Scrmable for Africa and Asia
These two motives were two of the reasons for Europeans colonizing Africa and Asia.
Seeking: land, resources, prestige, "white man's burden", imperial competition, markets, labor
These are two countries part of the Allies in World War I and II.
Britain, France, Russia, United States
This man created fascism and was the dictator of Italy.
Benito Mussolini
This was one of the groups targeted for exterminatino in German concentration camps.
Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, "unter menchen", disabled, mental patients
Imperialism
This was the reason the British waged two "Opium Wars" against China.
This act of political violence trigged the alliance system and started World War I.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarejvo by a Serbian
This was the reaction of the Allies (Britain/France) to Hitler breaking the Treaty of Versailles and marching into the Rhineland.
Did nothing, said it was German land, were too scared to intervene because Hitler made his army seem strong
This weapons allowed a small group of soldiers to fire a continuous stream of bullets, killing thousands of attackers in the trenches of World War I.
Machine gun
Belief in their racial, ethnic, or national superority
Europeans met together at the Berlin Conference in 1884, creating the "concert of Europe" for this reason.
Dividing up Africa peacefully among themselves.
This is an example of how militarism helped lead to World War I.
This was the method Hitler used to make his take over or Anchluss of Austria seem legitimate to the Allies.
Staged a fake vote monitored by his soldiers
This weapons was used against Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II
Atomic bombs
This belief can both be used to make people in a country feel united to built it up and destroy others. It is often created through stories and propaganda.
Nationalism
Unlike most colonized peoples. Gandhi used this strategy to overthrow the British who divided and controlled India.
Peaceful non-violent protest/resistance
To prevent another World War, US President Woodrow Wilson proposed the 14 Points Treaty with this general idea in mind.
Do not punish Germany harshly, make colonies independent, "make the world safe for democracy"
Appeasement
This weapon was used both in World War I and in the concentration camps in World War II.
Poison gas
These two emotions both have combined throughout history that have led to arms races and rise of ruthless dictators.
Fear and hatred
This was the strategy Europeans used to maintain control conquered peoples in Africa and Asia.
Divide and conquer
These harsh terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles set the stage for Hitler rising to power in Germany. (name 2)
Germany accepts full blame for the war, limits German military to 100k, Germany pays war reparations, Germans loses key land like Alsace Lorraine, not allowed to station troops in the Rhineland
These were two of Hitler's strategies for gaining power as noted in either Mein Kampf or The Wave.
These are two examples of how brutal trench warfare was
Disfigurement, losing limbs, over 15 million dead, horrors of no man's land, watching people choke to death in poison gas attacks, burned alive by flamethrowers
This is how technology helped start the Industrial Revolution, Age of Imperialism, and the World Wars.
1.) Steam engine - faster transportation, mass production
2.) Need for resources, new weapons to conquer remote areas, able to move troops quicker
3.) New weapons to quickly overwhelm and destroy larger countries