Slave trade
Where are most of the slaves from?
Eastern Africa
What is a proxy war
a war fought between states that are not themselves officially involved, often one in which one or more of the active parties in the conflict is not a country or state.
Manfred von Richthofen, the war's highest-scoring flying ace, was better known by this colorful nickname.
Who was the Red Baron?
what was a cause of WW1
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Assassination
how many people died
75 to 200 million
Around 388,000 enslaved Africans were brought directly to North America, though some estimates reach up to 500,000
What is an example of a proxy war
vietnam
Germany first used this specific type of poison gas on a large scale at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915.
What is chlorine gas?
Who got assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Where did the Black Death originate ?
Eastern Europe
what was the route they took called
Triangular Trade
What countries have participated in a proxy war
United States, Soviet Union, and China during the Cold War (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan), and modern conflicts featuring Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Turkey, and regional powers like Israel
This was the term for the dangerous, unoccupied ground between the front lines of opposing armies.
What is no man's land
What group killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Black Hand
How did we cure it
the plague is curable with prompt antibiotic treatment
When were the first Africans brought to North America?
The first Africans were brought to English North America in late August 1619
What are some motivations for a proxy war
Motivations for proxy wars center on gaining influence, weakening adversaries, and advancing strategic goals (geopolitical, ideological, economic) while avoiding the high costs and risks of direct military engagement, offering plausible deniability, testing strategies, and maintaining regional power balances.
Following the assassination of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on this specific nation on July 28, 1914.
What is Serbia?
what is nationalism
an ideology centered on loyalty and devotion to one's nation, prioritizing its interests, culture, and sovereignty, often based on shared ethnicity, language, or values, acting as a unifying force for identity but also a divisive one, leading to both liberation movements and conflict
What transmitted the plague
Fleas on rats
who brought slaves to north america?
Enslaved Africans were brought to North America by various European powers, primarily the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch
what are methods for a proxy war
Indirect participants can supply arms, money, or actual combatants to the proxy conflict. These positive reinforcements to influence the conduct of their proxy faction might be complemented or replaced by negative reinforcements, such as using force to compel the proxy to behave the way the major power sees fit.
Movement of troops during the war was a major factor in the 1918 spread of this deadly pandemic.
What is the Spanish Flu?
What is militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
What where some symptoms
symptoms vary by type but commonly include sudden high fever, chills, weakness, headache, and painful, swollen lymph nodes