Imperialism
What is Imperialism?
When a stronger nation seeks to dominate a weaker nation politically, socially or economically; When one nation goes to colonize other nations
Where did soldiers fight, eat and sleep along the Western Front? (AKA The front between Germany and France)
The trenches
Which country did Japan invade as a result of the Manchurian crisis?
China
The systematic state-sponsored killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others was called...
The Holocaust
The name of the German military tactic that was used to hit their enemies fast and hard was called...
Blitzkrieg
The competition over Africa amongst many European countries due to their abundance of natural resources, as seen during the Berlin Conference, was called...
The Scramble for Africa
What sparked the start of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This event resulted in the overthrow and murder of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, followed by the rise of Lenin and the Bolshevik (Communist) Party...
The Russian Revolution
Which country did Germany invade in 1939, resulting in Britain and France declaring war on Germany?
Poland
What was Operation Barbarossa?
When Germany broke their non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union by trying to invade them. This is what made the Soviet Union join the Allies in World War II.
The period in the mid-late 1800s when Japan began to industrialize after U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry forced them to open their borders was called...
The Meiji Restoration
What document was imposed on Germany following the end of World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
Many countries suffered economically after World War I because of...
The Great Depression
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
Germany, Japan and Italy
What were the Opium Wars?
Conflicts in the mid 1800s century between China and Britain. The wars were fought over the British trade of the drug opium with China, and Chinese officials' attempts to prohibit it.
The popular idea in the 19th and 20th centuries that Europeans had the responsibility to bring their culture to other parts of the world in order to “civilize” them was called...
White Man's Burden
The Balkan region in Europe was referred to as this term prior to World War I because of their nationalistic rivalries and tensions
The Powder Keg of Europe
What was the name of the meeting held with European leaders that appeased Hitler's desire to take part of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)?
The Munich Conference
The names of the cities bombed by the United States which forced Japan to surrender and marked the end of World War II were...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The man who is credited with creating the ideology of Communism (also called Marxism) was...
Karl Marx
What was the British East India Company?
When the British set up and controlled many trading posts throughout India in the 1800s, leading to the Sepoy Rebellion
Which countries were a part of the Triple Entente?
France, Russia and Great Britain
This organization was created after World War I with the intent of resolving international disputes peacefully and without having to go back to war...
The League of Nations
This meeting with Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt planned for post-World War II agreements and resulted in the Berlin wall which divided Germany...
Yalta Conference
Germany's plan for fighting the war on both the Western and Eastern front that resulted in a stalemate (neither side was advancing much) was called...
the Schlieffen Plan