Global Revolutions
This revolution created the first modern democratic republic.
What is the American Revolution?
This economic shift describes the transition to factories and machine production from handmade manufacturing
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This 1914 assassination sparked World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This 1917 revolution brought communists to power in Russia.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
This political system emphasized dictatorship and nationalism.
Name two of these types of leaders.
What is fascism?
Benito Mussolini & Adolf Hitler
This idea argues that people who share language, culture, or history should form their own nation.
What is nationalism?
This economic system emphasizes private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
This style of warfare led to stalemates and massive casualties.
What is trench warfare?
This leader founded the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This invasion started World War II in Europe.
What is Germany’s invasion of Poland?
This violent phase of the French Revolution targeted enemies of the state.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This practice involved powerful nations controlling weaker regions.
What is imperialism?
This treaty officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Chinese leader led a communist revolution in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This alliance fought against the Axis Powers.
Who are The Allies
Name ONE Latin American leader who fought for independence from Spain.
Who is Simon Bolivar or Jose de San Martin?
The industrial revolution mainly involved the manufacturing of this material.
1. What are textiles?
There were two main alliances in WWI
1. This alliance included Britain, France, and Russia.
2. This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, & the Ottoman Empire
1. What is the Triple Entente?
2. What is the Triple Alliance?
This Indian leader promoted nonviolent resistance.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
This Allied invasion in 1944 opened a second front in Western Europe.
What is D-Day / the Normandy invasion?
1. This leader helped lead the only successful slave revolt in history and created the first nation in the Americas comprised of former slaves.
2. What country he he help create?
1. Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
2. What is Haiti?
These two new social classes were created by the Industrial Revolution:
1. This social class owned factories and businesses.
2. This social class provided the labor (work) in factories.
1. Who is the bourgeoisie?
2. Who is the proletariat?
List and describe/explain the acronym summarizes the causes of World War I.
M = Militarism
A = Alliance
I = Imperialism
N = Nationalism
This leader modernized Turkey after World War I.
Who is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?
These two events effectively ended the war in the Pacific in 1945.
What are the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?