Imperialism
Europeans who traveled to Africa and Asia primarily to convert people to Christianity.
Who are missionaries?
A former telecommunications tycoon served as Prime Minister from 2001 until he was ousted in a 2006 military coup.
Who is Mr. Thaksin?
A specific type of Crime against Humanity where specific ethnic, religious or racial groups are targeted.
What is genocide?
It was a terrorist group, connected to the Serbian military, that was responsible for the assassination that sparked World War I
What was "The Black Hand"?
He is the current ISB Head of School
Who is Dr. Heckman?
At the Berlin Conference, this monarch claimed he would end slavery and bring progress to Africa - In reality, he used brutal tactics to extract rubber and enrich himself.
Who is King Leopold II?
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
An "industrial" weapon used during WW1 despite being outlawed by the 1907 Hague Convention.
What is Poison gas?
It was a psychological trauma many WWI soldiers experienced due to the stresses and terrors of trench warfare.
What was "Shell Shock"?
A candy provided by Mr. Sweeney "free of charge" to his students.
A belief/theory used to justify imperialism, this theory claimed that stronger societies were more “fit” to survive and dominate weaker ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
He overthrew Prime Minister Yingluck in a coup in 2014
Who is Prayut Chan-o-cha?
What is the Treaty of London (1829)?
It was a major battle which was fought between initiated by GB against Germany to pull troops away from the battle of Verdun.
What was the battle of the Somme?
The "other" IASAS school where Mr. Sweeney worked prior to teaching at ISB.
What is ISKL?
A poem title that claimed that Europeans had a special "duty" to civilize and Christianize people of Asia and Africa.
What is "White Man's Burden"?
Who was King Prajadhipok - Rama VII?
This Just War Principle, states that the weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war..
What is Just War Principle 7?
He was the president of France who made sure the Treaty of Versailles punished and weakened Germany.
Who was George Clemenceau?
Who was Mr. Sweeney's father?
A method of control used by colonial governments designed to keep different colonial ethnic groups from uniting against Europeans.
What is "divide and rule"?
A Indian rebellion against British rule that took place in 1857.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny (or Sepoy Rebellion)?
It is a permanent international tribunal established in 2002 to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
An area of Germany that had to be “de-militarized” under the Treaty of Versailles - no German troops could be located there.
What is the Rhineland?
The year ISB moved to the Nichada campus AND the end of Apartheid in South Africa.
What is 1992?