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100
They were Indian soldiers who fought for the British.
What are sepoys?
100
This is the growth of cities.
What is urbanization?
100
This term refers to the idea in capitalism that the government should be "hands off" and leave business alone.
What is laissez-faire?
100
This is a region of a country in which a foreign power has exclusive trading rights.
What is a sphere of influence?
100
FLASHBACK: What continent was the birthplace of humans?
What is Africa?
200
He developed the theory of communism in his Communist Manifesto.
Who is Karl Marx?
200
This term means adopting the social, political, and economic traditions of European and American countries.
What is westernization?
200
This was an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages.
What is a union?
200
This was the period of Japanese history which saw massive modernization and industrialization.
What is the Meiji Era or Meiji Restoration?
200
CURRENT EVENTS: What major change did the Boy Scouts of America announce last week?
What is accepting girls into the organization?
300
FLASHBACK: This English thinker developed the idea of natural rights during the Enlightenment.
Who is John Locke?
300
This is someone who travels to a foreign country to spread their religion.
What is a missionary?
300
This was when wealthy British farmers bought up the Commons and fenced it in.
What is the enclosure movement?
300
This was the U.S. plan to force China to trade with all nations.
What is the Open Door Policy?
300
RANDOM TRIVIA: What is the 8th element on the periodic table?
What is oxygen?
400
He developed the theory of capitalism in his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
400
This fake science promoted racist thinking using new ideas from biology.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
These two groups of people were hired a lot by factory owners because they could be paid lower wages.
Who are women and children?
400
Name THREE colonies/protectorates controlled by the United States during the Age of Imperialism.
What is are Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, and the Philippines?
400
RIDDLE: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
What is fire?
500
FLASHBACK: He was the radical leader of France during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximillien Robespierre?
500
This was a mid-19th century revolt against the Qing Dynasty under the leadership of a guy named Hong who thought God was his dad.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
500
This philosophy argued that the government’s role should be to promote “the greatest good for the greatest number.”
What is utilitarianism?
500
This was the name of the meeting where European leaders decided the rules for carving up Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
500
FLASHBACK: This is the term for the blended culture spread by Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenistic?
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