Unit 6
This ideology justified imperialism by applying Darwin’s ideas to human societies and hierarchies.
Social Darwinism
This acronym describes causes of WWI.
MAIN
These two countries were Cold War superpowers.
United States and Soviet Union
This term means increasing global connectedness.
Globalization
This empire connected Afro-Eurasia and spread the Black Death.
The Mongol Empire
This economic system forced colonies to specialize in one or two raw materials, increasing dependence on imperial powers.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked World War I, was heir to this famous European state.
Austria-Hungary
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
Containment
This agricultural development increased food production.
Green Revolution
This system recruited boys into Ottoman service.
Devshirme
This shift occurred when private companies like the British East India Company lost control and governments took direct control of colonies.
Private to State Control
This treaty punished Germany after WWI.
The Treaty of Versailles
his wall symbolized division in Germany.
Berlin Wall
These companies operate across national borders.
Multinational corporations
This ideology promotes national unity and independence.
Nationalism
This concept describes control through trade, debt, and unequal treaties rather than direct political rule.
This type of war mobilized entire societies.
Total War
These indirect conflicts were fought in other countries.
Proxy wars
This organization promotes global cooperation and peace.
This Cold War concept means both sides would be destroyed.
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
This king brutally controlled the Congo Free State.
Leopold II
This economic trend began in the Weimar Republic shortly after the end of World War I.
Hyperinflation
This movement avoided alignment with superpowers.
Non-Aligned Movement
This British Prime Minister promoted the economic policy of neoliberalism in the 1980s.
Margaret Thatcher
This conflict in present-day Ghana dealt with British and Ashanti forces clashing after years of imperialism and oppression in 1900.
Yaa Asantewaa War