Unit 5-6: Imperialism and its Consequences
This European theory justified imperial domination by claiming a “duty to civilize.”
This natural resource powered the first wave of industrialization.
What is coal?
This event triggered World War I in 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This leader used nonviolent resistance to help India achieve independence.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
This 1991 event marked the end of the Cold War.
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union?
This African empire resisted colonization under Menelik II.
What is Ethiopia?
The Industrial Revolution began in this country.
What is Great Britain?
This global economic crisis began in 1929 and led to mass unemployment.
What is the Great Depression?
This 1954 agreement split Vietnam into communist and capitalist spheres.
What are the Geneva Accords?
This international body promotes free trade and resolves trade disputes.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
What is indentured servitude?
Industrialzation caused this demographic shift.
What is urbanization?
This treaty ended WWI and placed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
After WWII, this organization became a forum for decolonized states.
What is the United Nations?
This global health crisis began in the 1980s and affected millions worldwide.
What is the HIV/AIDS epidemic?
This rebellion in China opposed foreign influence and Christian missionaries.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This class emerged as powerful during industrial capitalism.
What is the bourgeoisie (middle class)?
These two ideologies clashed in the Spanish Civil War and later WWII.
What are Fascism and Communism?
This 1956 event saw Egypt nationalize a canal, provoking a crisis involving Britain, France, and Israel but ultimately leading to a decline in European colonial influence in the Middle East.
What is the Suez Crisis?
This environmental issue has become central in global politics since the 1990s.
What is climate change (global warming)?
The Congo Free State was was exploited for this valuable resource.
What is rubber?
This ideology critiques industrial capitalism and promotes a classless society.
What is Marxism (or communism)?
This failed postwar organization preceded the United Nations.
What is the League of Nations?
Kwame Nkrumah led this African country to independence from Britain.
What is Ghana?
This type of migration, often due to war or climate disasters, has increased in recent decades.
What is refugee migration (or forced migration)?