Industrialization
How did most people make a living before the Industrial Revolution?
An economic system in which private individuals own businesses
Capitalism
Name one dictator and his country that entered World War II on the side of the Axis powers.
Adolf Hitler/Germany, Benito Mussolini/Italy, Joseph Stalin/USSR
What was the Soviet Union's main international goal in the Cold War?
To spread communism
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
Propaganda
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain (England, United Kingdom)
A form of government in which people vote for representatives who make laws
What caused the US to enter World War II?
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
In what German city was a wall built dividing the nations of East Germany and West Germany?
Human rights that all people are born with and cannot be taken away (John Locke)
Natural rights
Name 2 new modes of transportation that were developed using the steam engine
Steam-powered ships; trains
A form of government in which the state’s power is unlimited and controls virtually all aspects of public and private life
Totalitarianism
What US military action directly brought about the end of World War II?
Atomic (nuclear) bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Name two proxy wars that were fought during the Cold War
Vietnam War, Korean War, Soviet-Afghan War
Napoleon Bonaparte
Name 2 specific ways in which industrialization made it possible for European nations to conquer African and Asian nations in the 1800s.
Machine guns increased military strength; steam-powered ships improved transportation & supply lines; new medicines kept Europeans from dying of disease
A philosophy/political system defined by extreme nationalism, militarism (belief in using war/the military), rejection of democracy in favor of a dictator, strong government control over society and the economy, and putting the nation above the individual
Fascism
When did World War I take place? (Name the start & end years)
1914-1918
The idea that because a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by 2 opposing sides would cause the complete destruction of both sides, having nuclear weapons should actually prevent nuclear war
Mutually Assured Destruction
Name the radical communist group that overthrew the government in the Russian Revolution (1917)
The Bolsheviks
Name the material and the country:
To gain access to ___ (raw material) for its textile factories, Britain colonized ___ (country that had huge amounts of this material)Cotton in India
A philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and a free and open market, without government interference
Liberalism
What event sparked the chain reaction that led to the start of World War I?
Assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?
1991
Name the system of racial segregation that was part of South African law until 1994.
Apartheid