Otto von Bismarck hosted this conference of European nations to divide up Africa into colonial sphere's of influence.
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884?
100
This weapon and tactic made for a defensive advantage in World War One.
What is the machine gun and the trench?
100
The industrial revolution spawned this atheistic movement of socialists.
What is Communism?
100
This was the prison -- wrongly believed to be filled with political prisoners -- that was assaulted, beginning the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
200
He invented the idea of "separation of powers".
Who is Baron Charles de Montesquieu?
200
The family that ruled Austria-Hungary for 500 years.
Who were the Hapsburghs?
200
This was the only Central Power whose capital was located on the continent of Asia.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
200
Daily Double!
The Sadler Report tried to limit and regulate this.
200
The industrial revolution came about because of this.
What is specialization/division of labor?
300
Jacobin Club leader, later guillotined in the last stages of "the terror."
Who is Maxmillien Robespierre?
300
These (any one of them) were the motivation for imperialism.
What are racism, economic mercantilism, great powers rivalry?
300
The Triple Entente consisted of these three countries.
What are Russia, Britain and France?
300
The idea that goods should pass between national borders with as little government interference and taxation (tariffs) as possible.
What is free trade?
300
A government founded on the belief in protecting individual rights, especially the rights of minorities, and not so much the will of the majority.
What is a republic?
400
Author of "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital."
Who is Karl Marx?
400
In this war, America obtained its first colonies.
What is the Spanish-American War?
400
The Triple Alliance consisted of these three countries.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy?
400
The French word that means government should not interfere with the marketplace.
What is laissez-faire?
400
Russia leaves World War One because of this.
What is Bolshevik Revolution/civil war?
500
The idea that God has created each human being with rights that can't be taken away by government.
What is Natural Law?
500
Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin called this the "highest form of capitalism."
What is imperialism?
500
The First World War started when these two nations fought over control of Serbia.
What are Austria-Hungary and Russia?
500
The idea that free trade benefits both countries, regardless of how efficient, rich or poor the countries involved were. First suggested by economist David Richardo.
What is comparative advantage?
500
This was one technological innovation of World War One?
What are chemical weapons, tanks, airplanes or submarines?