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Name That Imperial Power
Africa
Asia
Latin America
World War
100
This country colonized the Philippines beginning in 1898.
What is the United States?
100
This country ended apartheid in 1994.
What is South Africa?
100
This country was formerly known as "Indochina"
What is Vietnam?
100
In 1970, a CIA-backed coup overthrew Salvador Allende, the democratically elected of this country.
What is Chile?
100
World War I was also known as this.
What is "The Great War" or What is the "War to End All Wars"
200
This country colonized India.
What is Great Britain?
200
This country was the largest French colony in Africa.
What is Algeria?
200
One of two countries to have an armed conflict between a communist North and a capitalist South.
What is Vietnam? or What is Korea?
200
The United States occupied these two former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean during the Spanish American War.
What is Cuba and Puerto Rico?
200
These nations constituted the "Axis Powers" at the beginning of World War II.
What is Germany, Italy, and Japan.
300
This country colonized Algeria.
What is France?
300
In 1994, this head of the African National Congress became president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
The United States took over colonial rule in this island nation in 1898.
What is the Philippines?
300
This Argentine doctor became one of the key figures in Cuba's 1959 Revolution.
Who is Che Guevara?
300
These three nations constituted the core "Allies" of World War II.
What is Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States?
400
This country was one of two who colonized the Congo.
What is Belgium? (or) What is France?
400
This man was the first president of Ghana.
Who is Kwame Nkruma?
400
This communist leader came to power in China in 1945.
Who is Mao Zedong?
400
The U.S. backed a right-wing coup in this country after the election of the left-wing Sandinistas.
What is Nicaragua?
400
Atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
This country colonized Kenya
What is Great Britain?
500
This British diamond magnate was the founder of Rhodesia.
Who is Charles Rhodes?
500
The portrayal of non-European people as backwards and exotic is known as this.
What is Orientalism?
500
After battles between leftists and the United Fruit Company, the U.S. toppled the democratically elected leader of this nation in 1954.
What is Guatemala?
500
This president approved the use of the Atomic bomb.
Who is Harry S Truman