a key power source of the Industrial Revolution
Steam Engine
The treaty that ended the Opium War
Treaty of Nanjing
Peacekeeping organization set up in the Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Policy in China to limit population growth
One child policy
“hands off” approach, where government does not interfere in business
Laissez-faire
When a nation extends its rule over other nations
Imperialism
Russian communist
Bolshevik
The first satellite in space
Sputnik
Leader who modernized and westernized Turkey
Ataturk
Rule by a king or queen
Monarchy
A territory that has its own government, but is controlled by a foreign power
Protectorate
Murder and deportation of more than 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks
Armenian Genocide
Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
When Gandhi marched to the sea to protest British salt taxes
Salt March
the right to vote
Suffrage
When Britain went to war against China so they could keep selling the Chinese drugs
Opium War
Tsar of Russia who was unpopular and seen as out of touch. Removed from power and murdered during the Russian Revolution.
Nicholas II
When each side would push the other side to the “brink” of war, in order to show that their threats were serious
Brinkmanship
Leader of the African National Congress and the first black president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
People sought new knowledge by exploring the world for themselves
Scientific Revolution
When European countries met to decide how to divide up Africa
Berlin Conference
Brutal totalitarian leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin
Failed US invasion of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
When the British military shot peaceful protestors in India
Amritsar Massacre