World History (25-26)

India & Empire

100

Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I, this company helped Britain conquer India.

British East India Co.

200

This was the name for the period of direct rule by the British in India from 1858 - 1947.

British Raj

300

Rumors about rifle cartridges being greased with cow and pig fat helped start this uprising.

Sepoy Rebellion

400

This 1930 protest, led by Gandhi, was an example of nonviolent resistance that challenged British authority.

Salt March

500

This leader of the Muslim League advocated for a separate Muslim state and became known as the "Father of Pakistan."

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

China Collapses

100

Britain fought to keep selling this product in China because it made them very wealthy

Opium

200

This group believed that foreigners, especially Christian missionaries, were causing all of China’s problems.

The Boxers

300

This was the Empress who controlled the Qing dynasty from the 1860s until her death in 1908.

Dowager Empress Cixi

400

Hong Xiuquan was a revolutionary and religious leader who led this movement to overthrow the Qing dynasty.

Taiping Rebellion

500

After the disastrous Opium Wars this movement tried to balance modernizing China (especially the military) with preserving Chinese traditions.

Self-Strengthening Movement

Russian Rev. &World War I

100

What does the "I" in M.A.I.N. stand for?

Imperialism

200

This style of warfare made WWI different, and more deadly, than previous wars.

Trench warfare

300

Lenin promised the Russian people these three things, "__, __, __"

Peace, land, bread.

400

Which countries made up the "Big Four" that helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles 

Britain, France, U.S.A., and Italy.

500

Lenin called this treaty a “shameful peace” because Russia gave up so much territory. Signing it helped cause the Russian Civil War.

Brest-Litovsk

Totalitariansim

100

Part of the first of these Soviet plans to create a new economy involved collectivization (which ended up causing a famine in Ukraine).

First Five Year Plan

200

"The Great ___" was Stalin's use of show trials, arrests, and executions to eliminate his "enemies" within the Communist Party.

The Great Purge

300

In 1922, Mussolini's supporters carried out this protest to pressure the king to appoint him prime minister. This event marked the beginning of Fascist rule.

March on Rome

400

This 1935 set of laws stripped German Jews of citizenship and prohibited marriage between Jews and non-Jews.

Nuremberg Laws

500

After this 1933 event, Hitler convinced the German government to suspend civil liberties and expand his powers.

Reichstag Fire

World War II

100

This 1940 operation evacuated over 300,000 Allied soldiers from France back to Britain using a mix of naval and civilian vessels.

Dunkirk

200

This battle marked the first major defeat of the German army and is often considered the turning point of the war in Europe.

Stalingrad

300

This 1940–41 German bombing campaign against British cities was intended to break civilian morale but instead strengthened public resistance.

The Blitz

400

This was the code name for the British program that relocated children from major cities to rural areas to protect them from expected bombing raids.

Operation Pied Piper

500

The destruction of this monastery remains controversial because Allied leaders believed it was being used by German forces

Monte Cassino