Europe
this pseudoscience ideology justified everything from imperialism in Asia and Africa to the annihilation of 'undesirables' in Hitler's Germany
what is social darwinism
This large tract of land was bought from Napoleon and doubled the size of the USA
What was the Louisiana Purchase
A stone-walled enclosure found in Southeast Africa; associated with trade, farming, and mining; the largest structures are over 30 feet high. Once a great and wealthy African nation
What was Great Zimbabwe
This dynasty popularized the use of paper money, gun powder, printing, and silk.
What is the Song Dynasty?
Post World War II era based on ideological tensions between the USA and Soviet Union lasting from 1945 to 1991
What was the Cold War
what are the proletariat and the bourgeois
Located near the Andes, this civilization had an extensive bureaucracy that controlled 80 provinces, each with their own governor.
Who were the Inca?
this West African emperor ruled the Mali Kingdom while possessing extreme wealth
Who is Mansa Musa
This Japanese empire existed in the 19th century, welcoming US Commodore Matthew Perry, which led to Japan trading with the West
What is the Meiji Empire
This term was coined by Winston Churchill to describe the invisible but very real barrier between communist east Europe and democratic/capitalist west Europe after World War II
What was Iron Curtain
this economic idea, used in the age of exploration, believed wealth was finite and could only be generated within a colonizer nation and their colonies
what is mercantilism
this transportation system revolutionized North America by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the first time using this new technology
what is the Transcontinental Railroad.
This Egyptian waterway finished in 1869 connects the Meditterean and Red seas
What is the Suez Canal
two conflicts waged between China and Western powers during the mid-19th century. The First was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and the United Kingdom, and was triggered by the Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition against opium trafficking by British merchants
what were the Opium Wars
this former slave led the successful Haitian Revolution, the first all black rebellion in New World history
who is Toussaint L'Ouverture
the political ideology of the Enlightenment that argued for natural rights, limited government, and free market economies
what is liberalism
an example of modern neoliberalism free trade policies, this agreement removed trade restrictions between the USA, Canada and Mexico in the 1990s
what is NAFTA
this genocide in the 1990s in this small African nation led to the killings of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and Hutus.
what is Rwanda
these landowning aristocrats dominated Japanese society for centuries
who are the daimyos
Post World War II international organization that was created to maintain peace between nations
The United Nations
this unbalanced treaty following WWI is seen as the spark that caused WWII and was the source of German resentment and anger
What is the Treaty of Versailles
this American program supplied much needed assistance to the Allies during WWII prior to the USA entry into the war following Pearl Harbor
What is Lend Lease Act/Lend Lease program
this Egyptian leader seized control of the Suez Canal sparking a Cold War crisis, and was the face of post-WWII Pan-Arabism
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser
On October 1, 1949, this Chinese Communist leader declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
who is Mao Zedong
this statement by Britain following WWI, promised a Jewish national homeland in Palestine. this was not to be achieved until 1948.
what is the Balfour Declaration