Global Conflict
What mode of transportation played a significant role in France's ability to defeat the German's "Schlieffen Plan"?
Taxicabs
Name given to the exchange between the 'old' and 'new' worlds.
The Columbian exchange
The Spanish conquistadors introduced this religious practice into the Americas as they began interacting with the indigenous peoples there.
Catholicism
Name the 5 themes of Geography.
Location; place; HEI; Movement; Region.
The name given to the interconnection among the west coast of Africa, Europe and the Americas following the 'discovery' of the new world in 1492.
The Triangular Trade
This new vehicle, with a track propulsion system, was first seen in WWI and allowed for movement over dangerous terrain that was impassable for traditional vehicles of the time.
Tank
During the Columbian exchange, the Americas became known as the ___________ World.
New
During what became known as the Armenian genocide of WWI, where were thousands of Christian Armenians relocated due to the efforts of the Muslim Turks?
The desert.
Line that is found at zero degrees latitude.
Equator
During the Triangular Trade, the Europeans exploited the west coast of Africa for this most valuable resource the area possessed.
People (slaves)
The name given to the system by which US Naval ships would "escort" unarmed merchant ship back and forth across the Atlantic between Europe and North America in order to protect said ships from enemy attack.
Convoy System
During the Columbian Exchange, Europe became known as the _________ World.
Old
During the Columbian Exchange, the horse was introduced into the ________ World and had a dramatic impact on the indigenous population there.
New
Line that os found at zero degree longitude
Prime Meridian
The name given to the journey to the Americas that the captured Africans faced during the Triangular trade was known as _________
The Middle Passage
Name given to the German submersible aquatic attic units used in WWI.
U-boats
During the Columbian Exchange, potatoes were introduced for the first time into the _________ world.
Old
When larger nations begin settlements in smaller nations that they conquer and subsequenlty 'control'...this process is known, collectively, as ________________
Colonization
Something the people of a defined location do not have to do but do anyway- which helps define who they are and encompasses their customs and values.
Culture
During the Triangular trade, raw material, namely agricultural raw materials, made their way from the Americas to _______________
Europe
The fighting of WWI allowed for the rapid spread of this deadly disease in 1918.
The Spanish Flu
During the Columbian exchange, Populations of ________________ (group of people) in the New World declined due to the introduction of many diseases from Europeans of the Old World.
Native Americans
A belief about a person or group of people that is not based in fact but rather in speculation is known as a ______________- (yeah- I know this is old....but still relevant)
Sterotype
The acronym used to analyze a culture...and involves a look at a culture's 'economic systems' and 'intellectual accomplishments'.
P.E.R.S.I.A
During the triangular trade, most captured Africans were taken to this specific location in the Americas.
Caribbean Islands.