Term
| What were two things they agreed in the Berlin Conference? |
|
Definition
| To tell each other; to show they can control the colony |
|
|
Term
| What's important about Mill, Owen, Fourier, and Saint Simon? |
|
Definition
| They were the nine-teenth century socialists who argued that governments should actively plain the economy. |
|
|
Term
| What countries form the Triple Alliance? |
|
Definition
| Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
|
|
Term
| What countries form the Triple Entente? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What was the assassin of Archduke Ferdinand? |
|
Definition
| Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, was assinated in Bosnia by a Serbian killer which started WWII (Great War). |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The working class that Marx and Engle said in the Communist Manifesto |
|
|
Term
| How long was the Panama Canal? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What's Wilson's Plan for Peace? |
|
Definition
| 14 Points; which was a plan for the postwar world. |
|
|
Term
| How did Germany lure U.S. into WWI? |
|
Definition
| By unrestricted submarine warfare; type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning; Germany sank U.S. Lusitania |
|
|
Term
| USSR has how many republics? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Kerensky led the __________ government?> |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Who won Russian Revolution? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Nineteenth -century socialists argued that government should do what? |
|
Definition
| Actively plan the economy |
|
|
Term
| What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels's pamphlet _the Communist Manifesto_? |
|
Definition
| working classes world wide demanded a more equal distribution of wealth (economic equality) |
|
|
Term
| What is true of socialism and communism? |
|
Definition
| Communism is a form of complete socialism in which the people own all production and property called public ownership. |
|
|
Term
| What was the reaction against the Enlightenment emphasis on order and reason? |
|
Definition
| Romanticism, a 19th century movement that stressed emotion and imagination. They looked to nature as a source of inspiration. |
|
|
Term
| Who were two Romantic poets? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| _Great Expectations_ that is considered Victorian literature. |
|
|
Term
| Under the influence of the Enlightenment, the arts emphasized what? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Artists and architects worked in a simple and elegant style style that borrowed ideas from Greece and Rome. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Domination over the world economy, by one country through a combination of military, financial, and cultural means. |
|
|
Term
| What are the main forces of imperialism? |
|
Definition
| Missionary impulse, Economic reasons, Nationalism |
|
|
Term
| What is unnaturally imposed? |
|
Definition
| the national boundaries that existed in Africa at the end of the 19th century |
|
|
Term
| Because of Spanish-American War, US acquired which countries? |
|
Definition
| Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Next sight was Panama |
|
|
Term
| What were the two African nations that successfully resisted European colonization? |
|
Definition
| Ethiopia and LIberia led by Menelik II |
|
|
Term
| France ruled Indochina during the what? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| French Indochina = Modern what? |
|
Definition
| Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand |
|
|
Term
| What was the saying that was intended to indicate how huge the British empire was? |
|
Definition
| "The sun never sets on the British Empire" |
|
|
Term
| During the Age of Imperialism, the majority of American colonies were located on what? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| ________ was ruled by Great Britain during the Age of Imperialism. Why? |
|
Definition
| India; India was the jewel in the British crown |
|
|
Term
| After WWII, the conflict between what and what resulted in the creation of Muslim state Pakistan?> |
|
Definition
| Between 350 million Hindus and 100 million Muslims |
|
|
Term
| What in African nations became a powerful force for change immediately after WWII? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What was the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85? |
|
Definition
| Europeans divided Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders |
|
|
Term
| What was the main cause of inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization? |
|
Definition
| Europeans insisted on the growth of cash crops, such as cotton |
|
|
Term
| What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference? |
|
Definition
| to prevent fighting of European nations over the division of Africa |
|
|
Term
| In the early 1900s, the Balkan Peninsula was referred to what? Which countries did the Balkan Peninsula include? |
|
Definition
| "powder keg"; Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania |
|
|
Term
| In the late 1800s, who competed for industrial domination of Europe? |
|
Definition
| Great Britain and Germany |
|
|
Term
| Who were the Central Powers? Why were they called this? |
|
Definition
| Germany and Austria-Hungary; because of their location in the heart of Europe |
|
|
Term
| What was the purpose of propaganda during WWI? |
|
Definition
| To influence public opinion |
|
|
Term
| Why was WWI considered "total war"? |
|
Definition
| It brought great suffereing to all civilians |
|
|
Term
| Why did WWI become "total war"? |
|
Definition
| The participating countries began devolting all of their resources to the war effort |
|
|
Term
| Who proposed the League of Nations? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| What are the present-day nations that were part of the Balkans? |
|
Definition
| Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, and ROmania |
|
|
Term
| Why did Germany return to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917? |
|
Definition
| They hoped to keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain |
|
|
Term
| At the end of WWI, all that remaind of the Ottoman Empire was _______? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war |
|
|
Term
| What Key factor that led to formation of Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente? |
|
Definition
| Germany's fear of France's army and BRitain's fear of Germany's empire |
|
|
Term
| What was trench warfare intended to accomplish? |
|
Definition
| to protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines |
|
|
Term
| What actions led to the formation of new nations out of the Central Powers? |
|
Definition
| peace treaties signed with the central Powers |
|
|
Term
| What group in the Ottoman Empire expreienced genocide? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| He noticed the disillusionment (lack of expectation) in the young American writers living in Europe after WWI and stated "aall of you young people who served in the war (WWI) are the lost generation" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Famous American author writing between WWI and WWII who wrote novels that were often preoccupied with the human drama of war. He is known for his tough male characters. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Founder of Cubism and painted the Guernica (a huge painting that shows suffering of war) |
|
|
Term
| What were the Main causes of WWI? |
|
Definition
| Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism, and Nationalism(espcially Balkans) |
|
|
Term
| In WWI, the Western Front was predominately in what country? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Why didn't Germany win WWI once Russian dropped out of the war? |
|
Definition
| The US entered the war on the other side |
|
|
Term
| Which historical event occurred during WWI? |
|
Definition
|
|
