Context + 1700s
1800s
1900-1950
1950-2000
Weaver's Choice
100

This policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate limited foreign influence in Japan by restricting trade and contact with outsiders, especially from Europe

Isolationism 

100

This economic system, supported by Adam Smith, is based on private ownership and competition with limited government involvement.

Capitalism 

Wealth of Nations (1776)

Mercantilism is replaced by Capitalism during the Industrial Revolution, and wille ventually be challenged by Communism 

100

4 Long Term causes of World War I (1914-1918)

MAIN

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism


(What is the spark or immediate cause?)

100

This policy attempted to stop the spread of communism around the world.


Containment 

100

This organization was created in 1945 to promote international cooperation and prevent future wars.

United Nations

200

Two part answer: (Need both for the points)

This Mughal ruler promoted religious tolerance, ended the jizya tax on non-Muslims, and created a strong centralized government in India.

AND

This Ottoman ruler is known for being religiously tolerant, and running a centralized government that controlled trade routes especially around the Mediterranean Sea 

Akbar the Great & Suleiman the Magnificent


(Who was Akbar the Great's grandson that took away religious tolerance, and what did that lead to for India?) 

200

Rapid movement of people from rural areas to cities to find factory jobs is known as this.

Urbanization

(What were living and working conditions like?)

(How did people and the government repsond)

200

Bolshevik Leader who overthrew Czar Nicholas II and promised the people of Russia Peace, Land, and Bread

Vladimir Lenin

(Long and short term causes of the Russian Revolution?)

(Lenin's NEP) 

200

This Chinese Communist leader gained peasant support during the Chinese Civil War and later established Communes, and the Great Leap Forward 

Mao Zedong

200

This concept describes increasing worldwide connections through trade, communication, migration, and technology.

Globalization 

300

Louis XIV (1642-1715) is to France as _______________ (1682-1725) is to Russia. 

Peter the Great

Both are absolute leaders.

Peter the Great: Modernized, and Westernized Russia. Beard tax, Great Northern War, Father of Russian Navy, St. Petersburg.

Louis XIV: Sun King, Versailles, constant war, Colbert as Finance Minister who followed Mercantilism 

300

This German philosopher argued that history was a struggle between social classes and co-authored the Communist Manifesto.

Karl Marx


(Proletariat will violently overthrow Capitalist System)

300

List 2 ways the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany after WWI:

War Reparations

War Guilt

Lost Land

Decreased Military 

300

This policy of racial segregation was enforced by the white minority government in South Africa.

Apartheid

300

This event in 1989 symbolized the collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

400

This document, inspired by Enlightenment ideas, proclaimed that all men are born free and equal in rights during the French Revolution.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 


Olympe de Gouges wrote her own version after feeling that women were left out. 

(What do we call Monarchs who adopted Enlightenment Ideas, and can you think of examples?)

400

This conference divided Africa among European powers without African participation.

Berlin Conference (1885)

400

Who is known for his 5 Year Plans, Great Purges, and Collectivization of Agriculture? 

Joseph Stalin 

400

This Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika, reforms that helped lead to the end of the Cold War.

Mikhail Gorbachev

400

This Japanese reform movement ended feudalism and rapidly modernized and Westernized the nation during the late 1800s.

The Meiji Restoration

500

List 3 causes of the French Revolution: Must get all 3.

Enlightenment Era Ideas

Famine / Bread Shortages

Lack of political power for the third estate / estate system

Unequal taxes / 3rd estate paid them all

War Debt

Luxurious spending debt

500

Europeans often justified imperialism using this theory, which incorrectly claimed stronger nations and races were naturally superior

Social Darwinism 

(White Man's Burden)

500

Give 1 long term, AND the immediate cause for World War II (1939-1945):

Long: Treaty of Versailles, WWI, Appeasement

Short: Invasion of Poland


500

This leader of the Khmer Rouge attempted to create an agrarian communist society in Cambodia.

Pol Pot

500

This Chinese leader's economic reforms introduced limited capitalism while maintaining Communist Party control.

Deng Xiaoping

(You have to be somewhat close, but not perfect)

(What Chinese protest took place during his rule?)