WW1
What event is considered the official start of WW1
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the key fuel by the early 1900s?
Oil and Coal
Hitler and Mussolini
When unsure what the answer is in World History, it is probably...
Trade Routes!
Who was the 13th Century Muslim judge that traveled the world right before the black plague hit the world?
Ibn Battuta.
What lead to Russia leaving WW1
The Russian Revolution
What allowed for quick communication across long distances during WW1, and used a wire to transmit the signal
The telegraph
What was the system of debt that led to the great depression being really bad for germany
Germany borrowed from the US, to pay France/Britain, who then paid the USA
How do empires/countries generally discuss their own attrocities?
The Printing Press.
What was the central message of "All Quiet on the Western front?" It is also the message given in the first lines of the movie.
No one comes home from war whole.
TRAINS!
What did the Japanese people believe about their emperor, which was a key piece of radical nationalism
He was descended from the divine.
What distinguishes a primary and secondary source.
What event allowed for the spread of new foods across Europe, Asia, and Africa, when spreading new diseases across the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
The Spanish Flu.
What other inventions created the trench warfare of the Western Front?
Artillery, machine guns, trains, and telegraphs are more effective on the defensive than offensive.
Why is fascism harder to define than communism
Fascism is a political strategy with no clear set of beliefs, and dependent by country.
What drives people to radical political parties
Desperate situations, especially famine/economic collapse.
What major event shook up all of the European countries in the 1800s, and led to independence movements in the Americas for countries like, Brazil, Haiti, and other South American Countries.
The French Revolution
Militarism
Alliances
Industrialization/Imperialism
Nationalism
What invention did the Germans use to try and cut off supplies sent from America to Europe?
Submarine
What are 4 of the 14 tenants of fascism according to Laurence Britt.
Answers may vary.
What do we mean when we say "history is editorial?"
Somebody is deciding who gets talked about, and how, there is no single history. All history has perspective baked into it.
What was the "Jewel in Britains Crown?" What organization oversaw its conquest?
India/The British Raj, the British East India Company