ImperialismImperialism
The belief that certain races were superior and justified imperial domination.
What is Social Darwinism?
British merchants sold this addictive drug to China to improve their balance of trade.
What is Opium?
This event triggered World War I when a Serbian nationalist killed an Austrian archduke.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A war where nations devoted all resources, industries, and citizens to victory.
What is total war?
U.S. President who proposed a plan for peace based on cooperation and diplomacy.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The 1885 meeting where European powers divided Africa without African representation.
What was the Berlin Conference?
Chinese port cities opened to foreign trade after the Opium Wars were called these.
What is the spheres of influence?
These two alliance systems divided Europe before WWI.
What were the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente?
Industrialization created these new deadly military technologies used in WWI.
What are machine guns, tanks, poison gas, and aircraft?
Wilson proposed this international organization to prevent future wars.
What is the League of Nations?
This term describes when a stronger country takes over another territory and makes it part of its own country. .
What is annexation?
This rebellion in China led to greater foreign control and reparations payments.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
This cause involved strong national pride and support for one's country.
What is nationalism?
Guns and artillery caused massive destruction and led to this defensive strategy.
What is trench warfare?
Heavy losses in WWI led to this revolution and the abdication of the Russian Czar.
What was the Russian Revolution?
This system used European officials and colonial governors with little or no local self-rule
What is direct control?
The arrival of this U.S. naval officer forced Japan to open trade and begin modernization.
Who was Commodore Perry?
This cause involved military build-ups and preparation for war.
What is militarism?
This treaty blamed Germany for starting the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Bolshevik leader gained support with the slogan “Peace, Land, and Bread.”
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
European countries competed aggressively for territory and resources in Africa during this late 1800s period.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
A U.S. policy that called for equal trading rights in China and prevented any single nation from controlling Chinese trade.
What is the Open Door Policy?
The long-term cause of WWI where countries formed partnerships pulling others into the war.
What are alliances?
One major geopolitical result of WWI was the collapse of several European empires.
What was the breakup of empires like the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian?
This Soviet leader succeeded Lenin and established a dictatorship.
Who was Joseph Stalin?