Imperialism
Drug British used to get Chinese to trade with them
opium
some causes were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
World War 2
proxy war that ended in a country that is still divided into north and south
Korean War
First African president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
genocide in which one African group (the HUTU) tried to wipe out another African group (the Tutsi)
Rwanda Genocide
Two big reasons for imperialism
new markets and natural resources
Treaty that ended WW1
Versailles Treaty
Example of Churchill's iron curtain that divided a city
Berlin Wall
Indian leader who inspired MLK
Gandhi
phrase describing Japanese era of modernization and westernization after the Black Ships
Meiji
revolt of Indian soldiers because of bullets possibly rubbed with pig and cow fat
Sepoy Rebellion
Country blamed for WW1
Germany
The closest the world has come to nuclear war - because of Russian bombs near the USA
Cuban missile crisis
Chinese Leader who tried to industrialize China quickly then failed so he started a big rebellion of young people called the Cultural Revolution
country where women are fighting for their right to wear or not wear a head scarf
Iran
Spheres of influence
how WW 1 ended in Japan
atomic bomb
Founder and main writer of Communism
Karl Marx
system in South Africa that separated white people and Africans
apartheid
Turkish leader who supported the westernization of Turkey
Ataturk
Name of conference where they divided up Africa
Berlin Conference
why warfare was so much more dangerous during WW1 then previous wars
technology (or industrialization)
Communist group of countries
Warsaw Pact
idea that all African countries and people who are descendents of Africans should be united
Pan Africanism
genocide caused by Stalin's actions in the Ukraine
Ukrainian Famine or Holomodor