World Studies Chapters 15 - 18

Government and Economics

100

This term, not limited to the New World, is defined as the conquest of one or more nations by another nation.

Colonialism

200

This non-existent form of government is not compatible with what the Bible teaches.

Anarchy

300

Russia would adopt socialist and communist ideology, changing their name to this in the 20th century.

Soviet Union (or USSR)

400

The British attempted and succeeded at sabotaging the Chinese economy and enhance their own with the use of this narcotic.

Opium

500

He is the president credited with the New Deal.

FDR

Leaders and Rulers

100

This servant class in Russia was oppressed and abused by their own government.

serfs

200

His assassination would be the catalyst for World War I.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

300

He rose to power as a fascist in Italy.

Mussolini

400

He was the first African bishop in the Anglican (English) church.

Sam Crowther

500

He prepared a plan for Germany to win a war fought along two separate fronts.

Schlieffen

Technology and Innovation

100

This is the general term for the system of transportation and communication that serve a particular area or nation.

Infrastructure

200

This rapid-firing gun used by the Europeans to attack Africans did not have a minimum number of uses.

Maxim gun

300

This condition results when two or more armies fight each other and neither can make major gains or turning points...oh, this bag has been open for too long.

stalemate

400

He is known as the father of modern physics, relatively and absolutely.

Albert Einstein

500

This agreement ended WWI and made Germany liable for war damages.

Treaty of Versailles

Culture and Religion

100

The Nazis targeted this people group in the Holocaust.

Jews

200

This British missionary explored the Zambezi River.

David Livingstone

300

Hitler referred to his German Empire by this name.

Third Reich

400

It was this African language into which the Bible was first translated.

Yoruba

500

This American painter developed abstract expressionistic painting...you dumb _________.

Jackson Pollock

Geography

100

In the 18th century, this nation would become the largest in the world (and still is).

Russia

200

This large group southeastern European states are nothing to balk at, as they received their name from a mountain range.

Balkan States

300

It was in this country that Germany invaded on September 1, 1939 that marked the beginning of World War II.

Poland

400

This country rapidly become modernized, so much so that they defeated Russia.

Japan

500

It was in this city on June 6, 1944 that the Allies invaded France to challenge the German strongholds.

Normandy