Imperialism
The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization.
What is imperialism?
The spark that started WWI by triggering the myriad alliances.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The strict guilt clause of this post-WWI treaty lead to economic distress and is considered a cause of WWII.
Two superpowers were at odds during the Cold War.
What are The United States and The Soviet Union?
This influential activist in South Africa led the fight against Apartheid and became the first Black president in the country's history.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The two driving forces of imperialism that feature alliteration.
What are "markets and materials"?
These three countries came together to form The Triple Entente.
What are France, Russia, and Great Britain?
These three countries formed an alliance to become the Axis Powers during WWII.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
The Cold War was a battle of economic systems. Which two systems were opposed?
What are communism and capitalism?
This pacifist and civil rights activist from India practiced peaceful protest.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
The meeting of European leaders to "carve up" African territories into colonized areas.
What is The Berlin Conference?
What is trench warfare?
During WWII, Hitler and the Nazis committed this atrocious warcrime against millions of Jewish Europeans.
What is the Holocaust?
This event brought the two superpowers the closest to nuclear destruction during the Cold War.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Peaceful protest, or pacifism, in order to make change is known as this.
What is civil disobediance?
Colonization didn't go so well in China... so the British and Chinese fought these wars.
What are "The Opium Wars"?
The most influential weapon development for WWI created a "no man's zone" during the fighting.
What are machine guns?
The battle that lead to victory in the European theatre of WWII and ended the war with two-thirds of the Axis Powers.
What is D-Day?
OR
What is the Invasion of Normandy?
This ideology and practice was centered on stopping the spread of the enemy's economic system globally.
What is containment?
This Kenyan civil rights activist fought against colonial rule in Kenya and became the country's prime minister.
Who is Jomo Kenyatta?
The belief that Western nations had a duty to civilize and uplift non-Western societies.
What is "the White mans' burden"?
This was used to demonize the enemy and boost support for the war effort in all countries involved in WWI.
What is propaganda?
Drastic measures were used to end the fighting in the Pacific Theatre. Two cities were horrifically impacted.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
What are Glasnost and Perestroika?
Widely known as the most influential leader for independence in South America, this man fought against Spanish colonialism.
Who is Simon Bolivar?