New Ideas & Revolutions
Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
The First World Wars
Global Challenges
Misc.
100

The Holy Roman Emperor revoked a policy of tolerance towards Protestants sparking what war?

Thirty Years War

100

Otto von Bismark was a ______ruler who unified the German states

Prussian

100

During WWI, nations focused all their resources and citizens on the war effort. What term did historians use to refer to this?

Total War

100

Western leaders feared after WWII, countries, one by one, would fall to communism. What was this called?

Domino Effect

100


The civil war in Syria led to the emigration of millions Syrian refugees seeking _____________________. Some countries feared that the refugees would put a strain on their resources. Xenophobia also encouraged anti-immigrant propaganda to denied human rights to refugees.

asylum

200

Who led the "Reign of Terror"

Maximilien Robespiere

200

Prior to the Civil War, what did the North and the South disagree about the most

slavery- should slavery be allowed in new states

200

Psychological trauma caused by war during WWI was known as ________________________________, today it is known as PTSD.

Shell Shock

200

What was the law that led to segregation and discrimination of the nonwhite majority of South Africans (in the country of South Africa)?

apartheid

200

___________________________ once cooperated with U.S. forces by fighting Soviet occupation in Afghanistan. He was one of the leaders of al Qaeda at the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks

Osama bin Laden

300

Who led Haiti to gain independence?

Toussaint L'Ouverture

300

Who proposed a division of labor?

Adam Smith

300

Which events led to United States’ entry into…

 World War I? 

The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram

300

Who fought a populist revolution using guerrilla tactics to oust the standing leader of Cuba - Fulgencio Batista?

Fidel Castro

300

Who is the traditional Buddhist religious “holy man” of the region of Tibet?

Dali Lama

400

Who led independence movements in South America?

Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin

400

_____________ brought people of African descent around the world together to stress the need to stand together.

Pan-Africanism

400

Which events led to United States’ entry into…

 World War II?

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

400

What war had extreme American opposition because of its exposure on television?

Vietnam

400

Who supplied nuclear missiles to Cuba in the “Cuban Missile Crisis” leading to the U.S. being at the brink of war in 1962?

Soviet Union

500

Louis XIV used the motto "One King, One Law, One Faith" to assert his power as an 

absolute monarch

500

the right to vote

suffrage

500

Stalin’s ___________________ Plan brought all of Russian industries under government (his) control.

Five Year

500


What “Middle Eastern” city-state grew from a small fishing and trading community into a luxurious international hot spot?  (

Dubai

500

What European country was ruled by a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution of 1688

England