Causes of Global Conflict
Alliance system that divided Europe before WWI
Triple Entente & Triple Alliance
Event that sparked WWI
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Conflict between U.S. & USSR without direct fighting
Cold War
Process of colonies gaining independence
Decolonization
Increasing global connections
Globalization
Nationalism in the Balkans contributed to this empire’s instability
Ottoman Empire
Type of warfare with trenches & stalemate
Trench warfare
Policy to stop spread of communism
Containment
Leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement
Mahatma Gandhi
Organization promoting global trade
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Treaty that blamed Germany for WWI
Treaty of Versailles
WWII policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands
Appeasement
U.S. aid to rebuild Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
Violent independence struggle in Algeria against this country
France
Companies operating in multiple countries
Multinational corporations (MNCs)
Economic crisis that helped dictators rise
Great Depression
Turning point battle in Pacific (WWII)
Battle of Midway
Military alliance led by the U.S
NATO
Partition that created India and this new country
Pakistan
Agreement reducing trade barriers in North America
NAFTA
Ideology promoted by Hitler
Fascism / Nazism
Genocide during WWII
Holocaust
Symbolic division between East & West Europe
Iron Curtain
South African system of racial segregation
Apartheid
Outsourcing jobs to cheaper labor markets
Outsourcing