Show:
Mish Mash
World War II
Government
19th & 20th century
Terms to Know
100
What were Nelson Mandela’s contributions to South Africa?
First black African president, nobel peace prize, peace activitist
100
What did the U.S. create to contain and stop the spread of communism and the power of the Soviet Union after World War II?
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
100
Why would nations want to control the movies, radio stations, and newspapers that their people would see?
The government could control what ideas and information was received by the citizens
100
What was the result of the rapid industrialization of western Europe in the 19th century?
People emigrated from eastern and southern Europe to the industrialized nations
100
Define Habeas Corpus. What did the Habeas Corpus contribute to?
not supporting illegal imprisonment
200
Winston Churchill’s speech urged the U.S. to take what action?
What is contain communist Soviet Union?
200
Define a totalitarian government.
A government that owns and controls its people
200
What similarities did African nations which gained independence in the 20th century have have in common with Latin American nations which gained independence in the 19th century?
High poverty, many divided groups, and weak economies
200
For what purpose did colonies in the world’s empires exist in 18th and 19th centuries?
The colonies existed to benefit the home country through mercantilism – supplier of raw materials and the market for finished products
200
Define command economy.
What is supply and price are regulated by the government rather than market forces? Government planners decide which goods and services are produced and how they are distributed. The former Soviet Union was an example of a command economy
300
In the 16th century, what allowed for longer journeys?
What is compasses, astrolabe, better ships, mapmaking
300
Define genocide. Give me an example of a city or country that has experienced genocide in history or in the present.
Systematic extermination of a race; Sudan, Rwanda, Darfur, (Auschwitz) Holocaust
300
What type of government resulted from William and Mary signing the English Bill of Rights?
What is a parliamentary democracy?
300
Growing awareness of individual rights in the 20th century lead to what?
American and British women’s fight for right to vote
300
Define appeasement.
What is Pleasing a nation by giving into their demands.
400
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important to the world’s economy?
What is oil shipments from the Middle East?
400
What were results of WWII?
the British and French empires lost control of their colonies, Europe was divided between a communist-controlled East and a free, American-led West, and the United Nations was created to try and prevent future conflicts from spreading
400
How did John Locke influence the structure of government?
What is protection of individual rights?
400
What was the Treaty of Versailles and what did it accomplish?
Treaty that ended World War I; Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by rearming Germany, etc. Policy of appeasement.
400
Define Apartheid.
What is used by the South African government with segregation?
500
What encouraged theologians to begin a reformation of the Roman Catholic Church?
What is humanist ideas from the Renaissance?
500
What are the three domestic reforms in the U.S. since the end of World War II?
What is the end of segregation, war on poverty, and U.S. Civil Rights movement
500
How did Montesquieu influence the American Constitution?
What is separation of powers?
500
What was the turning point in the U.S. Cold War policy?
What is the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow?
500
Define characteristics of command economy, market economy, and traditional economy.
Command economy – government makes all major economic decisions; state owns collective farms and industry Market economy – producers and consumers make most economic decisions (supply and demand); farms and industry are privately owned Traditional economy – subsistence agriculture is practiced on small family farms; economic decisions are based on tradition and habit