World Wars
In what year did World War I begin?
What was our MAIN Causes?
What was our spark?
1914
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were the two conflicting ideologies of the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Capitalism and Communism
Non-violent resistance movements in India such as the Salt March, the Homespun Movement, and the Quit India Movement were primarily led by which prominent member of the Indian National Congress?
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Gandhi)
What is the international organization founded in 1945, after the end of World War II, with the goal of promoting peace, cooperation, and security among nations?
The United Nations
An epidemic disease that spreads across international borders is called what?
Pandemic
Producing more films annually than Hollywood, this industry challenges the notion that cultural globalization flows only from West to East
Bollywood
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
What was the name of the program that provided economic assistance to Europe after World War II and aimed to help stop the spread of communism there?
The Marshall Plan
From which European nation did Angola gain its independence in 1975?
Portugal
Name three of the 12 founding member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949.
Belgium Canada Denmark France Iceland Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Portugal The United Kingdom The United States
The loosening of trade restrictions after World War II helped to create a ________ culture, one in which people focused more on what they could buy and own.
Consumer (or consumerism)
The 1962 crisis that nearly led to nuclear war.
Which country did Japan invade in 1937, leading to the start of World War II in Asia?
China
Who famously declared, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” in a speech at the Berlin Wall in 1987?
US President Ronald Reagan
From which colonial power did Algeria gain its independence in a long, bloody war which lasted from 1954 to 1962?
France
What was the name of the military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries as a counter to NATO and Western influence during the Cold War?
The Warsaw Pact
This trade agreement allowed the US, Canada and Mexico to trade without tariffs. Was repealed in the first Trump Administration
NAFTA
The policy of racial segregation in South Africa
apartide
Which nation played a crucial role in the North African and Burma campaigns, and provided the largest volunteer army in the world, with over 2.5 million men fighting for the Allies in various theaters of World War II?
India
At the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba and the US secretly agreed to removed its missiles from which country?
Turkey
Mao's economic plan to increase industrialization and farming. Major failure
Great Leap Forward
What international organization was founded in 1944 with the aim of facilitating international trade, promoting economic growth and stability, maintaining stable exchange rates, and providing financial assistance to countries in need?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Who was imprisoned in South Africa in 1964 during the apartheid era for resisting discriminatory government practices, and who gained international support before his release from prison and his election to president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
This national institution is responsible for managing the vast majority of international trade.
WTO?
Which member of the Black Hand, a nationalist organization founded in Serbia, was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand that sparked World War I?
Gavrilo Princip
Which Angolan political party was backed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
Partition of India
What is the military alliance formed in 2001 by several Central Asian countries with the aim of promoting regional cooperation and countering terrorism and extremism? (Hint: It is named after the city in which it was founded.)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Adopted by the UN in 1948, this foundational document declared that all humans are entitled to basic rights regardless of nationality, race, or religion.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Belief that newly independent nations should not align with major powers.
nonalignment movement