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Nationalism
Imperialism
WWI
Hunger
Grab Bag
100
What are two ties that people in a nation might feel with one another?
Shared history, culture, language, ethnicity, religion, territory
100
What were 2 social (non economic or political) motivations for European imperialism of the 19th century?
Religious conversion, social darwinism, white man's burden
100
What were 3 different theaters on which WWI was fought, making it a global war?
Western front, Eastern front, Balkans, Southern Europe, Ottoman Empire, Africa, Asia
100
What are 2 groups or regions that are most affected by hunger in the US?
Children, Elderly, Minorities, Mississippi Delta, Appalachia, Urban cities
100
Who are 2 rulers we have studied that could rightly be labeled Machiavellian and why?
Cromwell, Napoleon, Louis XIV, Bismarck, Robespierre, Henry VIII
200
What were 2 reasons that nationalism saw a dramatic rise in the 19th century?
Napoleon's conquests, congress of Vienna, increased economic integration
200
What were 2 factors that enabled European imperialism to succeed in Africa and Asia in the 19th century?
Advanced weapons, powerful armies and navies, strong European governments, declining non-western civilizations, new medicines, new transportation/communication technologies, wealth from industrialization
200
What were 2 new government policies that nations made as a result of "Total War" during WWI?
increased taxes, loans, rations, draft, propaganda, censorship, price controls, banning strikes
200
What are 2 causes of hunger in the US?
Low wages, unemployment, high competing costs (housing, utilities, transportation, childcare)
200
What is the name of this course?
Shaping of the Modern World
300
What were 2 tactics used by Bismarck to help unify Germany?
use of Realpolitik, strengthens the army, 3 foreign wars to increase power and prestige,
300
What were 2 consequences of the Berlin conference of 1884?
Rules set up for European conquest, European "scramble" for territory on, prevented widespread conflict between European nations, set the precedent for exclusion of African voices
300
What were 4 long term causes of WWI?
Industrialization, Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliances
300
What are 2 effects of hunger on children?
Death, Stunting of development, Difficulty in school with concentrating
400
What were 2 problems that Italy encountered post-unification?
slow at industrializing, divisions within the country (church/state, north/south), political unrest with socialists and anarchists, population explosion
400
What were 2 non-violent methods that non-european powers used to combat imperialism?
reform/modernization, nationalism, civil disobedience
400
What were 2 effects of the new technologies used during WWI and what were 2 of these new technologies?
Unprecedented death/destruction, stalemate, trench warfare, disillusionment with war and Western progress rapid fire machine gun, long range artillery, poison gas, tanks, planes, subs
400
What are 2 causes of global hunger?
Bad government, lack of infrastructure, unemployment/low income, lack of access to food, gender inequality, lack of education, disease
400
What nations were the first 6 to join WWI?
Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, Britain
500
What were 2 reasons that the Ottoman Empire and austrian Empire were struggling in the 18th century to stay intact?
diverse ethic populations, increasing nationalism, resistance to industrialization, resistance to reform, imperialism
500
What were 2 provisions of the unequal treaties that both China and Japan were forced to sign?
Opening of ports, indemnity, exchange of territory, extraterritoriality
500
What are 2 reasons why 1917 is seen as the turning point of WWI?
Russia's withdrawal, US's entry
500
What are 2 ways to combat global hunger?
Increased access to income (microcredit, job production), improved agricultural production (GMC's, Green Revolution), Increased Gender Rights, Improved Education, Government Strengthening and Accountability, prevention and treatment of disease
500
What were the 8 regions we looked at for the Snapshot Project?
Tokugawa Japan, Tsarist Russia under the Ivans, Incan South America, Mali and Songhay Empires, Ming China, Mughal India, Ottoman Empire, Safavid Persia