The emergence of the international system as a meaningful economic and political unit occurred in this year.
What is 1500?
100
Mercantilist policies were highly favored by most European governments until the beginning of this era.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
The 100 Years of Peace is also known as this.
What is the Pax Britannica?
100
The Allies included these states.
What are Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States.
100
World War I was formally concluded with the signing of this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
The Seven Years' War from 1756-1763 centered on a rivalry between these two states.
What are France and England?
200
The name of the famous English philosopher who stated, "Wealth is power, and power is wealth."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
200
Name of the currency standard that most industrialized countries had adopted by 1870.
What is the gold standard?
200
Name of the country whose rising power created tension within Europe, eventually leading to the outbreak of war.
What is Germany?
200
The "reparations triangle" involved these countries.
What are Germany, France, and the United States?
300
The Peace of Westphalia was established at the end of this conflict, which was mainly fought among France, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, and Austria.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
300
Two famous private businesses that were granted monopolies to control economic activities in colonial areas.
What are the Hudson Bay Company and the Dutch East Indies Company?
300
Name the two main reasons for a renewed emphasis on colonialism that occurred in the 1870s.
What are the rise of new powers and the desire for larger overseas markets?
300
The United States entered the war in this year.
What is 1917?
300
An economic event whereby prices increase by thousands of percentage points.
What is hyperinflation?
400
Of the countries listed here, it was the only one to NOT have colonies during the 18th century: France, Spain, England, The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal.
What is Germany?
400
This concept required colonists to only sell their goods to the colonial power, which artificially altered trade patterns much to the detriment of the colonies.
What is enumeration?
400
This was a diplomatic system that helped major powers consult with each other and maintain a balance of power in the region.
What is the Concert of Europe?
400
The number of estimated casualties from WWI.
What is 15 million?
400
After WWI, Germany had committed itself to not militarize this contested region between itself and France.
What is the Rhineland?
500
The Peace of Westphalia established this key concept in international affairs.
What is sovereignty?
500
According to Robert Paul Thomas, this was the average per capita burden of mercantilism for British colonists in America.
What is $1.24 (1770) or $1.20 (1763-72)?
500
This war resulted in the unification of Germany, and significantly altered the balance of power in Europe.
What is the Franco-Prussian War from 1870-71?
500
List the four empires that collapsed as a result of WWI.
What are the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire, and the German Empire?
500
An American politician who was instrumental in establishing the League of Nations, which ultimately failed to prevent the outbreak of World War II.