Industrial Revolution and New Social Systems
Imperialism
WWI and the Russian Civil War
Between the Wars
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Random
100
Name a significant industrial city in the Merrimack Valley.
LAWRENCE, HAVERHILL, LOWELL, NASHUA, MANCHESTER, CONCORD
100
In this war, European military technology triumphs to keep people in China addicted to drugs
OPIUM WAR(S)
100
Style of warfare fought for the first time in large numbers on the western front of WWI; characterized by slow (or no) progress and high casualties
TRENCH WARFARE
100
Nazi violence specialists, who would accompany their politicians to rallies, and were known by the color of their clothing
BROWNSHIRTS
100
In pursuit of more of this substance, Japan invades China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and most of the Pacific region
OIL
100
The actual line delivered by Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back revealing his lineage
NO - I AM YOUR FATHER
200
Marx's term for people in history with capital who have suppressed the working class since the beginning of society.
BOURGEOIS
200
This "personal property state" of Leopold II covered thousands of square miles and was known for its cruelty towards rubber workers and their families
CONGO FREE STATE
200
The assassination of this person sets off a chain reaction of alliances and declarations of war, starting WWI (hint: he also wrote the 2004 pop-punk hit "Take Me Out")
ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
200
Under Stalin, the deaths of millions of Ukrainians from hunger in a planned famine
HOLODOMOR
200
Hitler and the Nazis attempt to take power in Munich, and control all of Bavaria for an eventual pan-German rebellion, in this booze-soaked event
THE BEER HALL PUTSCH
200
In the Premier League era, this team has the most titles - but if you count total English titles, they share it with hated Liverpool
MANCHESTER UNITED
300
The hereditary title of a lord in Japan; their power is reduced as Meiji unifies the country.
DAIMYO
300
At this conference, Europe plans to divide Africa without any input from African leaders
BERLIN CONFERENCE
300
This Siberian alleged mystic / wizard / womanizer was poisoned, then shot, then clubbed over the head, then disposed of in a river... but died of drowning
GRIGORY RASPUTIN
300
A fire at this structure destroys it - and provides the Nazis with the excuse needed to ban opposition political parties
REICHSTAG
300
City in Basque Country bombed during the Spanish Civil War; inspiration for Picasso's painting by the same name
GUERNICA
300
Macbeth sees this implement before him before heading off to (spoiler alert) kill his liege lord.
A DAGGER
400
The indigenous language of Ireland; suppressed during English occupation after the famine
GAELIC
400
Under this pseudo (false) science, peoples and cultures are "successful" because of how suited they are to their environment - justifying colonialism and later genocide
SOCIAL DARWINISM
400
This economic strategy employed by Lenin AFTER he attempts full communism likely saves the Soviet Union in the 1920s
NEW ECONOMIC POLICY (NEP)
400
The organization that carried out The Great Purge - its name means "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs"
NKVD
400
German term for the "referendum" in Austria that ends in German annexation of the entire country
ANSCHLUSS
400
An important Russian ballet made famous by the similarly-named Natalie Portman / Mila Kunis film; features an evil wizard, a kind noble, and a whooooooole lot of birds
SWAN LAKE
500
According to Marx, if the proletariat rise up, they will have nothing to lose but this!
THEIR CHAINS!
500
The Englishman writes "The White Man's Burden," a poem arguing that Europeans MUST colonize Africa and Asia to bring "civilization" (really just European cultural markers)
RUDYARD KIPLING
500
This document was assembled by President Wilson after WWI, and laid out his multi-point vision of the postwar order, including supranational organization
14 POINTS
500
This government was set up by Germany after WWI - but was toppled by the Nazis just fifteen years later
WEIMAR REPUBLIC
500
Soviet (and now Russian) name for WWII, specifically WWII on the eastern front
GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
500
In The Lord of the Rings, this is the realm of Theoden King; warriors from this land charge the orcs in "Return of the King"
ROHAN