States and Revolutions
What is Haiti?
England had an advantage in its early industrialization because of the abundance of this natural resource.
What is coal?
The Treaty of Versailles ended this war.
What is World War I?
The United States' Cold War strategy of checking Soviet expansion without directly engaging with the USSR was known as this
What is "containment"?
What is the FLN?
This document, perhaps the most famous from the French Revolution, was first issued in 1789
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This German philosopher wrote The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital
Who is Karl Marx?
Josef Stalin succeeded this founder of the Soviet Union
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
The "Bay of Pigs" is located in this country.
What is Cuba?
In 1930, Gandhi led a famous march to protest the British monopoly and increased taxes on this commodity.
What is salt?
This Jacobin leader was the main architect of the bloody Reign of Terror
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Josef Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, is about Belgian imperialism in this African territory.
What is the Congo?
The assassination of the archduke of this empire set in motion the events that would lead to World War I
What is the Austro-Hungarian empire?
What is Berlin?
This group of Kenyan rebels was the subject of violent repression at the hands of the British
Who are the Mau Mau?
He became "President for Life of Haiti" after the revolution
Who is Toussaint Louverature?
European leaders divided up the African continent at an 1887 conference in this German city.
What is Berlin?
The United States ended the Pacific War by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and this Japanese city.
What is Nagasaki?
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Who is Winston Churchill?
The Algerian section of the city of Algiers was know as this
What is the Casbah?
This Ethiopian philosopher developed many of the central concepts of the "Enlightenment" independent of and prior to European thinkers like Kant and Descartes.
Who is Zera Yacob?
Adam Smith's 1776 book that described the economic theory of capitalism was called this
What is The Wealth of Nations?
Following a successful coup, Getulio Vargas was the dictator of this country from 1930 - 1945
What is Brazil?
The movement by leaders of the "third world" to resist being tied to either the United States or the Soviet Union was known as this.
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
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What is Negritude?