North America
This province joined Confederation in 1949.
From HIST 235 with Dr. Ducharme
What is Newfoundland and Labrador?
In September 1939, Germany invaded this country, starting World War II.
What is Poland?
This Mongol leader created the largest land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
In 1898, this war between the U.S. and Spain ended with Spain losing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What was the Spanish-American War?
This man became the first Black president of South Africa in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This 1969 government proposal, later abandoned, sought to eliminate the special legal status of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
From HIST 235 with Dr. Ducharme
What is the White Paper?
The parliament of this country voted itself out of existence in 1933.
What is Germany?
This Chinese dynasty built the first sections of the Great Wall.
From HIST 484 with Dr. Tong
What is the Qin dynasty?
In 1959, this revolutionary leader overthrew the Batista regime in Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This 1950s–60s conflict ended with Algeria gaining independence from France in 1962.
What is the Algerian War (of Independence)?
This U.S. president declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This European country had the longest far-right authoritarian regime.
What is Portugal?
(Estado Novo Regime, 1933-1974)
This 1947 event divided British India into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
What is Partition?
This 1804 revolution made Haiti the first independent Black republic, overthrowing French colonial rule.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
At this 1884–85 conference, European powers divided Africa without African input.
What was the Berlin Conference?
By enlarging Quebec’s borders in 1774, the Quebec Act reduced the chance of expansion by these neighbouring colonies.
From HIST 235 with Dr. Ducharme
What are the Thirteen Colonies?
The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 began the peace process for this region.
What is Northern Ireland/The North of Ireland?
The Korean War (1950–53) ended with the peninsula divided along this parallel.
What is the 38th parallel?
This movement in the 20th century emphasized pride in African heritage in the Caribbean and Latin America.
What is Negritude?
In 1935, this African nation was invaded by Mussolini’s Italy, one of the last major acts of European imperial expansion before World War II.
What is Ethiopia?
This 1908 Canadian Law was used to justify denying entry to the Komagata Maru passengers?
What was the Continuous Journey Regulation?
This 20th-century report laid the groundwork for Britain’s welfare state, recommending social insurance “from cradle to grave.”
What is the Beveridge Report?
This Vietnamese leader declared independence from France in 1945 and later fought the U.S. in the Vietnam War.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
In 1973, a U.S.-backed military coup overthrew President Salvador Allende in this South American country.
What is Chile?
This West African ruler of Mali, known for his 14th-century pilgrimage to Mecca, is remembered for his immense wealth.
From HIST 334 with Dr. Webster
Who is Mansa Musa?