rowcliffe final
Q: Motivations for imperialism in the 19th century? A: Raw materials, nationalism/spheres of influence, industrial revolution/
Q: What was the Berlin Conference about? A: Land claims in Africa
Q: Name 2 conflicts between natives and Europeans? A: Sepoy Rebellion, Opium Wars
Q: Indirect v direct rule? A:
Q: Sepoy Rebellion? A: Indian rebellion against British army
Q: What dynasty fell in 1911 in China? A: Qing
Q: Internal causes of Qing fall? A: Boxer, Taiping, population growth
Q: External causes? A: Opium wars,
Q: Group by Sun-yat Sen? A: Nationalist Party
Q: Causes of WWI? A: Franz Ferdinand, rise of nationalism, alliances, technology, military build
Q: Which country produced the most steel by WWI? A: Germany
Q: Triple Alliance? A: Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy
Q: Triple Entente? A: GB, France, Russia
Q: WWI tech? A:
Q: Western Front? A: France
Q: Eastern Front? A: Russia
Q: Most loss? A: Russia
Q: Why US WW1? A: Zimmerman telegram &
Q: What president? A: Woodrow Wilson?
Q: Armenian genocide? A: Christian Armenians vs Ottoman Turks?
Q: WWI post-changes? A: Flu epidemic
Q: What did women receive after WWI? A: Voting rights
Q: What western governments did after WWI? A: Planned economies
Q: Empires collapse? A: Germany/Prussian, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman, Russia
Q: Monarchy left? A: Britain
Q: Germany after WWI? A: Reduce arms, pay reparations, accept responsibility, give up colonies, allow occupation
Q: What company split Germany? A: Poland
Q: Who took over Arab states after WWI? A: Britain (Palestine, Iraq) and France (Syria, Lebanon) Mandates
Q: Countries? A: Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Czech, Lithuania
Q: Treaty w/ Germany? A: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Q: Causes of Russian Rev? A: Hunger, factory conditions, women rights
Q: Russian gov Feb-Nov name? A: Provisional gov’t
Q: Man who Germany sent to Russia? A: Lenin
Q: Lenin party? A: Bolsheviks
Q: What revolution? A: November Revolution
Q: Russian changes? A: 1 political party, secret police, govt by force, peace settlement, Romanov killed
Q: What war occured in Russia? A: Reds v Whites (Civil War)
Q: What was Stalin's plan for Russia? A: Five-year plan, focused on heavy industry
Q: What happened to the German economy in 1921? A: Massive inflation
Q: Signs of Germany recovery in 1920s? A: Treaty of Locarno, Dawes Plan, Kellogg-Briand Pact
Q: What happened in 1929 in Germany? A: Stock market crash
Q: What were Hitler’s ideals based on? A: Racism/anti-Semetism
Q: Which act put Hitler into power? A: Enabling Act
Q: Japan invades Manchuria? A: 1931
Q: States fascist? A: Germany, Italy (Mussolini)
Q: Britain/France policy of no war? A: Appeasement
Q: Hitler first invaded where? A: Sudetenland
Q: What fascist pact was formed? A: Rome/Berlin Axis
Q: Timeline of Germany pre-WWII? A: Anschutz, Munich Conference, invasion of Poland
Q: Examples of totalitarianism in the USSR? A: Great Purges, churches closed, Holodomor (forced starvation of Ukranians), rapid industrialization
Q: What pact was formed by the USSR and Germany? A: Non-Aggression Pact
Q: Kristallnact? A: Early sign of German antisemitism w/ Nuremberg laws
Q: Hitler plan named? A: Final Solution?
Q: When Pearl Harbor? A: Dec 7 1941
Q: What happened as a result? A: Declare war on Japan
Q: Blitzkrieg? A: Tanks and aerial bombardment + trucks
Q: Grand Alliance? A: US, USSR, Britain
Q: Axis? A: Italy, Germany, Japan
Q: Battle types in pacific? A: Island hopping
Q: Turning Point? A: Battle of Midway
Q: Why Fat Man? A: Save half a million lives, no surrender from Japan
Q: Forces caused Britain to not defend the empire? A: Cost, isolationism
Q: Anti-apartheid leader? A: Mandela
Q: Successful African nationalism? A: Nigeria
Q: Struggles in African resistance against ? A: Tribe/tribe warfare, Cold War intervention
Q: What country was non-aligned in the Cold War? A: India
Q: Why did Zionism rise? A: Nationalism/land disputed
Q: What do Zionists want? A: Separate Jewish homeland
Q: Which countries after WWII modernized in the Middle East? A: Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Q: Who wanted access to the Suez Canal? A: England, France, Egypt
Q: Cold War? A: Iron Curtain - 1946, Truman Doctrine - 1947, Domino Theory, Marshall Plan - 1947 (no eastern bloc countries allowed), Warsaw Pact & NATO - 1955, Korean War (N/S divided, stalemate), Cuban Missile - 1961, Vietnam (N/S divided) 1960-1972, Vietnamization, Berlin Wall up - 1961, Detente softening,
Q: Why fight in Vietnam? A: Stop spread of communism
Q: Why was it hard to fight in the US? A: Guerilla warfare
Q: Why did Soviet and Chinese relations deteriorate? A: Mao resisted, disagreed with Stalin
Q: Which countries resisted communism in Europe? A: Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
Q: Who was the Russian president at the end of the Cold War? A: Gorbachev
Q: Name of Gorbachev’s policy? A: Perestroika and glasnost
Q: Berlin Airlift? A: Stalin blockade, US sent aid
Q: Berlin Wall fell when? A: 1989
Q: Final USSR president? A: Yelten
Q: Tiananmen Square? A: Massacre in 1989
Q: Genocides in 1989? A: Rwanda, Bosnia Sudan
Q: 1990s Russian leader? A: Putin
Q: Problems in Russia now? A: Russian/Ukraine invasion, further away democracy
Q: Rapid economic growth? A: Brazil, Chile, China
Q: Coalition of Middle Eastern countries for Oil? A: OPAC
Q: NAFTA? A: North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
Q: Brexit? A: England leaves EU
Q: What is the EU? A: Unified trade group in Europe?
Q: Arab Spring? A: Revolution in Iran in favor of democracy, squashed
Q: War with the US? A: Syria
Q: War with the US and USSR? A: Afghanistan