World Wars
This event triggered the start of World War I.
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
These were the two main superpowers during the Cold War.
Who were the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
This country was the first to gain independence from European colonial rule in Africa.
What is Ghana?
This term refers to the increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of countries through the exchange of goods, services, ideas, and information.
What is globalization?
This invention revolutionized the spread of information by making books more accessible and affordable.
What is the printing press?
These were the leaders of the Allied Powers in World War II.
Who are Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin?
This wall was built to divide East Germany and West Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall?
He was the leader of India's independence movement.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
These are some of the positive effects of globalization.
What are increased economic growth, access to new markets, cultural exchange, and technological advancements?
He invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This battle was considered the turning point of WWII.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This tense event centered around nuclear warfare during the Cold War.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This was the impact of the decolonization movement on Africa.
What is the end of European Colonialism in Africa?
These are some of the negative effects of globalization.
What are income inequality, exploitation of workers, loss of cultural identity, and environmental degradation?
These are some of the impacts of the industrial revolution on society.
What are urbanization, the rise of factories, mass production, and significant changes in living and working conditions?
This organization was created as an outcome of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the League of Nations.
This policy tried to prevent the spread of Communism.
What is containment?
This was the reason for the partition of India and Pakistan.
What is religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims?
These are the impacts that globalization has had on the economy.
What are promoting international trade, creating global supply chains, and facilitating the movement of capital and labor across borders?
This invention revolutionized communication, information sharing, and access to knowledge on a global scale.
What is the internet?
This was the name of the global economic event that occurred after World War I.
What is the Great Depression?
This was the name given to wars that the US and Soviet Union controlled during the Cold War.
What are proxy wars?
This activist helped contribute to the end of apartheid in South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
These are the influences that globalization has had on cultural exchange.
What are promoting the spread of ideas, languages, and cultural practices across different countries and regions?
These are some of the ways technology has changed the way we communicate.
What are enabling instant communication through various platforms such as social media, email, and video conferencing?