1700s
This revolution began in 1789 and was influenced by Enlightenment ideas and the American Revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution began here because of its rich supply of coal and iron ore, natural harbors, stable government, and adequate labor supply to work in factories.
What is Great Britain?
Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as unfair to Germany?
What is the Versailles Treaty?
Why is migration an enduring issue?
Competition for resources
Competition for jobs
Challenge of starting over in a new place (learning new language, finding shelter, food, setting up new lie)
Resentment by people already living there
This individual suggested the idea that if a government fails to protect its people's natural rights of life, liberty and property, they people have the right to overthrow it?
Who is John Locke?
This 18th-century movement emphasized reason, individualism, questioned traditional authority and wanted to change government and society for the better.
What is the Enlightenment?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote this in 1848 to encourage workers to rise against capitalist systems.
What is The Communist Manifesto?
This Chinese leader is credited with making China what it is today - a capitalist economy while remaining politically communist.
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This series of protests and uprisings in the early 2010s challenged authoritarian governments in the Middle East and North Africa.
What is Arab Spring?
Which economic system is characterized by supply and demand, investment capital and competition?
What is capitalism?
Also called free market, or free enterprise
This economic theory involves acquiring colonies to provide a favorable balance of trade
What is mercantilism?
This event in 1857 was a major uprising against British rule in India due to Indians feeling disrespected.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion (or Sepoy Mutiny)?
Prior to 1947, the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League worked together seeking to end ... ?
What is 'foreign rule'?
or British rule
Th3 terrorist attack occurring on September 11, 2001, led to global anti-terror initiatives. As a result of 9/11, US President George Bush declared a War on Terror and sent US troops into which country?
What is Afghanistan?
How are Emperor Meiji, Kemal Ataturk, and Shah Reza Pahlavi similar?
What is all supported a policy of westernization?
Also called modernization and/or industrialization
The Ottoman and this empire both practiced Islam, but the Ottomans were Sunni Muslims while this empire was more tolerant of other religions.
Who is the Mughal Empire?
He led a successful military campaign against France for German unification and was known for the policy of "blood and iron."
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
Put the following in chronological order (numbers only):
1. Fall of the Berlin Wall
2. Cuban Missile Crisis
3. Adoption of the Marshall Plan
What is 3-2-1
3. Adoption of the Marshall Plan (1948)
2. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
1. Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Name a positive effect of Globalization
1. cheaper goods (can be made globally)
2. economic growth in otherwise poorer countries
3. increased access to goods and services
4. increased cultural exchange and innovation
The Rwandan Genocide in 1994 was a result of tension between which two ethnic groups? Over 800,000 people were killed in 100 days.
Who are the Hutus and Tutsis?
Feudal Europe and _____________ in Japan, both featured a rigid social hierarchy and land-based power held by warrior elites.
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
This meeting of representatives of European monarchies after Napoleon's defeat aimed to restore balance of power.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
Give two specific examples of Gandhi's methods in his Nationalist movement against the British.
Salt March (to protest the Salt Tax)
Textile boycott
Homespun movement (making their own clothes)
These are examples of civil disobedience and nonviolent methods - MLK Jr. inspired by him
Give an example of how organizations are attempting to combat climate change.
1. Kyoto Protocol 2005
2. Paris Climate Agreement 2015
Why are the Panama Canal (South America) and the Suez Canal (Egypt) strategic bodies of water?
They allow for easier travel - they cut the distance of trade significantly