Imperialism
Political Change
JWP - Rules of War
WW1
ISB / Sweeney Trivia
100

Europeans who traveled to Africa and Asia primarily to convert people to Christianity.

Who are missionaries?

100

A former telecommunications tycoon served as Prime Minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a 2006 military coup.

Who is Mr. Thaksin?

100

A specific type of Crime against Humanity where specific ethnic, religious or racial groups are targeted.

What is genocide?

100

It was a terrorist group, connected to the Serbian military, that was responsible for the assassination that sparked World War I

What was "The Black Hand"?

100

He is the current ISB Head of School

Who is Dr. Heckman?

200

At the Berlin Conference, this monarch claimed he would end slavery and bring progress to Africa - In reality, he used brutal tactics to extract rubber and enrich himself.

Who is King Leopold II?

200
A leader of the Indian National Congress who led nationalist protests and is famous for civil disobedience.

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

200

An "industrial" weapon used during WW1 despite being outlawed by the 1907 Hague Convention.

What is Poison gas?

200

It was a psychological trauma many WWI soldiers experienced due to the stresses and terrors of trench warfare.

What was "Shell Shock"?

200

A candy provided by Mr. Sweeney "free of charge" to his students.

What are Mentos?
300

A belief/theory used to justify imperialism, this theory claimed that stronger societies were more “fit” to survive and dominate weaker ones.

What is Social Darwinism?

300

He overthrew Prime Minister Yingluck in a coup in 2014

Who is Prayut Chan-o-cha?

300
It was signed by major European powers, including Prussia to guarantee the neutrality of Beligium.

What is the Treaty of London (1829)?

300

It was a major battle which was fought between initiated by GB against Germany to pull troops away from the battle of Verdun.

What was the battle of the Somme?

300

The "other" IASAS school where Mr. Sweeney worked prior to teaching at ISB.

What is ISKL?

400

A poem title that claimed that Europeans had a special "duty" to civilize and Christianize people of Asia and Africa.

What is "White Man's Burden"?

400
He was the King at the time of the 1932 revolution and the last "Absolute Monarch" in Thailand. 

Who was King Prajadhipok - Rama VII?

400

This Just War Principle, states that the weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war..

What is Just War Principle 7?

400

He was the president of France who made sure the Treaty of Versailles punished and weakened Germany.

Who was George Clemenceau?

400
His picture was hanging in the front of the room under the speaker.

Who was Mr. Sweeney's father?

500

A method of control used by colonial governments designed to keep different colonial ethnic groups from uniting against Europeans.

What is "divide and rule"?

500

A Indian rebellion against British rule that took place in 1857.

What was the Sepoy Mutiny (or Sepoy Rebellion)?

500

It is a permanent international tribunal established in 2002 to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression

What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?

500

An area of Germany that had to be “de-militarized” under the Treaty of Versailles - no German troops could be located there. 

What is the Rhineland?

500

The year ISB moved to the Nichada campus AND the end of Apartheid in South Africa.

What is 1992?

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