Enduring Issues
Provide a historical example of Impact of New Ideas.
What is the Enlightenment, Protestant Reformation, French Revolution, etc.?
Strong loyalty and pride toward one's nation.
What is nationalism?
Economic system based on private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
This period, which lasted roughly from 1880–1914, saw European nations compete for control of Africa.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
Provide a historical example of Impact of Migration.
What is the Irish Potato Famine, Atlantic Slave Trade, Great Migration, etc.?
Provide a historical example of Impact of Nationalism.
What is German Unification, Italian Unification, Indian Independence, World War I, etc.?
Nationalism helped unify these two countries in the 1800s.
What are Germany and Italy?
Author of The Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
This conference, held from 1884–1885, established rules for European colonization in Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Provide a historical example of Conflict.
What is World War I, World War II, French Revolution, Cold War, etc.?
Provide a historical example of Impact of Imperialism.
What is the Scramble for Africa, British rule in India, Opium War, Berlin Conference, etc.?
Nationalism was a major cause of this war that began in 1914.
What is World War I?
Author of The Communist Manifesto.
Who is Karl Marx?
By 1914, only these two African nations remained independent.
What are Ethiopia and Liberia?
Provide a historical example of Desire for Power.
What is European Imperialism, Napoleon's conquests, Hitler's expansionism, etc.?
Provide a historical example of Abuse of Power.
What is the Holocaust, Apartheid, Stalin's Purges, King Leopold II in the Congo, etc.?
Nationalism motivated Indians to seek independence from this colonial power.
What is Great Britain?
Economic system in which the government owns the means of production.
What is communism?
This battle in 1896 resulted in an African victory over Italy and helped Ethiopia remain independent.
What is the Battle of Adwa (Adowa)?
Provide a historical example of Impact of Technology.
What is the Industrial Revolution, Atomic Bomb, Printing Press, etc.?
Provide a historical example of Tension Between Tradition and Modernization.
What is the Meiji Restoration, Atatürk's reforms in Turkey, Peter the Great's westernization of Russia, etc.?
This region was called the "Powder Keg of Europe."
What are the Balkans?
In a market economy, prices are determined by these two forces.
What are supply and demand?
This king controlled the Congo Free State from 1885–1908 and became infamous for exploiting African labor.
Who is King Leopold II?
Provide a historical example that demonstrates both Impact of Industrialization and Impact of Urbanization.
What is the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?