Middle East
Name two natural resources that are fought over in the Middle East.
Water and Oil.
What region was most affected by decisions made at the Berlin Conference in 1884?
A. Latin America
B. South America
C. East Asia
F. Africa
What were the 4 main causes of WW1?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky followed the ideas of this man who was the author of the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
All the non-living things in the environment are called
The abiotic factors
What three religious groups have interest in Palestine?
Muslims, Jews and Christians
Which event is an example of Asian reaction to European imperialism?
A. Boxer Rebellion
B. Glorious Revolution
C. Boer War
D. Congress of Berlin
What event was the start of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Francis(Franz) Ferdinand.
"Peace, Land and ______" were the promises Lenin made to the people of Russia.
Bread
The place where an organism lives is known as its
Habitat
In 1947, the United Nations drew up a plan to partition Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state. What was the name of the Jewish state?
Israel
British merchants were trading what drug to the Chinese in the late 1700's?
Opium
Who were the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
After Lenin died, which Soviet leader took over?
Joseph Stalin
Organisms that use photosynthesis to make their own food using energy from the sun
Autotrophs or producers
The two theories of government in the Middle East that have caused years of unrest are Westernization and what?
Islamic Fundamentalism
According to the theory of Social Darwinism, it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones.
True or False
True
Who were the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the US.
Once he became the ruler of Russia, Stalin feared members of the Communist party were plotting against him, so he launched The Great ___________, where he accused thousands of people with crimes against the government. Many were executed and others were sent to prison.
Purge
The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support is called
carrying capacity
At the Camp David Accords in 1978, which US President achieved a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in which Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and Egypt would recognize Israel's right to exist.
President Jimmy Carter
What is establishing control over foreign lands and foreign people, or the dominance of one country over another?
Imperialism
What brought the US into WWI?
Germans attacking ships carrying US passengers. (Sinking of the Lusitania)
In 1928, Stalin launched his first ________________. This was an economic plan to build industry and increase farming output.
Five-year plan
The process by which one habitat changes into another habitat is called
Ecological succession