The Cold War
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
What is containment?
After World War II, independence movements in this continent accelerated as European powers weakened.
What is Africa?
This term describes countries relying on one another for goods, services, and resources.
What is economic interdependence?
This Renaissance artist and inventor painted the Mona Lisa and designed inventions far ahead of his time.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This medieval social and economic system was based on land ownership, loyalty, and service between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
The Cold War was mainly caused by ideological differences between these two systems.
What are communism and capitalism?
Even after gaining independence from France, this country remained divided and continued fighting between communist North and non-communist South.
What is Vietnam?
Globalization can harm this through pollution, deforestation, and increased industrial activity.
What is the environment?
This leader of the Haitian Revolution helped enslaved people gain freedom and fought against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This system of government gave kings and queens complete control over their nations without limits from legislatures or nobles.
What is absolutism?
This 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union brought the world close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This communist leader led Vietnam’s struggle for independence from France and later became the leader of North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh? |
This business practice occurs when companies move jobs or production to other countries to reduce costs.
What is outsourcing?
This Russian revolutionary leader helped lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and became the first head of the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This trade network connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the exchange of goods, raw materials, and enslaved people. |
What is the Triangular Trade?
Built in 1961, this structure became an ugly symbol of the Cold War
What is the Berlin Wall?
This African country gained independence from Britain in 1963 after years of resistance, including the Mau Mau uprising.
What is Kenya?
These agreements between countries reduce trade barriers and encourage international commerce.
What are trade agreements?
This longtime leader of the Philippines declared martial law in 1972 and became known for authoritarian rule and corruption during the Cold War era.
Who is Ferdinand Marcos?
During the French Revolution, this period was marked by mass executions and harsh rule under Maximilien Robespierre.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This doctrine meant that if either the U.S. or USSR launched nuclear weapons, both sides would be destroyed.
What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
This Southeast Asian nation declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and officially gained recognition after a four-year struggle.
What is Indonesia?
What are the effects of globalization on developing nations?
What is investment, jobs, infrastructure, exploitation, environmental harm?
This Soviet leader introduced the reforms of glasnost and perestroika and played a major role in ending the Cold War.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries emphasized reason, individual rights, and new ideas about government.
What is the Enlightenment?