World History Review

Category 1

1

A competition between the US and USSR for influence over countries and the world was known as this.

The Cold War

1

The unification of this country after the Franco-Prussian War helped it become the strongest country in Europe.

Germany

2

Humanism was an important focus during what importanting period of history?

The Renaissance

2

A Crash Course video on the Mongolians is what kind of source?

Secondary Source

3

After the failure of the Great Leap Forward, Mao implemented this movement to try and bring legitimacy back to his leadership.

Cultural Revolution

Category 2

1

This city in Mali was the central of the Islamic world as the hub of trade, education, and culture.

Timbuktu

1

This innovation led to the spread of ideas.

Printing Press

2

This was created to help stabilize European economies, so that they wouldn't fall to radicalized ideas like communism. This was needed because after WWI, economic instability led to fascism like Hitler and Mussolini.

Marshall Plan

2

What country underwent a communist revolution in 1917 and eventually pulled out of World War I?

Russia

3

The Munich Conference and Hitler's acquisition of the Sudentenland highlighted what policy used by Great Britain and France to try and ease Hitler's agression.

Appeasement

Category 3

1

The industrial Revolution increased the demand for skilled labor. True or False.

False

1

This was the most consequential resource brought over to the New World.

Disease

2

This infrastructure was called the "lifeline of the empire" because of its strategic location connecting the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Ocean.

The Suez Canal

2

This empire revitalized the Silk Road, promoted religious tolerance, and split its vast empire to better rule.

The Mongolian Empire

3

Name one of the two policies implemented by Gorbachev that contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union.

Glasnost or Perestroika

Category 4

1

This kind of interaction had the greatest impact on change and progress in World History.

Trade

1

Following laws and giving up certain freedoms so that government may protect your natural rights.

Social Contract

2

Because this period brought about so many problems (pollution, poor working conditions, exploitation of workers), countries like Great Britain and the United States began granting reforms, regulating, voting rights, and welfare programs for citizens.

The Industrial Revolution

2

This crop, within three centuries, was a staple food for most of Europe. In fact, Ireland was so dependent on it that when a blight wiped out the country's supply, over a million Irish died.

Potato

3

Quinine and this new mode of transporation allowed for European colonizers to finally traverse into the interior of Africa.

Steamship

Category 5

1

This creation of this country in 1948 has led to continuous conflict and instability in the Middle East.

Israel

1

The lasting impact of the Crusades is the increase of this between Asia and Europe.

Trade

2

Name the theory that colonizers used to justify imperialism because they believed they were the more "fit" civilization and thus, needed to "help" underdeveloped countries.

Social Darwinism

2

This movement that closed off public lands in Great Britain contributed to the migration of laborers to urban areas that were used during the Industrial Revolution.

Enclosure Movement

3

In the United States, migration has trended more southward and westward since the end of WWII. This major invention was the most responsible for this trend.

Air Conditioning (A/C)