Cold War
Europe
Misc.
20th century
Vocabulary
100
What was the Indian Partition of 1947?
Separation of India into India and Pakistan by the British resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and continued hostility between India and Pakistan till today.
100
This French king built the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of absolute monarchy and spent vast state resources on luxury, court life, and centralized power there.
King Louis XIV (14th)
100
The leader became the first prime minister and president of an independent Ghana in 1963 and warned that continued European economic influence could amount to a new form of control over Africa.
Kwame Nkrumah
100
This process describes the increasing interconnectedness of the world through trade, communication, culture, and technology.
Globalization
100
Ability of a country to control its own government without the intervention of a foreign power
Self-Determination
200
Built in 1961, this wall became a symbol of the division between communist East Germany and democratic West Germany.
Berlin Wall
200
This period in Britain during the 1700's of new farming techniques, crop rotation, and enclosure increased food production and helped fuel population growth and industrialization in Britain.
Agricultural Revolution/ Agrarian Revolution
200
During this meeting in 1884 European nations divided up Africa amongst themselves. This led to an event called the Scramble for Africa.
Berlin Conference
200
This 20th-century (1960s) agricultural movement increased food production through high-yield crops, fertilizers, and irrigation, especially in developing countries. (Hint: think about a great change in farming, similar to the Agricultural Rev. in the U.K. during the 1700s)
Green Revolution
200
What was a apartheid and what impact did it have on South Africa (try to be specific)
Separation of resources and facilities between groups based on race
Black South Africans had to carry passports
Blacks were forced into ghettos with poor living conditions
300
What is the SALT I Treaty, signed during détente in (1969-1979) under U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev?
The Cold War agreement between the U.S and the Soviet Union aimed to limit the number of nuclear weapons
300
Name of the French constitution written in 1789 by the National Assembly (3rd Estate). Focuses on protecting French male citizens' natural rights and the social contract between the French people and their government.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
300
During 1994, this ethnic conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis resulted in around 800,000 deaths and is considered one of the worst genocides in history.
Rwandan Genocide
300
This South African anti-apartheid leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming the country’s first black president in 1994.
Nelson Mandela
300
This process refers to societies adopting Western ideas, technology, culture, and political systems, often as part of modernization efforts.
What is westernization?
400
Protests during 1989 in Beijing where Chinese students peacefully demanded democratic reforms (changes) under Deng Xiaoping's government - They wanted more rights and a say in government.
Tiananmen Square
400
Identify 3 historical circumstances (reasons) that led to the French Revolution
- Weak and indecisive monarch in King Louis XVI (16th)
- Massive debt, i.e supporting American Revolution, luxury spending by the rich and powerful in France (i.e Palace of Versailles)
- Rigid social hierarchy (3 social classes), no social mobility (ability to go to higher social class)
- Unequal taxation (3rd Estate paid a majority of the taxes)
- Short supply of key foods such as bread, wheat, flour, etc
- lack of natural rights for the 3rd estate
400
Nationalist movement from the 1800s, led by Theodore Herzl, which declared that the Jewish people deserved a homeland in the "Holy Land," a region that included Jerusalem (Hint: It's a belief system)
Zionism
400
How were Gandhi and his followers able to weaken British colonial rule and gain Independence in 1948 (Think of specific methods or ideas)? Identify 2 methods and/or ideas.
Civil Disobedience
Salt March
Homespun movement
Boycotts
Speeches
Spread their ideas through newspapers and other medias
400
This type of economy combines private businesses with some government control and regulation.
Mixed Economy/ Socialism
500
This U.S president (1981-1989) adopted a more aggressive stance against communism. Preferred Confrontation over Containment. Famously gave a speech in front of the Berlin Wall in 1989 where he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan
500
This leader modernized Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire by promoting secularism and western-style reforms such as promoting western attire and gender equality. Became the 1st President of Turkey in 1921.
Kemal Ataturk
500
This religious leader led the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which ousted the Shah of Iran and helped turn Iran into an Islamic republic.
Ayatollah Khomeini
500
Name two Nationalist leaders that fought for the Independence of African Nations
Jomo Kenyatta = Liberated Kenya
Kwame Nkrumah= 1st president of Ghana
Nelson Mandela= Anti-apartheid leader and first black president of South Africa
500
This Chinese leader introduced “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” allowing capitalist-style market reforms while keeping the Communist Party in control of the government
Who is Deng Xiaoping?