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Describe the conditions of factories during the Industrial Revolution
Dirty, crowded, dangerous, long hours, low wages, etc.
100
Name three pieces of technology that came out during WWI
Possible answers: tanks, airplanes, submarines, flamethrowers, bolt action rifles, grenades, chemical warfare, zeppelins, machine guns...
100
Who were the two main countries of the Cold War?
the United States and the Soviet Union
100
What is the main reason for genocide?
Social Darwinism
100
Name one of the clubs that Ms. Hinden advises
Freshman Stu Co or Key Club
200
How did imperial masters view their colonies?
As nothing more than resources.
200
How many people died in the Holocaust? (must be within 2 million of the correct answer to get points)
10 million, 6 million of which were Jews.
200
Economic strength equals...
political strength.
200
How has globalization impacted consumers?
It has strengthened the consumer sector, as more stuff is available to purchase, and at cheap prices.
200
What color is a giraffe's tongue?
Black
300
How did urbanization change towns?
Most towns could not keep up with the rapid growth, causing disorganized and crowded cities.
300
What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
Militarism ALLIANCES Imperialism Nationalism
300
What was the Iron Curtain?
The symbolic separation between east (communist) and west (capitalist) Europe.
300
How has fundamentalism caused a strain between the Islamic world and the Western world
Fundamentalism calls for a theocracy, but Westerners are firm believers in a separation of church and state.
300
Which vitamin can your body absorb from sunlight?
Vitamin D
400
Define imperialism
When a strong nation overtakes a weaker nation and claims it as part of their territory.
400
Why did Russia withdraw from WWI?
There was a communist revolution happening within Russia.
400
Why did the Soviet Union breakup?
Failed economic and political policies.
400
Name three positive and three negative outcomes of globalization
Answers will vary
400
Which president delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abe Lincoln
500
How do nationalism, imperialism, and religion relate to nation building?
They are all important, but not necessarily present in all nations.
500
After the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in WWII, tension grew between these two ideologies (eventually leading to the Cold War)
Communism and Capitalism
500
During the Cold War, dozens of colonies declared independence from their colonial masters. Why?
Colonies had built a sense of colonial nationalism.
500
What does a high HDI ranking indicate about a country?
They are developed (high life expectancy, literacy, GNI/GDP, etc)
500
My dog, Bowie, has heterochromia. Heterochromia is a condition in which...
a person or animal has two different colored eyes.