Enlightenment & Revolutions Nationalism &/or Imperialism WWIWWII Cold War & etc.

Instead of building products by hand, people used these to mass produce items in factories.

machines

After revolutions in Latin America, this group was still at the top of the pyramid; in control of land, wealth & the gov. (hint: not the mestizos or mulattoes)

creoles

He led Haiti’s fight for independence

Touissaint L‘ Ouverture

He was known as the Liberator; drove the spanish from Colombia, Peru, Equador, etc. There is even a country between Peru and Brazil named after him.

Simon Bolivar

What was the name of the invention used to help kill thousands during Robespierre’s Reign of Terror.

Guillotine

This is the belief that supports western imperialism & the idea that nations of the West should & can take over foreign land, set up or control local governments, and civilize the people. (Hint: You learned about this in US1 when the U.S. pushed westward taking land from American Indians)

Manifest Destiny

The King of Belgium, he amputated hands and feet of the Congolese if they did not work hard enough to mine for jewels and gold in the mines he called his own.

King Leopold II

U.S. Commodore Mathew Perry opened up ports to the U.S. in this Asian country. They welcomed and learned from Western nations while still keeping their national identity.

Japan

Although Japan remained nationalistic, this young emperor of Japan in the late 1800’s westernized the transportation, industrial and education system of Japan.

Meiji

This corollary was added to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 and allowed the U.S. to have more control in Latin America.

The Roosevelt Corollary

One issue that constantly gets in the way of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is the building of what by Israel in Jerusalem and the West Bank?

Settlements

Germany and Britain both were building up their armed forces in the late 1800’s. This is an example of ____, a major cause of WWI.

militarism

Which is not an invention during/prior to WWI?

Atomic Bomb (or Nuclear weapons)

The majority of fighting during WWI took place in these rat infest, often flooded, ______.

trenches

What huge event happened worldwide that helped men like Mussolini & Hitler rise to power, promising to fix the economy.

- The Great Depression

X is… A. Effects of WWIB. Causes of WWI C. Causes of WWII D. Effects of WWII

B. Causes of WWI

What city did Germany bomb over and over during 1941, hoping to cause Britain to surrender (Germany’s attempt failed)?

London

The U.S. used this strategy while fighting Japan in the Pacific, winning over one part of the Japanese empire at a time.

Island-Hopping

Name at least THREE countries that acted as a buffer between the Soviet Union and Western Europe.

Romania, Hungary, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, or Croatia

WWII in Europe ended when the Soviets and the Allies surrounded and met forces in this city in Germany.

Berlin

He tried to reform the USSR with glasnost and perestroika, however his reforms led to the disintegration of the USSR.

Gorbachev

This country was one of the last satellite nations of the Soviet Union to have a revolution. They succeeded, but not before their own army killed hundreds, causing them to eventually publicly execute the president & his wife.

Romania

Transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening inspired people to change or _______ the treatment of women, education, and even the prison system.

Reform