Men, women, and children were forced to work long, difficult hours in these Industrial Revolution facilities.
What are mines and factories?
100
These countries made up the allied powers in World War I.
What are Russia, France, Britain, United States, Italy, and Japan?
100
Germany was already experiencing hardships from the Treaty of Versailles when this event began in the United States in 1929, sending the global economy into freefall.
What is the Great Depression?
100
The Cold War was essentially a global rivalry between these two superpowers.
What are Soviet Union and United States?
100
This is the most valuable resource to the people living in the Middle East.
What is water?
200
These countries were industrialized prior to World War I.
What are Britain, Germany, and the United States?
200
These nations made up the Central Powers during World War I.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire?
200
In this form of government, the State retains full control of a country and its citizens, who are expected to give up all rights to the glory of the State.
What is fascism?
200
For thirteen days in October 1962, the world tensed up as the United States and Soviet Union moved dangerously close to nuclear war as this event unfolded.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
The division of some African tribes and forced unity of ancient enemy tribes is caused by this.
What are colonial borders?
300
The lack of understanding of the culture of India led to a revolt known as this.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
300
Mahatma Gandhi led the people of India on this famous march to protest the British monopoly on a key preservative.
What is the Great Salt March?
300
The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 finally led to a declaration of war against Germany by these two countries.
What are France and Britain?
300
The United States and its western European allies formed this military alliance in the wake of World War II to hold back perceived Soviet aggression.
What is NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
300
This man spent more than 28 years in prison. After he was released, he became the first non-white president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
This nation controlled much of southern Africa during the 1800s.
What is Great Britain?
400
This powerful nation ruled Bosnia at the beginning of World War I. The war not only took Bosnia away, but split the rest of the empire as well.
What is Austria-Hungary?
400
The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941 led to this major event.
What is the United States entering World War II?
400
This is the American policy of preventing Communism from spreading beyond the nations where it already existed.
What is containment?
400
In 1948, this nation formed out of the British protectorate of Palestine.
What is Israel?
500
This concept takes the theory of evolution and applies it to society.
What is Social Darwinism?
500
This 19th century thinker believed that workers should rise up and take control of their nations. Eventually, they did in Russia in 1917.
Who is Karl Marx?
500
These nations made up the Axis powers in the Second World War.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
500
This is the political system that both North Korea and North Vietnam had prior to American police actions in neighboring nations.
What is Communist?
500
This technology has steadily brought the world closer together over the last 170 years at a pace that has rapidly increased since 1995.