The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began in this country
Great Britain
NOT ON THE FINAL: Imperialism during the 1800s was primarily about Europe colonizing what continent?
Africa
NOT ON THE FINAL: Where did the Great Depression begin?
USA
World War ONE was known for the introduction and use of poison ______
gas
Globalization has ____________ the environment
hurt
What impact did the Industrial Revolution have on the population of the country it started in?
The population exploded (increased dramatically)
When a country dominates another country's economy (without colonizing it), we call this _______________ imperialism
economic
The Russian Revolution was an uprising that appealed to the ______________ class
working
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced Perestroika - which allowed American companies like _______________ to open in the Soviet Union and serve food like the Quarter Pounder with Cheese
McDonald's
Name one of the ICT technologies that allow people to connect with each other worldwide
Cellular, Internet, Computer
This invention was the key to powering factories as well as trains, ships, and to help pump water out of mines
Steam Engine
Europeans often believed that they had to bring ___________________ to the "savages" around the world... The word that goes in the blank is also the name for a popular video game
civilization
The Russian Revolution ended the Russian Empire and in its place the USSR was born - the world's first __________________ country
communist
In World War II, for the first time ever these types of people were targeted - leading to massive casualties during the war
Civilians
The spread of Western Culture has led some places to reject America and everything it stands for. Violent attacks on American people and places are known as...
The country where the Industrial Revolution had lots of these natural resources, which allowed it to industrialize first
Coal and Iron Ore
China was unable to prevent imperialism during the 1800s because its attempts to ___________________ did not go far enough
modernize
How was the USSR able to avoid the pain of the Great Depression, and instead grow their economy during this period?
They were disconnected from the capitalist world economy
The dehumanization, scapegoating, and murder of over 6 million Jews during World War II is known as the...
Holocaust
The growing divide between the richest and poorest people on earth is known as...
Income Inequality
NOT ON THE FINAL: The Industrial revolution began with factories making this good, created using cotton
Textiles
Imperialism was driven by this idea - that certain cultures (European) were "better" than others and deserved to spread around the world and conquer "lesser" cultures
Social Darwinism
During the Great Depression, Japan did what to try and save their failing economy?
They expanded and colonized other areas to take their resources
During the Cold War these types of wars broke out in newly-independent countries, as the US and USSR fought to make sure their beliefs were present in new countries
Proxy Wars
The lowering of trade barriers, deregulation of markets, and increase in global trade is an economic philosophy known as...
Neoliberalism