Voices of Change
Who argued for natural rights and consent of the governed?
John Locke
What was one key cause of the French Revolution?
What was inequality, Enlightenment ideals, economic issues, etc.?
What political system took hold in Russia after the 1917 revolution?
What ideology did Adam Smith write about in his book The Wealth of Nations?
What is capitalism?
What kind of warfare was used during WWI on the Western Front?
What is trench warfare?
Who led a slave revolt that resulted in Haitian independence?
Who was Touissant L'Ouverture?
What African empire successfully resisted European colonization?
What was Ethiopia?
Who was the fascist dictator of Italy during WWII?
Who was Benito Mussolini?
What type of economy is based on supply and demand, no government intervention, and individual ownership?
What is capitalism?
What is the Green Revolution?
What is the use of technology to increase food production?
Who used nonviolence to achieve independence in India?
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
What rebellion in China protested foreign influence?
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
What is totalitarianism?
What is a government that controls all aspects of its citizens lives?
What motivated European imperialism in the 1800s?
What is the need for raw materials and new markets?
Which Chinese leader launched the Cultural Revolution to reassert communist ideology in the 1960s?
Who was Mao Zedong?
What Soviet leader introduced glasnost and perestroika?
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
What Latin American leader helped liberate South America?
Who was Simón Bolivar?
What idea led to German unification in 1871?
What is nationalism?
What were some major effects of industrialization?
What is social class changes, urbanization, and economic shifts?
What was created after WWII to define global human rights?
What was the Universal Declaration of Human Right (UDHR)?
Who helped unify Germany and served as its first chancellor?
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
How did the Meiji Restoration impact the economic and social systems of Japan?
What was by modernizing and industrializing the country?
How did the Berlin Conference affect African borders?
What is it divided Africa among European powers?
What type of labor reforms emerged in the 1800s during the Industrial Revolution?
What are child labor laws and workers' rights laws?
What trial prosecuted Nazis for war crimes?
What was the Nuremberg Trials?
Which leader led China through market reforms after Mao?
Who was Deng Xiaoping?
What Cold War conflict featured guerrilla resistance in Afghanistan?
What was the Soviet-Afghan War?
What was NATO’s purpose during the Cold War?
What was to defend against Soviet aggression?
What is a mixed economy?
What is a system with both private and government control?
What was apartheid in South Africa?
What was legalized racial segregation?
Who campaigned for women’s rights during the Enlightenment?
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
What was the goal of the Boxer Rebellion in China?
What was to kick foreign influence out of China?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What is the policy to contain communism after World War II?
What role do multinational corporations play in globalization?
What is they connect economies worldwide?
What Cold War event involved the Soviet placement of missiles in the Western Hemisphere, bringing the world close to nuclear war?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Which abolitionist fought against the slave trade in Britain?
Who was William Wilberforce?
What Enlightenment-inspired group wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Who was the French National Assembly?
What ideology shaped China’s government after 1949?
What was one major cause of the Great Depression that affected economies worldwide?
What is the stock market crash, collapse of American economy, and post-war economic turmoil after WWI?
How did Kemal Atatürk attempt to modernize Turkey in the early 20th century?
What is by adopting Western laws, secularizing education, and Westernizing Turkey's culture?
Who promoted separation of powers in government?
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
What 19th-century ideology argued for workers' revolution? This ideology was created by a man named Karl.
What was Marxism/Communism?
What is the term for avoiding military alliances during the Cold War?
What was Nonalignment?
What revolution increased food production before industrialization?
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
How did the Industrial Revolution impact cities?
What is rapid urbanization and overcrowding?
Who resisted apartheid and later became president of South Africa?
Who was Nelson Mandela?
What protest group in Argentina demanded justice for the disappeared?
Who was the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo?
What is the difference between direct and indirect imperial rule?
What is direct: ruled by foreign officials; indirect: local rulers kept in place?
Which 20th-century political movement in the Middle East sought to establish a Jewish homeland?
What is Zionism?
What organization was created after WWII to maintain peace and promote international cooperation?
What is the United Nations?