Name the two European nations that unified in the late 19th century.
What are Italy and Germany?
100
The Industrial Revolution took off in this country.
What is England?
100
This economic system is based on the private ownership of the means of production and promotes a free market.
What is capitalism?
100
This system of thought applied theories from evolutionary biology to human societies.
What is Social Darwinism?
100
This is a part of Confucianism where respect is paid to one’s parents.
What is filial piety?
200
Many Latin American countries had revolutions in the 19th century to cut ties with which European power?
What is Spain?
200
This innovation literally powered the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
200
He is known as the “Father of Communism.”
Who is Karl Marx?
200
This was a conflict which began because of greasy ammunition.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
200
This is the skill of making maps.
What is cartography?
300
Explain the difference between patriotism and nationalism.
**Nationalism carries the idea that one’s nation is superior to others.**
300
This is the growth of cities, a major trend during the Industrial Revolution.
What is urbanization?
300
This book outlined the new political/economic idea of socialism, which argues that all of history can be understood as a conflict between the “haves” and the
“have-nots”.
What is "The Communist Manifesto"?
300
Name three raw materials or resources that enticed Europeans to imperialize Africa.
**Answers will vary**
300
A 600-page Senate report published this week outlined in detail that the CIA did this in the years since 9/11.
What is torture terror suspects?
400
While the Pope used to control all of central Italy, today he is only the political leader of this, the smallest independent country in the world (both in terms of area and population).
What is the Vatican?
400
These were organizations of workers who used the idea of strength in numbers to bargain for higher wages and better working conditions.
What are unions?
400
He wrote “The Wealth of Nations” in 1776.
Who is Adam Smith?
400
Rudyard Kipling wrote this poem in 1899 in which he argued for imperialism.
What is "The White Man's Burden"?
400
This massive Byzantine church built by Justinian would later become a mosque, and today is a museum.
What is the Hagia Sofia?
500
He was the Prussian politician who pushed for German unification through his use of realpolitik and the slogan “Blood and Iron.”
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
500
He wrote, produced, directed, and starred the hit film “Modern Times,” which looked satirically at the social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
500
These are the technical terms used in socialist theory to refer to the “haves” and “have-nots”.
What are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?
500
This was the meeting of European nations to divide of African territory.
What is the Berlin Conference?
500
Next summer, this movie franchise will continue with a new film whose tagline is “The park is open.”
What is the Jurassic Park series (or Jurassic World)?