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Enlightenment, Absolutism, Age of Revolutions
Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, Nationalism
20th century
20th century
Global 9/10 mash-up questions
100
These two documents are famous for limiting the power of the monarchy in England and making the monarch responsible to the people.
What are the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?
100
These two natural resources were used in transportation and manufacturing in Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
What are coal and iron?
100
These two countries both had communist revolutions, one in 1917 and one in 1949.
What are Russia and China?
100
Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and President DeKlerk are all associated with this era in South African history. The word means "apartness" and refers to the racial segregation that existed there.
What is apartheid?
100
Louis XIV of France and Czar Nicholas II of Russia shared a similar fate. Both of them were ____________ at the hands of revolutionaries.
What is executed?
200
Inspired by the Scientific Revolution, thinkers during this intellectual movement encouraged reform of society through the use of reason. Some of the famous thinkers of this era included Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
The main goal or motivation for imperialism is the pursuit of _________, needed for industrialization and economic growth.
What are natural resources or raw materials?
200
One of the main functions of this organization, created after World War Two, was collective security. In other words, to coordinate global peacekeeping.
What is the United Nations?
200
This organization was created in Europe after World War Two to help integrate the economies of the European countries. As a result of this organization, trade between European countries has thrived and Europe now uses one currency, the Euro.
What is the European Union (EU)?
200
Knights in Europe and Samurai in Japan were both part of this political system known for its social class hierarchy.
What is feudalism?
300
The Storming of the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon, are all events associated with this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
300
One similarity between the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China is that both attempted to ...
What is end foreign influence?
300
This leader used non violence and civil disobedience to force the British out of India.
Who is Gandhi?
300
This treaty alliance (four letter acronym) was created after World War Two between the U.S. and its allies in Europe. It would become the Western side of the Cold War.
What is NATO?
300
This country's geography was truly its destiny. Its rivers provided a trade network with the Byzantine empire, which greatly influenced its culture. Its harsh winters made it difficult to invade (as both Napoleon and Hitler discovered). Its lack of warm water ports led its leaders to aggressively expand the nation's borders.
What is Russia?
400
The unification of Germany is credited to this man. He famously said that he would unify Germany through "blood and iron."
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
400
This man, known as a Turkish nationalist, was responsible for modernizing Turkey.
Who is Ataturk?
400
The global economic depression that occurred between World War One and World War Two is often cited as the cause of the rise of this political system, represented by both Adolph Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy.
What is fascism or totalitarianism?
400
In the 1990s, these two African countries dominated the headlines because genocide was occurring there.
What are Sudan and Rwanda?
400
This concept describes the economic dependence that occurs as different nations specialize on producing different goods/services. As a result, all nations become increasingly dependent on one another.
What is economic interdependence?
500
The French Revolution was caused, in part, by an unfair tax system that was based on social class. The three social classes were called THIS...
What are estates?
500
Porfirio Diaz, "Pancho" Villa, and Emiliano Zapata are all known for their participation in this nation's independence movement.
What is Mexico?
500
This was a turning point event in World War Two, because it forced Germany to fight on two fronts, leading to the start of allied victory. It is also known as the invasion of Normandy and was featured in the movie "Saving Private Ryan."
What is D-Day?
500
This leader ended the Cold War in Europe and unintentionally caused the Fall of the Soviet Union by promoting the polices of glasnost and perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
The Age of Discovery and the Scientific Revolution were similar in that both changed the way humans understood ____________.
What is the Earth or nature?