Great Britain
This was Great Britain's policy of avoiding permanent alliances to stay out of European conflicts in the 1800s.
What is "Splendid Isolation"?
At the start of World War I, Italy was supposed to be allied with these two countries.
What is Germany & Austria-Hungary?
This is what we call one country uses its power to take over another country.
What is imperialism?
These were founded around the world by powerful European countries to increase those countries' power and influence.
What are colonies?
When they were popular, political cartoons were often found in these media forms to attract attention and sway readers.
What are newspapers and magazines?
This geographic feature created a natural barrier that made it difficult to invade Great Britain.
What is an island?
This was the "big problem" in the alliance between Italy and Austria-Hungary.
What is "Italians living in lands controlled by Austria-Hungary"?
The "Scramble for Africa & Asia" by European nations began in this decade.
What are the 1880s?
Life for people in the colonies involved being forced to work and struggling while this entity got rich.
What is the "mother country"?
According to the presentation, this is one of the best ways to understand and "see" a historical event.
What is "perspective"?
This policy was Great Britain's main goal and it was to ensure that no single country of these became strong enough to dominate the continent.
What is "balance of power"?
The Ottoman Empire was called this because it had grown weak and lost a lot of land.
What is the "Sick Man of Europe"?
A primary motivation for European countries to take over land in Africa and Asia was to access these.
What are valuable natural resources?
In the Belgian Congo, at least 10 million people died and these were set up to maximize rubber production in a system described as "barbaric".
What are prison camps?
When they were popular, political cartoons were often found in these media forms to attract attention and sway readers.
What are emotions?
A powerful navy was important for Britain's defense and to protect these two things.
What are "colonies and trade routes"?
This country was the Ottoman Empire's biggest and oldest enemy.
What is Russia?
By the start of WWI, this percentage of Africa had been colonized by European nations.
What is 90 percent?
Great Britain, France, and Russia formed this alliance.
What are the Allies (Triple Entente)?
These artifacts or documents left behind are relied on in history to study perspectives of the past.
What are primary sources?
This naval policy stated that the British navy had to be as powerful as the next two largest navies combined.
What is the "Two-Power Standard"?
The Ottoman Empire felt surrounded because its old enemy, Russia, was allied with these two nations.
Who are Britain & France?
The rise of this country's military and industry threatened Europe's balance of power.
What is Germany?
The "Scramble for Africa & Asia" made European countries more jealous of each other and brought them closer to this.
What is war?
When looking at a political cartoon, we should look for images that seem ridiculous or out of proportion and hard to believe. The artist will do this on purpose to make a point.
What is exaggeration?