 191-member country institution is to reduce poverty, foster cooperation, and secure financial stability to failing economies of member nations.

IMF (International Monetary Fund)