A Global System
The emergence of the international system as a meaningful economic and political unit occurred in this year.
What is 1500?
Mercantilist policies were highly favored by most European governments until the beginning of this era.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The 100 Years' Peace is also known as this.
What is the Pax Britannica?
The Allies included these states.
What are Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States.
World War I was formally concluded with the signing of this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The Seven Years' War from 1756-1763 centered on a rivalry between these two states.
What are France and England?
The name of the famous English philosopher who stated, "Wealth is power, and power is wealth."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Name of the currency standard that most industrialized countries had adopted by 1870.
What is the gold standard?
Name of the country whose rising power created tension within Europe, eventually leading to the outbreak of war.
What is Germany?
The "reparations triangle" involved these countries.
What are Germany, France, and the United States?
The Peace of Westphalia was established at the end of this conflict, which was mainly fought among France, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, and Austria.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
Two famous private businesses that were granted monopolies to control economic activities in colonial areas.
What are the Hudson Bay Company and the Dutch East Indies Company?
Name the two main reasons for a renewed emphasis on colonialism that occurred in the 1870s.
What are the rise of new powers and the desire for larger overseas markets?
The United States entered the war in this year.
What is 1917?
An economic event whereby prices increase by thousands of percentage points.
What is hyperinflation?
Of the countries listed here, it was the only one to NOT have colonies during the 18th century: France, Spain, England, The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal.
What is Germany?
This concept required colonists to only sell their goods to the colonial power, which artificially altered trade patterns, much to the detriment of the colonies.
What is enumeration?
This was a diplomatic system that helped major powers consult with each other and maintain a balance of power in the region.
What is the Concert of Europe?
The number of estimated casualties from WWI.
What is 15 million?
After WWI, Germany had committed itself to not militarize this contested region between itself and France.
What is the Rhineland?
The Peace of Westphalia established this key concept in international affairs.
What is sovereignty?
According to Robert Paul Thomas, this was the average per capita burden of mercantilism for British colonists in America.
What is $1.24 (1770) or $1.20 (1763-72)?
This war resulted in the unification of Germany, and significantly altered the balance of power in Europe.
What is the Franco-Prussian War from 1870-71?
List the four empires that collapsed as a result of WWI.
What are the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire, and the German Empire?
An American politician who was instrumental in establishing the League of Nations, which ultimately failed to prevent the outbreak of World War II.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?