Global Connections
What is cultural diffusion?
This was the route across the Atlantic ocean traveled by explorers and enslaved Africans from the Old to New World.
What is the transAtlantic trade route?
Many labor unions tried to get better labor laws passed as a result of poor working conditions during this revolution.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This treaty ended World War I, and many historians believe it is a major cause of World War II.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The United States and the Soviet Union competed in these neutral, non-aligned newly-decolonized countries for economic and political superiority.
What are Third World nations?
This religion was spread from the Middle East to the West African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali
What is Islam?
This group was negatively impacted by diseases brought by Europeans to the New World.
Who/what are Native Americans/ indigenous Americans?
The historical event where leaders of European countries met in the German capital to divide up Africa is called...
What is the Berlin Conference?
The aggressive actions of this alliance group resulted in World War II.
What are the Axis powers?
Mahatma Gandhi used this strategy to make the British colony of India less profitable for the British to end imperialism.
What is boycotting?
What animal did Islamic traders use to travel trade routes between West Africa and the Middle East?
What is a camel?
What were the 3 main causes of European exploration?
What is God, Glory, and Gold?
This important Enlightenment philosopher introduced the idea of the social contract and natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
This message was intercepted by British spies, and caused the United States, which had been neutral, to join World War 1.
What is the Zimmermann telegram?
Who is Mao Zedong?
This invention made it easier to create books and made it easier to spread ideas.
What is the printing press?
What is the Columbian exchange?
The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution contributed to a new time period, which was characterized by new ideas of self-government, rights for people, and less support for monarchies.
What is the Enlightenment?
This term refers to the actions of many European leaders, but especially British Prime Minster Chamberlian, and how they dealt with the rise of Adolf Hitler before World War II. This policy means to make concessions in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
This event occurred in Cuba, when the United States attempted to invade the island after Fidel Castro rose to power. The Soviets responded to this event by placing missiles on Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This Chinese explorer made important connections with South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa.
Who is Zheng He?
This explorer was one of the first to SUCCESSFULLY sail from Portugal, around the cape of Africa, and actually reach India in the Age of Exploration.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
These New World revolutions, which were inspired by the Enlightenment, resulted in a great weakening of Spain's power. These revolutions were led by Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin.
What are the Latin American revolutions?
This international organization lacked the support of any major countries before World War II, and was not able to intervene.
What is the League of Nations?
This Middle-Eastern country was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, and the religious extremists within the nation fighting the Soviets were armed by the United States.
What is Afghanistan?
What is the Soviet-Afghan War?