Europeans in Africa
This African region was heavily exploited by Belgium for rubber production.
What is the Congo?
Britain fought wars with China over the trade of this addictive drug.
What is opium?
This new type of workplace became common during industrialization.
What is a factory?
What country was eventually punished for World War 1?
What is Germany?
This invention allowed people to communicate instantly across long distances.
What is the telegraph?
This European country controlled the Congo and became infamous for brutality.
What is Belgium?
This Asian nation rapidly industrialized during the Meiji Restoration.
What is Japan?
Industrialization caused many people to move from farms into these crowded areas.
What are cities?
Soldiers fought from these long defensive ditches during World War I.
What are trenches?
This economic system is based on private ownership and competition for profit.
What is capitalism?
Europeans competed aggressively for colonies in Africa during this event.
What is the Scramble for Africa during the Industrial Revolution?
This rebellion in China tried to remove foreign influence.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Industrialized nations needed more raw materials and markets, encouraging this policy.
What is imperialism?
This cause of World War I involved nations building up armies and weapons.
What is militarism?
This economic thinker wrote The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels.
Who is Karl Marx?
Competition for colonies in Africa increased tensions between European nations and helped lead to this global war.
What is World War I?
European nations established these special areas of economic control inside China.
What are spheres of influence/sections controlled fro trade?
This invention improved transportation and powered many factories.
What is the steam engine?
This assassination sparked World War I in 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This invention dramatically changed warfare in World War I by causing deadly stalemates on the battlefield.
What is the machine gun?
This meeting of European nations divided Africa without African leaders being included.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This American commodore forced Japan to open trade relations in 1853.
Who is Commodore Perry?
Industrialization made wars deadlier because nations could mass-produce these.
What are weapons?
This acronym helps students remember the major causes of World War I. (Ironically, its the 500 point Jeopardy Question)
What is M.A.I.N.?
Which European country had control over Vietnam?
What is France?