Revolutions
Who was the leader of the revolution in Haiti?
Toussaint or Toussaint Louverture
What was the main raw good the was taken from the Congo and what was it used for in Europe?
Rubber -- for tires (mostly cars, but also bikes)
What was the economic downturn in 1929 called?
The Great Depression
Why was there a space race?
What country is currently being invaded that is similar to the Cold War power theme?
Ukraine. By Russia...
In what century did most revolutions take place?
18th century or 1700s
What country in Asia was the main imperialist in that area? Bonus 200: Who did they colonize?
Japan! Went out to Manchuria, Korea, and China
What year did WWI begin? Bonus 200 if you can tell me what year it ended
1914-1918
What was one of the two Japanese cities that the atomic bombs were dropped on in August 1945?
Hiroshima or Nagasaki
What theme/concept were the Opium wars in China about?
Trade, modernization, industrialization all accepted
Who were the two European colonizers of Haiti
We know most about the French, but the Spanish came before them
What were THREE motivations for the expansion of imperialism
raw goods, profit, wealth, power, nationalism, religion, racism all accepted
What deadly addition to combat in war made the first world war more deadly?
Chemical warfare! Mustard gas....could accept trench warfare if argued well
What was the crisis in 1962 called, and why did it cause international fear?
The Cuban Missile Crisis! And it could have led to WWIII if nuclear weapons were fired by either the soviets or the US
What was the 1868 proclamation to modernize Japan called?
Meiji Restoration
Who were the native peoples in Haiti? Same people Columbus met/same people that are native to Hispaniola
Tainos
What was the process of cutting up and turning Africa into the modern day countries in the 1880s called?
The Scramble for Africa
Name two groups that were discriminated against by Nazis BESIDES the Jews
Gay folks, gypsies (Roma), physically and mentally disabled folks, African/black folks
Name two leaders that led their country's to independence. Two more for 300 extra
Jomo Kentaya (Kenya), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Patrice Lumumba (Congo), Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana), Leopold Sedar Senghor (Senegal), Tan Malaka (Indonesia)
What is the name of the man who was assassinated in 1914 to begin WWI?
Franz Ferdinand
What was a main raw good that was farmed in Haiti?
Sugar cane (also will take coffee, but we didn't discuss this much)
What was and still is the only country in modern day Africa that was never successfully colonized?
Ethiopia!
Name two authoritarian leaders in the WWII era BESIDES Hitler
Mussolini, Franco, Stalin, Plaek, Hirohito
Define what neo-colonialism is. Extra 500 points if you can tell me who coined the term
Kwame Nkrumah defined neo-colonialism as "When wealthy countries became richer by turning resources from poor countries into consumer goods. Poor countries became dependent on foreign trade, foreign loans, and foreign aid to feed their people"
List one country per colonizer that they colonized: England, France, Spain, Italy
England: USA, India, South Africa, literally anywhere in the Caribbean and southeast Asia
France: Haiti, anywhere in western Africa, Vietnam
Spain: DR, PR, Mexico, all of central America; South America, Philippines
Italy: Eritrea, Somalia, tried to with Ethiopia