Colonies to Nations
Which major world event indirectly led to the end of imperialism?
World War II
What is one of the drawbacks of globalization?
Could be a number of answers
Which formerly independent southeast Asian nation was annexed as a state by the US?
Hawaii
A _______________ is a business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts.
corporation
What does the term "renaissance" mean?
rebirth
Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of which nation?
Ghana
A __________ _____________ is a company that operates in a number of different countries.
multinational corporation
Who were the first Europeans to settle in South Africa?
Dutch
The term _______________ is used to describe city building and the movement of people to cities.
urbanization
__________ _______________ was the most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age.
William Shakespeare
Which two new nations were formed by the partition of India?
West Pakistan, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)
The US, Russia, and 14 other nations were involved in the construction of the ISS. What is the ISS?
International Space Station
14 European nations met at the ____________ ___________ to lay down rules for the division of Africa.
Berlin Conference
John Kay's __________ ____________ speedily carried threads of yarn back and forth when the weaver pulled a handle on the loom.
flying shuttle
Martin Luther felt it was unfair that the Catholic church sold ____________. These were pardons that released a sinner from performing the penalty a priest imposed for sins.
indulgences
What did the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords grant to Palestine?
Self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
The ___________ Revolution was an attempt to increase food production worldwide.
Green
What role did quinine play in making colonization easier for Europeans?
Protected Europeans from malaria
The Industrial Revolution was immediately preceded by the ___________ Revolution.
Agricultural
___________ is the term used to describe a government controlled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
_____________ lead the effort to establish an independent Indonesia. He was also a leader in the non-alignment movement.
Sukarno
The European Union was originally known as what?
European Economic Community
Which gun, invented in 1884, gave European nations a major advantage in conquest?
Maxim gun
What were three reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in England?
iron ore, rivers for inland transportation, harbors from which merchant ships set sail, water power and coal to fuel new machines
What was Johann Gutenberg's major contribution to world history?
The printing press