Pre-WW1
What influence did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment in Europe?
Change
From hand to machines
The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente contributed to the start of World War I by
MANIA
Which goals are most closely associated with the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Communist gov't
Which factor most influenced imperialism?
need for raw materials, development of oversees empires, machines and factories
Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to
the start of WW2
A comparison of the French Revolution (1789) and the Russian Revolution (1917) illustrates that
(compare French and Russian Revolution)
Both about change in gov't
"Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades — words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.”
—All Quiet on the Western Front
What is this about?
Trench Warfare
One of the major causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the
Bad harvest, poverty, WW1, corrupt leader
• Japan fights China. (1894)
• Japan defeats Russia. (1905)
• Japan annexes Korea. (1910)
These events reflect the growing power of Japan and its desire to
Control Asian seaports, raw materials, Meiji Restoration
One reason Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 was successful is that Poland
ineffectiveness or failure of League of Nations
In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because
Coal, Iron, Geography, empire
The Balkans were referred to as the "Powder Keg of Europe" in the period before World War I because of their
sparked the War
In 1917, Bolshevik leaders in Russia sought peace with Germany because the new Russian government
When some European leaders agreed to Hitler’s demands concerning Czechoslovakia in 1938, they were supporting a policy of
appeasement
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of all class struggles.... The immediate aim of the communists is ... the overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy . . " Who and why would say this?
Karl Marx, peasant control
Which event sparked the outbreak of World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Joseph Stalin's policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in
famine
Totalitarian governments are characterized by the
Eliminating opposition, suppression, propaganda, labor camps for dissidents
What are at least 2 differences between Adam Smith's Capitalism and Karl Marx's Communism?
command vs market economy
proletariat vs bourgeoisie
state control vs profit aim
What were 3 results of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany forced to take blame, pay reparations, limit military, lose all territories
Joseph Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union can be best characterized as a period of
totalitarianism, fascism, dictatorship
What is genocide and give an example
anti-semitism during the Holocaust (Auschwitz), ethnic conflicts in Rwanda, Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (Pol Pot)