Science & Technology
Geography
Historical Figures
Turning Points
Economics
100
This Industrial Age advancement in transportation technology made it much easier to transport natural resources from the interior of continents to the coast, for faster and cheaper shipping.
What are railroads?
100
The drive for natural resources around the 19th century ushered in this "Age" of world history, during which at least 25% of the world's people and land came under the control of European countries.
What is the Age of Imperialism?
100
English philosopher John Locke, along with these three philosophes of France, were the most significant thinkers of the "Age of Reason"... also known as the Enlightenment.
Who were Montesquie, Voltaire, and Rousseau?
100
This new way of thinking sparked the American, French and Latin American Revolutions.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
Without these three "factors of production," it would be impossible to produce goods and services.
What are land, labor, and capital?
200
This rebellion in imperial India broke out because of the new "Enfield Rifle"... Rumor had spread among the Indian soldiers (employed by the British East India Company) that the lubrication cartridges, which they had to bite open, contained pig and cow lard, which was prohibited by both the Muslim and Hindu religions.
What is the Sepoy Mutiny?
200
Political interest in a region is driven by its geographic location.
What is geopolitics?
200
This nationalist leader led the first successful slave revolution.
Who is Toussaint L'Overture?
200
This period in Japanese history marked the end of feudalism (under the Tokugawa Shogunate) and the beginning of a new age of industrialization and modernization in Japan.
What is the Meiji Era or the Meiji Restoration?
200
In a command economy, the entity that makes all decisions regarding production, distribution, and pricing of goods and services.
What is the government?
300
The mechanization of production in the Industrial Age led to the creation of these types of buildings.
What are factories?
300
This region, known as the "powder keg of Europe" in the years preceding WWI, was where the "spark" that started WWI occurred.
What is the Balkan Peninsula/Region?
300
Proponent of "realpolitik" and the use of "blood and iron" to achieve his goals, this historical figure played a crucial role in the unification of Germany.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
300
This political revolution led to the end of centuries of Absolute Rule.
What was the French Revolution?
300
According to Adam Smith's writings in The Wealth of Nations, governments should follow this type of policy to encourage economic growth and prosperity.
What is laissez faire capitalism?
400
This advancement drastically changed the course of warfare in WWI. Although masks soon rendered it less effective its use was eventually banned by international law
What is poison gas?
400
This man-made waterway, built to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea/Indian Ocean, became the subject of an international "Crisis" in the 1950s after Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of it from the British.
What is the Suez Canal?
400
He developed a new economic and political theory as a reaction to the exploitation of the proletariat during the Industrial Revolution.
Who was Karl Marx?
400
This revolution - starting in 1910 and led by such figures as Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa - resulted in the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz, a new constitution, and land reform which took power away from the caudillos.
What is the Mexican Revolution?
400
Under this economic theory the mother country benefits from the wealth of their colonies.
What is mercantilism?
500
This device, created by a French doctor in the late 1700s, was used by Robespierre's "Committee of Public Safety" to swiftly execute all those deemed "enemies of the Revolution" (and soon enough, Robespierre himself was executed for his "Reign of Terror").
What is the guillotine?
500
This peninsula in the Black Sea led to territorial conflict between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1853-56. Although the Ottomans were victorious, it was only because of British and French support... this conflict revealed the military weaknesses of the "sick man of Europe."
What is the Crimean Peninsula?
500
This ruler of the last Dynasty of China was more interested in maintaining/manipulating power than protecting Chinese rights under foreign influence.
Who Dowager Empress?
500
This event led to the Europeans desire for natural resources, land and new markets.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
500
From the mid 1700s to the mid 1800s this company controlled much of the economy of India.
What British East India Company?