The Sun Never Sets . . .
on which empire
What is the British?
Type of literature that seeks to show life like it really is, tends to be gloomy
What is realism?
The spark of the Great War
What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
Term meaning to give in a little, hoping to avoid war
What is appeasement?
International Peace Keeping Organization created after World War II
What is the United Nations?
term for extension of power by one people over another, principally for economic gain, usually achieved by force
What is imperialism?
Author known for writing about how hard life was during Industrialism, A Christmas Carol
Who is Charles Dickens?
The main location of fighting during the Great War
What are trenches?
Germany, Japan, and Italy
What are the Axis Powers?
City divided in two by the Cold War
What is Berlin, Germany?
Name an African country that was never taken over by an Imperial Nation.
What is Liberia (or Ethiopia)?
Type of literature that seeks to emphasize emotions and prefers happy endings
What is Romanticism?
Years of the Great War
What is 1914-1918?
Term meaning "Lightening War"
What is Blitzkrieg?
Place where the UN sent troops to stop the spread of communism in 1950
What is South Korea?
Who are convicts/debtors?
Painter known for Cubism, using geometric shapes in his artwork
Who is Picasso?
Treaty that ended the Great War
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Big mistake Hitler made in the summer of 1941
What is attacking the USSR?
Place where the United States sent "military advisors" to stop the spread of communism and the "domino effect" from happening
What is Vietnam?
Person who cruelly ruled the Congo in the 1870's
Who is King Leopold?
Type of literature that emphasizes the pointlessness, random nature of life
What is existentialism?
Term for the organized slaughter of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks during the Great War (and years immediately following)
What is genocide?
What is the Atomic Bomb?
Communist dictator of China from 1949-1976
Who is Mao Zedong?