Nationalism Necessities
This other word for voting rights was a goal long sought by Enlightenment thinkers. Men got it first, then women.
Suffrage
The period of massive invention and innovation that caused major changes to society was known as the...
Industrial Revolution
This was the mindset many European powers held towards their foreign colonies. It is akin to a parent-child relationship.
Paternalism
Ivan was Terrible, Peter and Catherine were...
Great
Yom Kippur War, Golda Meir, War with Palestine
Israel
This is the German word for emperor, taken from Caesar who assumed a position of similar power and influence in the Roman republic.
Kaiser
Before the advent of factories, the _____ system was how most goods and services were done. It involved work inside one's own home.
Domestic
This antagonist during the American Revolution presided over remarkable successes for the British Empire.
George III
The last tsar of Russia, who was murdered with his family by communists, was the second ruler of Russia to bear this name.
Nicholas
ANZAC, Captain James Cook, and Wellington
Australia and New Zealand
Some states opted for this strategy, combining with their neighbors to make a singular, mighty kingdom.
Unification
James Watt's invention that led to breakthroughs in energy as well as transportation by land and sea
Steam Engine
Spain was the foremost power in the Americas until their disastrous defeat at the hands of the English that resulted in the destruction of this fleet of ships.
Armada
The Russo-Japanese War was ended thanks in part to excellent diplomacy by this American president.
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert the Bruce, Edinburgh, and Bloody Mary
Scotland
Following Napoleon's defeat and final exile, the nations of Europe met at the Congress of Vienna, where they decided Europe could use a _______ of _______.
Balance of power
This group, who were concerned about the proliferation of machines taking jobs away from workers, often destroyed factories to keep human labor in high demand.
Luddites
Next to Elizabeth II, this Empress of India was the longest reigning female monarch in history.
Victoria
The Convention of Kanagawa forced Japan to do business with America. The man responsible was this (but not actually) recently deceased Friends actor.
Matthew Perry
Pele, 215 million people, and Pão de queijo
Brazil
This is the smallest country in the world. This is because it demanded autonomy from the kingdom of Italy.
Vatican City
The Wealth of Nations is to The Communist Manifesto, as ____ _____ is to Karl Marx
Adam Smith
These two major events led to many empires giving up control of their colonies, either granting them independence or handing them over to the victors.
World Wars
Shinsengumi swords raged in this tumultuous Japanese civil war, where the shogun returned power to the emperor.
Bakumatsu
BP, the shah, and the Ayatollah
Iran